Year of the Rat
Embracing Shadows: Unveiling the Depths of Year of the Rat
Lyrics
The sense of fear on which you feed
The feeling of fear that you thrive on
When the people canæ?° believe
When people cannot believe what they read
The things they read
Refers to skepticism and doubt caused by information
Weæ?³e been brought up to feel left out
We have been raised to feel excluded or left out
Eclipsed by the shadows of our doubt
Overshadowed by the uncertainties in our minds
The pieces rise and rearrange
Various elements come together and rearrange
And all the smiling faces seem so strange
Smiling faces appear unfamiliar or deceptive
With tacit symmetry and prose
Using unspoken symmetry and written expression
I feel the doors behind me close
Feeling the closure of opportunities behind
Youæ?®e here alone inside this crowd
Being alone in a crowd
Youæ?³e faced the world and made us proud
Facing the world and earning admiration
But when the bitterness returns
However, when bitterness returns
Thereæ?¯ nothing left to hide the burns
No concealment left for the emotional wounds
Iæ?³e waited
Expressing patience or anticipation
Iæ?³e written on promises and dreams
Relying on promises and dreams repeatedly
A thousand times
Repetition of waiting a thousand times
Still relegated to these lines
Still confined to these limiting circumstances
Like water untainted the sad.
Comparing purity to untainted water
Quixotic trail Iæ?³e left behind
Describing a romantic and impractical trail left behind
Somehow it echoes in my mind
The echoes of the past lingering in the mind
And it almost feels like coming home
Feeling a sense of familiarity or comfort
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