My Poison
Echoes of Inner Struggle: Lost Decades' 'My Poison' Unveiled
Lyrics
This is how we always start
This marks the beginning of a recurring pattern or cycle.
This is how it always ends
Indicates a predictable conclusion or outcome to the mentioned cycle.
Either I’m your shooting star,
The speaker is uncertain whether they are a source of positivity (shooting star) or a deceptive figure (devil).
Or just a devil that pretends
Suggests a duality in the speaker's nature, possibly struggling with authenticity.
And where you go, you say to me,
Describes a situation where the other person is leaving, conveying a sense of separation.
You’ll surely have to stay
The departure is inevitable, but the speaker wishes for the other person to stay.
I wanted to get better but there’s something in my way
Expresses a desire for improvement, hindered by an unidentified obstacle.
Don’t let me forget
The speaker requests not to forget something important.
I can’t feel
An inability to feel emotions is acknowledged.
Maybe I’m dumb
Questions the speaker's intelligence or understanding of the situation.
Da da dum
Repetitive sounds (da da dum) creating a rhythmic and possibly contemplative atmosphere.
Da da dum
-And I’m growing older now
Reflects on the passage of time and the inevitability of aging.
Bout time I started wondering how
The speaker starts questioning their life and choices.
I just keep on drinking down
Indulging in destructive habits, symbolized by "drinking down" the poison.
My poison
Emphasizes the consumption of a metaphorical poison, possibly representing self-destructive behavior.
Alone, with everyone else
Describes a sense of isolation even when surrounded by others.
Stoned, I keep to myself
Acknowledges a state of being emotionally detached or numb (stoned).
You can run but you’ll never leave yourself
Suggests the impossibility of escaping oneself, even when attempting to run away.
I tried and tried but you
Efforts to leave or change have been unsuccessful.
Don’t let me forget
Reiteration of not wanting to forget something crucial.
I can’t feel
Reiteration of the inability to feel emotions.
Maybe I’m dumb
Repeating the question about the speaker's intelligence or awareness.
Da da dum
Continuation of the rhythmic repetition, maintaining a contemplative tone.
Da da dum
-We don’t need another person
Expresses a disinterest in welcoming another person into the speaker's life.
No one who’d leave us to our thoughts
Rejects the idea of someone who might disrupt the speaker's internal thoughts.
Thought I’d see your echo in the city shadows and nooks
Recalls an expectation of encountering the other person's influence in various aspects of the city.
You were never really here or there
Describes the other person's elusive and intangible presence, neither here nor there.
Or anywhere
-Maybe I’m dumb
Repetition of the questioning of intelligence or awareness, maintaining the contemplative atmosphere.
Da da dum
-Da da dum
-And I’m growing older now
Reiteration of the speaker growing older and reflecting on life.
Bout time I started wondering how
Repetition of the questioning of the speaker's life choices.
I just keep on drinking down
Repetition of indulging in self-destructive behavior, symbolized by "drinking down" the poison.
My poison
-My poison
Repetition of the idea of the speaker consuming a metaphorical poison.
My poison
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