Why Do You Bother
Unraveling Desires: Faith No More's Sonic Journey into Urban Chaos
Lyrics
Why hold on
Questioning the need to persist or endure
Your hands are getting sore
Hands are becoming tired, possibly from holding on to something
You must be scared of something
Suggesting fear or anxiety rooted in past experiences
From the time before, well
Reflecting on a period before the current situation
We're here again
Expressing a return to a familiar place or circumstance
How long, who knows
Uncertainty about the duration of the situation
It's not your right to tell me
Challenging someone's authority to dictate the outcome
Where this trip will go
Questioning the destination or result of a journey
Pull away
Advising to detach or distance oneself
You're dying today
Emphasizing the immediacy of a negative outcome
You could enjoy it
Suggesting the potential for finding pleasure even in difficult situations
If you could take your feelings with you
Encouraging emotional detachment from the current state
But put your mind on me
Requesting attention and focus on the speaker
And suck my energy
Asking to absorb the speaker's energy or emotions
And see the speed gets higher
Noticing an increase in speed or intensity
I see you hold on tighter
Observing someone holding on more firmly in response
But just fatigue
Describing physical and mental exhaustion
Is all your face will show
Facial expression reveals only fatigue
It's weary from the stress
Tiredness caused by stress
Getting delirious
Reaching a state of delirium
I didn't want this race
Expressing reluctance or displeasure about a race or competition
We can't keep up this pace
Unable to maintain the current pace
We don't want to get well
Rejecting the desire to recover or improve
We want to go to hell
Expressing a preference for a negative outcome
We want an urban dream
Desiring a chaotic and intense urban experience
The fucking urban scream
Yearning for a loud and expressive urban environment
This time was mine to borrow
Acknowledging a temporary possession of time
I'll pay for it tomorrow
Anticipating consequences or repercussions in the future
You'll pay for it today
Immediate consequences for actions
And as we drive away
Driving away, leaving the present behind
I'll make my pleasure greater
Increasing personal pleasure as a consequence of actions
Push the accelerator
Accelerating, possibly towards a destructive outcome
(And down we go)
Descending into a negative or chaotic state
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