Poison
Breaking Chains: Unveiling the Poetic Struggle in Glass Crown's 'Poison'
Lyrics
I'm searching for a reason to be better
The speaker is seeking a motivation or purpose to improve.
But every time I try, I fall to my knees and say
Despite efforts, the speaker consistently fails and expresses frustration.
What could I do to make things so much clearer
The speaker desires clarity in their situation and wonders how to achieve it.
I need to change
The acknowledgment of the necessity for a personal transformation.
I need change
Emphasizing the urgency and intensity of the need for change.
I'm making sense of the mess you made
The speaker is attempting to make sense of a chaotic situation caused by someone else.
Your heart was the edge and my back was the blade
A metaphorical description of a relationship where the other person was hurtful (heart as edge, back as blade).
I can't fucking take the blame game
Expressing frustration with playing the blame game in the relationship.
I've had enough of your manipulation
The speaker has reached a point of intolerance for manipulative behavior.
Your arrogant ways will be the death of me
Warning about the destructive nature of the other person's arrogance.
Feels like I'm running in circles inside my mind
A feeling of being stuck in repetitive and unproductive thoughts.
There's nothing left of me inside
Signifying a loss of identity or self in the midst of turmoil.
I am the poison you let inside your veins
The speaker sees themselves as a harmful influence on the other person.
Coursing through your fingers
Describing the destructive impact of the speaker on the other person.
Things will never be the same
Anticipating that things will never return to how they were.
Every second, every hour, lost inside my head
The speaker is trapped in negative thoughts and emotions.
My spirit breaks, bound by chains, everything inside is dead
Expressing a profound emotional and spiritual breakdown.
What's the point of living in this depression
Questioning the purpose of life within the context of deep sadness.
The cracks in the mirror void my own reflection
The speaker's self-perception is shattered, metaphorically represented by cracks in a mirror.
I am rotting away in this hell you call home
The speaker feels decayed and negative in the environment created by the other person.
Every day is exactly the same
Highlighting the monotony and hopelessness in the speaker's daily life.
I have lost all motivation
Expressing a complete lack of drive or enthusiasm.
Everything I touch turns to stone
The speaker perceives a negative impact on everything they touch.
It's a simple decision
Suggesting that the decision to change is simple and necessary for survival.
I need it to survive
Emphasizing the importance of change for survival.
I am not alive
An existential statement suggesting a lack of meaningful life.
I am the poison you let inside your veins
Reiterating the speaker's self-perception as a toxic influence on the other person.
Coursing through your fingers
Describing the continued negative impact of the speaker on the other person.
Things will never be the same
Asserting that the relationship is forever altered.
I'm falling asleep as I realize my life is flashing before my eyes
The speaker is gradually losing awareness as their life flashes before their eyes.
Can this be the end of everything
Pondering if this moment marks the end of everything.
Every second, every hour, lost inside my head
Repetition of the speaker being trapped in negative thoughts and emotions.
My spirit breaks, bound by chains, everything inside is dead
Reiteration of a deep emotional and spiritual breakdown.
I am not alive
An assertion of a lack of vitality or true life.
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