Stopwatch
Painted Roses: Unraveling Desires and Broken Hearts
Lyrics
Ground down, its taking the best of me
Feeling overwhelmed and worn down, facing challenges that are taking a toll.
You push me further long the edge that I'm on
Being pushed to the edge by someone, possibly causing stress or discomfort.
Giving in, each day the pain showing
Succumbing to daily struggles, and the pain is becoming increasingly evident.
Now you push it back in and paint the roses
Returning difficulties back and disguising them, akin to masking problems.
Masks off, shaking the core of me
Removing pretenses, revealing the true essence or core of oneself.
With every step you make it clear what is gone
Each step emphasizes what has been lost or is no longer present.
Deep in, the mires of misery
Being deeply immersed in a state of misery or suffering.
Prop it up with a grin and paint the roses
Pretending to be happy with a smile, covering up internal struggles.
You paint the roses red
Symbolic act of hiding the truth or altering reality by painting roses red.
You paint the picture instead
Creating a false image or narrative instead of facing reality.
Then you dress up the dead
Dressing up or embellishing things that are lifeless or devoid of meaning.
Off with her head
A metaphorical act of destruction or removal of something significant.
Round and round we go
A sense of repetition and cyclical patterns in life's journey.
Burn desire, I wont set myself on fire to keep you warm
Refusing to sacrifice oneself for the sake of another's warmth or comfort.
You can call it what you want
Rejecting conventional labels and choosing not to conform to expectations.
Maybe both our hearts were broken from the start
Suggesting that both individuals' hearts were damaged from the beginning.
Kowtow just to make it easy
Submitting or yielding to make things easier, despite harboring resentment.
As I resent the fact that I wasn't wrong
Expressing resentment for not being wrong in a situation.
Losing all my humanity
Losing touch with one's human nature, possibly due to challenging experiences.
Frame a loss as a win and paint the roses
Presenting a loss as a victory and altering perceptions by painting roses.
I know this ain't the best for me
Acknowledging that a particular choice or situation is not the best for personal well-being.
And knew the pieces didn't fit all along
Realizing that certain elements or aspects do not fit together harmoniously.
Feeling true love is a fantasy
Viewing true love as an unrealistic or unattainable fantasy.
Gloss over your sins and paint the roses
Overlooking or ignoring one's own wrongdoing and flaws by glossing over them.
You paint the roses
Repeating the act of painting roses, suggesting a continuous cycle of deception.
You paint the roses red
Continuing the theme of altering reality by painting roses red.
We paint the roses
Collective participation in the act of distorting or changing the truth.
Were poisoned by the lead
Being negatively affected or poisoned by the consequences of the deception.
We paint the roses
Further participation in the act of altering reality and dressing up lifeless things.
Now we dress up the dead
The culmination of the deception, dressing up things that have lost significance.
We paint the roses
Continuing the cycle of painting roses and perpetuating the deception.
Off with her head
The final act of destruction, removing something significant or valuable.
What's worse the cure or the curse
Pondering on whether the solution to a problem is more harmful than the problem itself.
It's just the same old song
Reflecting on the repetitive nature of struggles and challenges.
Burdened but so sure that it hurts
Feeling burdened and certain that the pain is persistent and hurtful.
You can't reverse it plays on and on and on
Highlighting the inescapable and continuous nature of a problematic situation.
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