Lyrics
Look again into the mirror that you despise
Encouragement to face one's own reflection, despite dislike.
Keep looking over your shoulder
Suggests a constant sense of being watched or pursued.
This shadow may not always be your own
Warning that the shadow or inner darkness may not always be self-generated.
It's living in you, on you, eating you alive
Describes the inner darkness as pervasive and destructive.
It bears a striking resemblance, it bears your scars
Highlighting the shared nature of inner struggles and personal history.
Confront the horrors of self
Call to directly confront and acknowledge one's inner demons.
What no one knows is what you fear
Secret fears that are hidden from others.
Those thoughts you reject
Reference to thoughts that are consciously rejected or denied.
Only horror hidden in time conceals what has been lost
Suggests that the true horror is concealed in the past.
Spitting into your own reflection, spewing hatred towards reality
Expressing hostility and resentment towards reality and oneself.
You're just a speck of sand in an endless desert of agony
Illustrates the insignificance of an individual in a vast sea of suffering.
Horrors of self
Reiteration of confronting one's inner horrors.
I must confront this,
Acknowledgment of the need to confront personal demons.
Confront the horror
Reiteration of the call to face and deal with inner horror.
Horrors of self
Reiteration of the theme of confronting inner demons.
Must be confronted, to be forgiven
Emphasizes the necessity of facing one's inner horrors for forgiveness.
Horrors of self
Reiterates the need to confront inner demons hidden in the past.
Concealed by time, annihilate the past, let it be forgotten
Advocates for annihilating the past and letting it be forgotten.
Horrors of self
Reiteration of the theme of confronting inner demons.
Must be confronted, to be forgiven
Emphasizes the necessity of facing one's inner horrors for forgiveness.
Horrors of self
Reiteration of the theme of confronting inner demons.
Must be revealed to achieve contrition
Underlines the importance of revealing inner horrors for contrition.
Horrors of self!
Final emphasis on the daunting nature of personal demons.
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