Lyrics
And fever just won't break
Reference to a persistent fever
Slogging through the dog days
Enduring difficult times
Creeping closer. Taking over
An approaching threat taking control
Howl with all their rage
Expressing intense emotions, possibly anger
Down here no one thinks straight
Confusion and lack of clear thinking
The past is strong. It'll make you do wrong
The influence of the past leading to wrongdoing
Cast a loved one down. They'll never know
Betrayal or abandonment of a loved one
The place where good won't go
A place of moral decline or darkness
Where you lay her bones
Symbolic resting place of someone
Inevitable, you were told
An unavoidable fate as foretold
Passed down in tales of old
Passed down through generations in stories
Inevitable, you were told
An inevitable destiny
Passed down to you alone
Transmitted uniquely to the individual
Cast your secrets down
Discarding hidden truths
Go there now
An invitation to face the inevitable
What's lost will never be found
Losses that can't be recovered
In the ground
Symbolic reference to burial
And the fever just won't break
Reiteration of the persistent fever
Slogging through the dog days
Enduring difficult times again
Let it consume you in your rage
Allowing intense emotions to consume
Down here no one thinks straight
Continued lack of clear thinking
Heavy summers where darkness sleeps
Describing challenging summers
Perfumed air and wizened trees
Ambiance of nature with aging trees
Loose your mind in the sugared heat
Losing oneself in the warmth
Go now to where roots run deep
Encouragement to explore deep roots
Cast a loved one down. They'll never know
Repeat of casting a loved one down
The place where good won't go
Reiteration of the morally dark place
Where you lay her bones
Repeating the symbolic resting place
Inevitable, you were told
Emphasizing the unavoidable fate
Passed down in tales of old
Repeated passing down through stories
Inevitable, you were told
Reiterating the inevitability
Passed down to you alone
Unique transmission to the individual
Cast your secrets down
Emphasizing the act of discarding secrets
Go there now
Urging to confront the inevitable
What's lost will never be found
Highlighting irretrievable losses
In the ground
Reiteration of the symbolic burial
Inescapable heat
Intense, inescapable heat symbolizing challenges
You were overcome
Being overwhelmed by circumstances
The whispers know
Whispers acknowledge completed actions
What's done is done
Recognition that certain deeds are irreversible
Inevitable, you were told
Reiterating the foretelling of an inevitable fate
Passed down in tales of old
Continued passing down through stories
Inevitable, you were told
Reiteration of the inevitability
Passed down to you alone
Transmission of destiny uniquely to one person
Cast your secrets down
Repeating the act of discarding secrets
Go there now
Urging to face the inevitable again
What's lost will never be found
Stressing the permanence of losses
In the ground
Final reference to the symbolic burial
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