This Is War
This Is War: Struggle, Resilience, and the Fragility of Peace
Lyrics
My only friend
Expressing a sense of solitude, referring to a lack of companionship.
The sane mental state
Describing a state of mental stability and clarity.
Where all ways end
Suggesting the convergence of all paths or choices.
In the same empty space
Emphasizing a shared, desolate emptiness.
And I won't be bathed in light
Rejecting the prospect of being exposed to positivity or enlightenment.
And I won't be sanctified
Rejecting the idea of being purified or cleansed.
I'm only strong
Asserting strength only in the absence of burdens.
When all the weight is gone
Strength is derived when burdens or challenges are lifted.
I saw the sages
Observing wise individuals succumb to a rhythmic pattern or downfall.
Fall to a cadence
Referencing a decline or defeat using a rhythmic term, "cadence."
And my only blade
The primary weapon or tool is the pen used for writing.
Is the pen on pages
Implies that the speaker's strength lies in their written words.
And I only came to fight
Expressing the purpose of arriving to confront and resist.
And I won't be pacified
Rejecting attempts to be appeased or calmed.
All of their peace
Challenging the idea that their adversaries' peace is sustainable.
Is falling to pieces
Highlighting the disintegration of their adversaries' peace.
And THIS IS WAR
Declaring a state of conflict or battle.
We're all falling
Emphasizing a collective descent or deterioration.
We're all falling
Reiterating the shared experience of decline.
We're all falling to pieces
Reinforcing the idea of a collective disintegration.
All of their peace
Repeating the notion of the breakdown of their adversaries' peace.
All of their pieces
Highlighting the fragments or components of their adversaries' peace.
All of their peace is
Suggesting that the peace of their adversaries is in a state of decay.
Falling to pieces
Reiterating the theme of the collapse or fragmentation of their adversaries' peace.
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