Bled
Eternal Betrayals: Unraveling the Depths of Broken Promises
Lyrics
The paths and the trails that you save for the dead.
The paths and trails reserved for the deceased.
Has anyone
Raising a question or expressing doubt.
(Needed it yet?)
Asking if anyone has needed those paths and trails.
Believe me
An assertion, possibly challenging a statement or situation.
You sold me on promises of
Being convinced by promises of compassionate wastelands.
Compassionate wastelands
A metaphorical description, suggesting desolate but caring environments.
Now shake hands
Expressing an agreement or sealing a deal.
I've forfeited giving up
Choosing not to give up despite challenges.
While everyone
Referring to everyone.
And everything
Referring to everything.
Needs broken homes
Suggesting a need for broken homes to support broken wings.
To house broken wings
Metaphorically emphasizing the need for support and healing.
I sheltered my past
Preserving and protecting one's past.
To present you this
Offering the present as a result of the sheltered past.
The future is last on the all our lists
The future is the least priority for all of us.
All our lists
Reiteration of the indifference towards the future.
You won't be missed.
Indicating that the individual won't be missed.
Don't try to resist.
Discouraging resistance.
I gotta know
Expressing the need to know whose side someone is on.
(Whose side you're on)
Reiterating the desire to know which side someone is supporting.
I gotta know
Expressing the need to know where the speaker went wrong.
(Where I went wrong)
Reiterating the desire to know where the speaker made mistakes.
Six coffins
Referring to six coffins with engraved names.
(With names engraved)
Describing the coffins as six feet down, questioning who is left to save.
Six feet down
Continuing the description of the burial.
(Now who's left to save)
Raising the question of who remains to be saved.
I gotta know
Reiterating the need to know whose side someone is on.
(Whose side you're on)
Reiterating the desire to know where the speaker went wrong.
I gotta know
Expressing the need to know whose side someone is on.
(Where I went wrong)
Reiterating the desire to know where the speaker went wrong.
Six coffins
Referring again to six coffins with engraved names.
(With names engraved)
Describing the coffins as six feet down, questioning who is left to save.
Six feet down
Continuing the description of the burial.
(Now who's left to save)
Raising the question of who remains to be saved.
Bled
Expressing the action of bleeding.
Out of my head
Describing a state of being out of control or overwhelmed.
Running from red
Running away from danger or an intense situation.
Not sure if being alive meant you were dead
Uncertain if being alive implies a state of being dead.
It's just getting worse
Describing a situation that is deteriorating.
But not like a curse
Not a curse, but a worsening situation, possibly unavoidable.
Like a promise made in the
Comparing the worsening situation to a promise made in the past.
Back.
Referring to the back of a hearse, a vehicle for carrying the dead.
Of.
Continuing the description of the hearse.
A.
-Hearse.
-Bled.
Reiterating the action of bleeding.
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