conjure me, spirit
Eternal Sacrifice: A Poetic Ode to a Departed Hero
Lyrics
Conjure me someday
Expressing a desire for someone to summon or bring forth the speaker in the future.
Cause you make me feel so good
Acknowledging the positive impact the person has on the speaker's emotions.
Conjure a world of perfection
Calling for the creation of an ideal world.
And it will never be enough, one day maybe learn my lesson
Recognizing the insufficiency of perfection and a potential realization of a lesson in the future.
And i let myself escape into these self written fictions
Escaping into self-created fantasies and acknowledging a sense of loss.
And man, i been fucking missing, but i been missing you
Expressing a longing for someone while acknowledging their absence.
Surrounded by chaos and this confusion, i wish i could visit you
Wishing to escape chaos and confusion to be with the person.
Sorry, i know that there's so much torment that just lives in you
Apologizing for recognizing the inner turmoil within the person.
Blood floods the porcelain plain and that's the sacrifice you made
Referring to a sacrifice made, possibly metaphorical, involving blood.
I'm living safe, and that's the world you want to save
Contrasting the speaker's safe life with the person's desire to save the world.
The memories you bear are just a burden i won't understand
Acknowledging the person's burdensome memories.
You had the courage to fight, while i turned around and ran
Regretting not facing challenges like the person did.
My wings were clipped, i regret never jumping out that window
Expressing regret for not taking risks, possibly related to the person.
Cause, you was my best friend, that evolved into my hero
Recognizing the person's evolution from a friend to a hero.
You were everything i ever needed, very reason that i'm breathing
Acknowledging the person's importance and the speaker's emotional state.
So stubborn while you was leaving, i'm alone and fucking bleeding
Expressing loneliness and pain after the person's departure.
Now i don't know who is there to catch me if i fall
Reflecting uncertainty about who will support the speaker in times of need.
You couldn't stay and protect me cause you had to protect us all
Recognizing the person's duty to protect others, preventing them from staying.
Yea, you had to protect us all
Reiterating the person's commitment to protecting everyone.
I hate that i'm dependent, that's an aspect of myself that you defended
Expressing dislike for dependency, defended by the person.
Our best days are in our past, and now i wish they never ended
Reflecting on the past, wishing it never ended.
Conjure me someday
Repeating the desire to be summoned in the future.
And now that i'm reading this letter, man i wish we were together
Expressing a wish to be with the person while reading a letter.
More than ever, i can't live like this forever
Expressing a desire for the person's presence and a reluctance to live without them.
I need you by my side, i wish that you survived
Expressing the need for the person to be by the speaker's side.
I need you by my side, i wish you were alive
Reiterating the longing for the person and expressing a wish for their continued existence.
We won't spend another day together, too surreal for me to comprehend
Accepting the surreal reality of not spending another day with the person.
We ain't had your funeral yet, i can't believe it was my friend
Expressing disbelief that the speaker's friend is the one who suffered.
Who took the bullet and the shrapnel, i can't fight alone in battles
Recognizing the challenges faced by the person and the difficulty of facing battles alone.
Accept what others defend, that's the road i never traveled
Acknowledging a divergence in life choices from the person.
My wings are way too fragile
Describing the speaker's vulnerability with fragile wings.
Your soul was too pure for me to just keep it to myself
Acknowledging the purity of the person's soul and the speaker's reluctance to keep it to themselves.
I'm so selfish, there's more people that will always need your help
Acknowledging selfishness and the ongoing need for the person's help.
I'm a coward, i wish that i took your bullet, if i said it how i felt
Admitting cowardice and expressing a wish to have taken the person's place.
Now i don't know who is there to catch me if i fall
Reflecting uncertainty about who will catch the speaker if they fall.
You couldn't stay and protect me, you had to protect us all
Reiterating the person's duty to protect others, preventing them from staying.
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