Close Every Door
Unlocking Desolation: The Meaning Behind 'Close Every Door'
Lyrics
Close every door to me
Expresses a desire for isolation or exclusion.
Hide all the world from me
Wishes to be shielded from the external world.
Bar all the windows
Asks to block any view of the outside world.
And shut out the light
Desires darkness and the absence of light.
Do what you want with me
Acceptance of mistreatment or harm.
Hate me and laugh at me
Openness to being hated and ridiculed.
Darken my daytime
Wishes for a gloomy daytime experience.
And torture my night
Expresses readiness for emotional suffering at night.
If my life were important
Raises a hypothetical question about the significance of life.
I would ask, would I live or die?
Contemplates the choice between life and death.
But I know the answers
Claims knowledge that life's answers are beyond this world.
Lie far from this world
Suggests the answers are in a realm distant from the current existence.
Close every door to me
Reiterates the desire for isolation and exclusion.
Keep those I love from me
Desires separation from loved ones.
Children of Israel
References the Children of Israel, implying shared struggles.
Are never alone
Assures that the Children of Israel are not alone in their challenges.
For I know I shall find
Expresses confidence in finding personal peace of mind.
My own peace of mind
Believes in the promise of a personal land of peace.
For I have been promised
Refers to a promise of a personal haven.
A land of my own
Asserts entitlement to a land of one's own.
Just give me a number
Desires anonymity through a numerical identity.
Instead of my name
Asks to be forgotten and left to decay.
Forget all about me
Requests to be disregarded and abandoned.
And let me decay
Expresses a willingness to deteriorate or decline.
For I do not matter
States a perception of personal insignificance.
I'm only one person
Emphasizes individual unimportance.
Destroy me completely
Expresses a desire for complete destruction.
And throw me away
Wishes to be discarded and thrown away.
If my life were important I
Repeats the hypothetical question about life's importance.
Would ask will I live or die?
Reiterates the contemplation of life and death.
But I know the answers
Confirms awareness that life's answers are beyond the current world.
Lie far from this world
Restates that the answers lie outside of this world.
Close every door to me
Reiterates the desire for isolation and exclusion.
Keep those I love from me
Repeats the desire for separation from loved ones.
Children of Israel
Repeats the reference to the Children of Israel and shared struggles.
Are never alone
Reassures that the Children of Israel are not alone in their challenges.
For we know we shall find
Expresses collective confidence in finding peace of mind.
Our own peace of mind
Believes in the promise of a collective land of peace.
For we have been promised
Reiterates the reference to a promise of a collective haven.
A land of our own
Asserts collective entitlement to a land of their own.
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