Should've Known
Unveiling the Shadows: A Tale of Regret and Unseen Endings
Lyrics
There's a darkness
There is a sense of impending negativity or trouble.
Waiting in the clouds
Anticipation of a troubling situation or event.
And a silent crowd forms now
A group of people silently gathers in response to this darkness.
There's a darkness
Reiteration of the looming negativity or trouble.
In the sky above
The negativity is present in the sky.
Seems it's waited long enough
It seems like the negativity has been waiting for a while.
Woah, I should've known,
Expresses regret or realization of having prior knowledge.
I should've known by now
Regret for not having understood or realized something earlier.
Woah, I should've known,
Continued expression of regret or realization.
I should've known by now but I don't
Admitting failure to have known despite the expectation of knowing.
As the darkness
Reference to the descending negativity.
Moves to the ground
As the negativity approaches the ground, a final observation is made.
I take my one last look around
Observation that no one reacted strongly to the impending negativity.
Nobody ran, nobody screamed,
No panicked reactions from anyone.
Nobody cried, nobody hid,
People didn't cry, hide, or express panic.
Or headed home to say goodbye
People didn't even go home to say goodbye, implying a lack of anticipation of the end.
No way at all how they had said
Reflecting on the discrepancy between expectations and reality.
What the end would be like
No one predicted or knew how the end would unfold.
Woah, I should've known,
Repetition of regret for not having known earlier.
I should've known by now
Continued lamentation for lack of prior understanding.
Woah, I should've known,
Expressing the desire to have known something beforehand.
I should've known by now but I don't
Admitting the failure to have foreseen or understood.
Fold and collapse and rebuild again
Describing a cycle of folding, collapsing, and rebuilding.
Fold and collapse and rebuild again
Repetition of the cyclical nature of collapse and rebuilding.
Before we collapse and rebuild again
Highlighting the repetitive nature before an eventual end.
Fold and collapse until the end
Continued collapse and folding until the final end.
Will you sing the silence
Questioning if one will acknowledge the silence.
Do you hear it ringing out
Asking if one can perceive the silence loudly.
Will you search around the darkness
Encouraging exploration despite the darkness for an elusive solution.
For a light that can't be found
Struggling to find a solution or hope in a bleak situation.
You've built your bed of billboards
Metaphorically creating a comfort zone that isolates from reality.
And you've blocked away the sun
Blocking positivity or truth from reaching or affecting oneself.
To witness the world ending
Observing the world's end as a distant event, not personally impactful.
At the tip of your tongue will you know
Questioning if one will recognize impending doom.
Woah, I should've known,
Reiteration of regret for not having known earlier.
I should've known by now
Continued acknowledgment of lack of prior understanding.
Woah, I should've known,
Expressing the wish to have known or realized something.
I should've known by now
Admitting the failure to have foreseen or understood.
The time has come to pay the debt
Describing the necessity to face consequences or pay dues.
With no money for the rent
A lack of resources or means to fulfill obligations.
And I don't care where we head
Indifference towards the destination or outcome, whether good or bad.
Or whether we melt or freeze to death
Indifference towards the possible extremes of the end.
But I don't
Continued failure to have foreseen or understood.
But I don't
Reiteration of lack of knowledge or foresight.
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