Beneath
Beneath the Surface: Unveiling Inner Turmoil in Krachmaninov's Symphony
Lyrics
Whatever was beneath
The unknown or hidden aspects of the speaker's emotions or subconscious
In my basement slumbered
A metaphorical reference to the speaker's innermost thoughts residing in a dormant state
A violent feeling is always killing me
An intense and overpowering emotion that constantly troubles the speaker
Amongst the nagging thoughts
Amid persistent and bothersome thoughts
Nagging thoughts
Repetition emphasizing the prevalence of persistent thoughts
Terrified lest it would submerge a
Fearful of being overwhelmed by the intense emotion
And drag me with it
Concerns about being dragged down by the emotion
Half blind half deaf terrified awake
Feeling a sense of incompleteness, fear, and alertness
Half blind half deaf totally deranged
Emphasizing a state of partial sensory deprivation and mental instability
Half blind half deaf totally deranged
Repetition emphasizing the speaker's disturbed mental state
Half blind half deaf terrified awake
Similar to line 9, reinforcing the speaker's emotional turmoil
Feeling the pain in my Head
Experiencing pain and distress in the head
Through my body
Physical manifestation of emotional pain
Usually it feels right rarely wrong
Contrasting feelings of rightness and wrongness
Like a nail through the wood spiking my brain
Intense mental anguish compared to a sharp object piercing the mind
Cynicism, deadness is overcoming me
A sense of cynicism and emotional numbness taking control
Half blind half deaf totally deranged
Repetition of the speaker's disturbed mental state
Half blind half deaf terrified awake
Continuation of the speaker's state of fear and alertness
In my friends eyes I'm totally Insane
Perceived insanity in the eyes of friends
I can't tell the truth to escape that
The difficulty of revealing the truth to avoid judgment
That judgment I keep it with me
The judgment is retained by the speaker
I bury it down down meters down
Symbolic burial of judgment deep within
To never show it again never again
The intention to conceal and never reveal the buried emotions
Buried in depression
Immersed in a state of depression and emotional burial
Where no one can
A hidden place where no one can perceive the buried emotions
See it see it there
Emphasizing the hidden nature of buried emotions
So it is gone for now for now it is gone
Temporary relief from the emotional burden
Whatever was beneath
Reiteration of the mysterious and troubling elements beneath
In my basement slumbered
Continuation of the dormant state of inner thoughts
A violent feeling is always killing me
Repetition of the powerful and troublesome emotion
Amongst the nagging thoughts
Among persistent and bothersome thoughts
Nagging thoughts
Repetition underscoring the prevalence of nagging thoughts
Terrified lest it would submerge a
Fearful of being overwhelmed by the intense emotion, echoing line 6
And drag me with it
Concerns about being dragged down by the emotion, echoing line 7
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