The Downside
Navigating Life's Crossroads: The Deep Meaning Behind Grover Anderson's 'The Downside'
Lyrics
If you see me on the outside
If you observe my external appearance
Will you show me where to go?
Will you guide me in the right direction?
If you saw me on the downside
If you witnessed my difficult times
Would you keep me from the cold?
Would you protect me from the harshness?
Purposefully organic
Purposefully embracing natural and genuine qualities
The road before unwinds
The path ahead unfolds
I need your gracious havoc
I require your benevolent chaos
To see me through this time
To support me during this period
I've been nothing but a wanderer
I have been consistently wandering
You've been so much like a home
You have been like a comforting home
Though I hear the road beckon
Despite the call of the road
Never shall it feed the love I've known
It will never fulfill the love I've experienced
Patiently manic
With patience and intensity
You meander my mind
You navigate through my thoughts
I need your gracious havoc
I need your benevolent chaos
To see me through this time
To guide me through this phase
Now I'm off to fight the foreign
Now I am heading to confront the unknown
Gone to lands I'll never know
Traveling to lands I will never comprehend
Like my father and before him
Similar to my father and those before
In my blood I left you long ago
In my heritage, I distanced myself from you long ago
Modern day black magic
In the contemporary era, there is a mysterious influence
I hear the bullets whine
I hear the sound of bullets, and it troubles me
I need your gracious havoc
I need your benevolent chaos
To see me through this time
To guide me through this period
When you pull me from the trenches
When you rescue me from challenging situations
Place your hand above my heart
Place your hand over my heart
Though it's less than you expected
Even if it's not as much as you anticipated
In our dreams I'll never be that far
In our dreams, I'll never be too far away
You may wish you'd never held me
You might regret ever holding me
You may wish you'd never loved
You might regret ever loving me
Though my enemies have felled me
Despite my adversaries defeating me
My sacrifice won't make me deserved of
My sacrifice does not make me deserving of
Pitifully romantic
In a sorrowful yet idealized way
You hold me one more time
You embrace me one more time
I need your gracious havoc
I need your benevolent chaos
To help me find
To assist me in finding
If you see me on the outside
If you find me in external circumstances
And you show me where to go
And guide me in the right direction
When you save me from the downside
When you rescue me from difficult times
You will keep me from the cold
You will shield me from the harshness
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