Banish Sorrows
Embracing Tomorrow: Conquering Heartaches with Left For Pleasure
Lyrics
Did your fancy never stray
Questioning if the person's thoughts have ever strayed to another lover.
To some newer lover?
Suggesting the possibility of the person being interested in someone new.
My tears may answer this question
Indicating that tears may reveal the answer, but it's beyond the speaker's control.
But it's not in my power
Expressing a lack of power to follow orders and simultaneously dislike oneself.
To obey you and hate myself
Desire to overcome sorrow and embrace a positive future.
Let's banish sorrow
Repetition of the desire to banish sorrow.
Oh tomorrow let's banish sorrow!
Encouraging to banish sorrow in the upcoming days.
Take your grit
Reiteration of the call to banish sorrow, suggesting various ways to do so.
Take an arrow
-Take some wine
-Let's banish sorrow
-Take your grit
-Take an arrow
-Take some wine
-Let's banish sorrow
-Let's banish sorrow
Repeating the resolve to banish sorrow.
He pushes me to crazy films
Reference to being pushed into unsettling situations, possibly related to films.
No way to get out of this horror!
Expressing a feeling of being trapped in a horrifying situation.
He needs my fragility
Stating that the person requires the speaker's vulnerability.
He needs me to break down down down down
Indicating the person's need for the speaker to emotionally break down.
I figured it out
Realization of the situation and the pain the person is experiencing.
I saw his pain
Acknowledging the person's pain.
Now he feels ashamed
Noting that the person now feels ashamed.
So he needs to blame me
Attributing blame to the speaker for the person's feelings.
All he want is to blame me
Emphasizing the person's desire to blame the speaker.
Oh let's banish sorrow
Repetition of the resolution to banish sorrow, echoing earlier lines.
Take your grit
-Take an arrow
-Take some wine
-Let's banish sorrow
-Take your grit
-Take an arrow
-Take some wine
-Let's banish sorrow
-Let's banish sorrow
-I take a deep breath
Describing a moment of taking a deep breath and gaining clarity.
My mind is clear
Indicating that the speaker's mind is clear.
My demons are real, nerves of steel
Acknowledging the presence of personal demons but emphasizing inner strength.
You took mine away
Expressing gratitude for the person taking away the speaker's pain.
And I saw your pain
Observing the person's pain, but acknowledging an inability to save them.
But I can't save him no no no no
Reiteration of the call to banish sorrow, mirroring earlier verses.
Let's banish sorrow
-Take your grit
-Take an arrow
-Take some wine
-Let's banish sorrow
-Take your grit
-Take an arrow
-Take some wine
-Let's banish sorrow
-Oh let's banish sorrow
Final repetition of the resolve to banish sorrow.
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