Lyrics
So all alone
Expressing a state of loneliness.
just chased by a shadow that I became
Feeling pursued or haunted by a shadowy aspect of oneself.
I must escape and leave no remains
Desire to escape and leave no trace behind.
I will never come back again
Commitment to never return.
My shattered heart
Acknowledging a broken heart that cannot be repaired.
Will never mend, nothing would ever be the same
Realization that things will never be the same.
I must cut the iron strings
Intention to sever the emotional ties ("iron strings") associated with a person's name.
That play the melody of your name
Expressing the need to break free from the emotional attachment symbolized by the melody.
We are hard
Describing a hardened and grey emotional state.
We are grey
Continuing to describe emotional hardness and greyness.
See our love
Observing the slow deterioration of love.
Slowly fading away
Recognition that the love is gradually disappearing.
Seek a path
Searching for a direction, possibly in vain.
Seems in vain
Expressing the futility of seeking a path.
Tied together
Being bound together by the heavy burden of shared pain.
By the weight of our pain
Highlighting the weight of emotional suffering.
All is lost
Conveying a sense of total loss and disintegration.
And everything falls apart
Describing a situation where everything is falling apart.
I have to cut myself loose
Recognizing the necessity to detach oneself from the situation.
Cause everything’s lost
Reiterating the idea that everything is lost.
Now everything’s lost
Emphasizing the irrevocable nature of the loss.
We are cold
Describing emotional coldness and strain.
We are strained
Continuing to portray a strained emotional state.
And every breathe
Highlighting the bitterness associated with every breath.
Has a bitterous taste
Expressing the unpleasant taste of life.
Open eyes
Encouraging openness and truthfulness.
No more lies
Rejecting falsehoods and embracing reality.
It’s hard to bear
Expressing the difficulty of facing the harshness of reality.
What reality is like
Reflecting on the challenging nature of reality.
Choose to walk
Choosing a precarious path, possibly in pursuit of answers.
A thin line
Emphasizing the delicate nature of the chosen path.
Looking for answers
Searching for answers that may remain elusive.
That we could never find
Highlighting the difficulty of finding answers.
Now I’m down
Expressing a position of vulnerability and surrender.
On my knees
Acknowledging that the struggle was prolonged.
We were holding on too long
Recognizing the prolonged attachment to a tragic situation.
To this tragedy
Summarizing the holding on to a tragic circumstance.
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