A Burning Rite
Embracing Shadows: Unveiling the Profound Essence of 'A Burning Rite' by How Great Were the Robins
Lyrics
In eyes I could drown like in water
In someone's eyes, I could be deeply immersed, similar to drowning in water.
But mine feel cold like ice
However, my own eyes feel cold, resembling ice.
My problems
Referring to personal issues or challenges.
I like to solve them in the dark
I prefer to confront and resolve my problems in the darkness.
In truth there's my light
The truth holds my guiding light.
In truth there's my fire
Similarly, the truth serves as my inner fire.
Burning me down
A metaphorical representation of challenges or hardships affecting the individual.
It's burning me down
The challenges are intensifying and affecting the person deeply.
Look I might have been preaching
Acknowledging the possibility of having preached or advocated certain beliefs.
But my so fragile creed is
Despite preaching, the individual's belief system feels fragile and is falling apart.
Like crumbling in my hands
The person's creed, or set of beliefs, is disintegrating in their hands.
Burning me down
Continuation of the metaphorical burning of the person due to internal struggles.
It's Burning me down
The intensity of the internal struggles is escalating.
Nothing
A sense of emptiness or lack of significant meaning.
Can tell me apart from the things
No external factors can distinguish the person from the thoughts or issues they carry.
I have around my head
The person is defined by the thoughts or challenges surrounding their head.
The only head I have
Emphasizing the singular nature of the individual's head.
Say a Rite
An invocation or ritual is suggested.
Conquer the ground
A call to conquer the challenges or struggles that the person faces.
My head and my heart
The struggles involve both the person's thoughts (head) and emotions (heart).
Say:
Introducing a statement or command from the person's head or heart.
-We stay beyond the line
A decision to stay beyond a certain limit or boundary.
Beyond the bounds of my will
Remaining outside the confines of personal will or control.
Of this world
The person exists beyond the limitations of this world.
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