Flash Flood
Drowning in Shadows: Gaby DeSpain's Haunting Flash Flood Metaphor
Lyrics
Flash flood fills up
Feeling overwhelmed as emotions flood in abruptly.
The room and I can't breathe
Sensation of being suffocated or overwhelmed.
Too much had enough
Reached a point of saturation, unable to handle more.
Exposed I scar and weep
Exposed vulnerabilities, resulting in emotional pain.
Push it down through the drain in me
Symbolic act of suppressing emotions within.
Put me under till I'm set free
Desiring release or escape from emotional burden.
Flash flood bad blood
Negative emotions or conflicts resurface intensely.
Lying on white sheets
Revealing vulnerability in a stark, clinical setting.
Maimed with pain to remember
Physical and emotional harm, etching painful memories.
And helpless shame come together
Merging of emotional pain and a sense of helplessness.
Hours feel like forever
Subjective experience of time elongated during distress.
Dark waves calling calling to drag me
Metaphorical reference to the allure of self-destructive thoughts.
Down down, down down down, down down, down down down
Repetition emphasizes the descent into emotional turmoil.
Down down, down down down, down down, down down down
-Dive deep no sleep
Engaging in a deep, immersive experience without respite.
Sink into the ocean's dream
Symbolic immersion into the overwhelming depths of emotions.
Deep sea dead leagues
Profound emotional state leading to a sense of lifelessness.
Lose me all hide no seek
Loss of identity without any intention of being found.
Swimming here without a body
Existence in a state of emotional detachment or disembodiment.
Wonder if I'll come to haunt me
Contemplation of haunting consequences of one's actions.
Flash flood fills up
Reiteration of the overwhelming flood of emotions.
The room and I can't breathe
Recurrence of feeling suffocated and unable to cope.
Maimed with pain to remember
Reaffirmation of the enduring emotional pain.
And helpless shame come together
Continuation of the fusion of pain and helplessness.
Hours feel like forever
Perception of time as prolonged during emotional turmoil.
Dark waves calling calling to drag me
Intensification of the allure of self-destructive thoughts.
Down down, down down down, down down, down down down
Repetition signifies the inexorable descent into darkness.
Down down, down down down, down down, down down down
-No no breaks but a deep haze no no taste but violent waves
Emphasis on persistent challenges and violent emotional turbulence.
No no breaks but a deep haze no no taste but violent waves
-No no breaks but a deep haze no no taste but violent waves
-No no breaks, no no taste no no, no no
-Maimed with pain to remember
Recurrence of the merging of pain and helplessness.
And helpless shame come together
-Hours feel like forever
-Dark waves calling calling to drag me
-Down down, down down down, down down, drown
Concluding with the inevitability of drowning in emotions.
Down down, down down down, down down, drown
-[No no breaks but a deep haze no no taste but violent waves
Final repetition reinforcing the theme of overwhelming waves.
No no breaks but a deep haze no no taste but violent waves]
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