Lyrics
Verse 1:
Introduction to the first verse
You contaminate my blood
Feeling contaminated, a negative impact on the speaker's blood
Now I'm not half the man I was
Personal deterioration, a loss of identity and strength
Not beast nor fiend have you made me simply a malady, an odious reek
Transformation into a malady, a foul smell, expressing a negative change
I've grown accustomed to the low-hanging fruit and the delight of my descent
Adaptation to negative circumstances and the pleasure derived from descent
If there's nothing left but this creeping death then, old friend, extend your hand
Acceptance of a seemingly inevitable end, reaching out to a companion
Pre-Chorus:
Transition to the pre-chorus
Come one and all and behold
Invitation for others to witness something abnormal
This aberration we hold
Acknowledgment of the aberration
Can you hear me?
Questions about perception and a reference to the Lotus Eater
Can you feel it?
-Right here, watch the Lotus Eater
-Come one and all and behold
Reiteration of inviting others and the idea of being lost
This aberration we hold
-You'll never be, never be found
-Verse 2:
Beginning of the second verse
Ain't no destiny
Nihilism, rejecting the concept of destiny
Nothing left for me cause the self is a cell, consciousness is a penalty
Describing the self as a prison, consciousness as a burden
Look at me
Recognition of personal struggles and conflicts
Fleeting by small degrees martyr and masochist rage in me
Internal conflicts manifesting as rage and self-inflicted pain
She's still here
Presence of an enduring strength despite challenges
Louder with passing years stronger than ever here
-So just gimme just a little death (just a little)
Desire for a release, a metaphorical death
Tell me that I'm different
Seeking validation and a chance for a new beginning
Don't I deserve to begin again?
-Pre-Chorus:
Repetition of the pre-chorus, emphasizing the aberration and being lost
Come one and all and behold
-This aberration we hold
-Can you hear me?
-Can you feel it?
-Right here, watch the Lotus Eater
-Come one and all and behold!
-This aberration we hold
-You'll never be, never be found
-Raise your glass to the Lotus Eater as he drifts into the ether
Toasting to the Lotus Eater's departure into the unknown
Chorus:
Transition to the chorus
Flora, fauna born are devoid of the thorns
Metaphorical depiction of life's struggles and fragility
We've shorn here
-I cannot close my eyes, can't sleep at night
-I'm yearning
-We will wax and wane
-We all wilt the same in this bell jar we've made
-But it's the destiny, of glass to break
-Verse 3:
Beginning of the third verse
Be not so long to speak for I long to die
Expressing a longing for death
This anaesthetic is contriving a poltergeist
Anesthesia causing a ghostly manifestation of pain
Out of me
Acknowledging the enduring agony
I know I'll never be rid of the agony I've survived
-Day in, day out
Perseverance despite continuous suffering
The lotus in my mouth has been
The Lotus symbolizing control over the speaker's actions
Dictating every move I make
-Just human, I'm afraid
Human vulnerability and fear
Pre-Chorus:
Repetition of the pre-chorus, highlighting the aberration and being lost
Come one and all and behold
-This aberration we hold
-Can you hear me?
-Can you feel it?
-Right here, watch the Lotus Eater
-Come one and all and behold
-This aberration we hold
-You'll never be, never be found
-Chorus:
Repetition of the chorus, emphasizing life's struggles and inevitable breaking
Flora, fauna born are devoid of the thorns
-We've shorn here
-I cannot close my eyes, can't sleep at night
-I'm yearning
-We will wax and wane
-We all wilt the same in this bell jar we've made
-But it's the destiny, of glass to break
-Flora, fauna born are devoid of the thorns
Final repetition of chorus, reinforcing themes of fragility and destiny
We've shorn here
-I cannot close my eyes, can't sleep at night
-I'm yearning
-We will wax and wane
-We all wilt the same in this bell jar we've made
-But it's the destiny, of glass to break
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