Outside of This Tragedy
Embracing Resilience: Beyond Tragedy with John Nolan's Melodic Insight
Lyrics
Don't tell me what you really think
Expressing a desire not to hear someone's true thoughts or opinions.
I don't think I can stand to know
Feeling unable to handle or endure the knowledge of those thoughts.
There's no answer to these questions I have
Acknowledging the lack of answers to personal questions.
No name for these extinct emotions
Describing unnamed and extinguished emotions.
I'm happy to be outside of this tragedy
Expressing contentment with being outside of a tragic situation.
So close and so far away
Highlighting the proximity and distance to the tragic event simultaneously.
Indignant and undone but untouched
Feeling anger and defeat but remaining untouched.
So when you leave, will you remember me?
Pondering if one will be remembered after departing.
Will you please, please just remember me?
Emphasizing the plea to be remembered.
Now I'm falling asleep with my eyes wide open
Describing falling asleep with eyes open, possibly indicating a disconnected or numb state.
My eyes wide open all the time
Reiterating the constant state of wakefulness.
I'm trying so hard
Expressing significant effort in a particular endeavor.
I'm trying so hard
Repeating the effort, emphasizing its intensity.
I'm not trying anything at all
Contradicting the effort by stating a lack of trying at all.
I'm happy to be outside of this tragedy
Reiterating contentment with being outside of tragedy.
So close and so far away
Restating the simultaneous closeness and distance to the tragic event.
Indignant and undone but untouched
Reaffirming a sense of anger and defeat without personal impact.
When you leave, will you remember me?
Pondering the potential remembrance upon departure.
Will you please, please just remember me?
Repeating the plea for remembrance with added emphasis.
This hope you have will build you up
Describing hope as a constructive force that may lead to eventual breakdown.
Build you up to break you down
Emphasizing the potential for hope to build up and then break down.
This hope you have will build you up
Repeating the idea of hope building up with the anticipation of subsequent breakdown.
Build you up to break you
Stating that hope, while building up, ultimately leads to a breaking point.
When you leave, will you remember me?
Reiterating the question of remembrance upon departure.
Will you please, please just remember me?
Repeating the plea for remembrance with added emphasis.
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