Not By Choice

Unwilling Surrender: Struggling Against Unseen Forces
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Lyrics

Needing for what's not

Feeling a need for something that is not present

It goes on

Continuation or persistence of a situation

Wanting what it wants

Desiring what it desires

It won't go away

The desire or issue persists and does not go away

and it says not today

Expressing that the situation is not acceptable today

not today

Reiteration that it's not acceptable today

Oh it's not by choice

Stating that the circumstance is not a matter of choice

I'm toeing the line

Being cautious and following a defined path

And I heel after her voice

Responding to a persuasive voice with compliance

No it's not mine

Clarifying that the situation is not one's own

Leave me on the lawn

Being abandoned in a vulnerable state

Where I know

Being in a familiar place of knowing

I'm only growing old

Acknowledging the inevitability of aging

A cold hand holds me down

A metaphorical representation of feeling restrained by a cold force

Pinned, hooked, I'm frozen now

Describing a state of being trapped, hooked, and immobile

Something says:

Introduction of an external voice or influence

""Hey what's on your mind""

Repetition of an external inquiry about one's thoughts

""Hey what's on your mind""

Continued inquiry into the state of mind

""Hey what's on your mind""

Further repetition of the question about thoughts

""Hey what's on your mind""

Continued emphasis on the inquiry into thoughts

It asks one more time

The external voice repeats the question once more

and I'm left to write this signed receipt

Being left to document or express the experience

and when it calls my name

The moment when the name is called and a response is required

I rise to my feet

Rising to face the situation or challenge

but I fall back down again

Facing a setback or failure

Oh it's not by choice

Reiterating that the situation is not a matter of choice

I'm toeing the line

Continuing to tread carefully along a defined path

And I heel after her voice

Falling back into compliance after responding to the voice

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