Dark Don't Hide It
Embracing Shadows: Unveiling the Truth in 'Dark Don't Hide It'
Lyrics
Something held me down it made me make a promise
Something held the speaker down, leading to a commitment not to disclose a truth that may be forgotten.
That I wouldn't tell if the truth forgets about us
A promise not to reveal a truth even if it becomes forgotten over time.
Saying it now comes easily
The act of confessing is now easier, possibly due to discovering how the speaker has been manipulated.
After finding out how you've been using me
Revelation of the ease of confessing after realizing the manipulation the speaker has experienced.
At least the dark don't hide it (x4)
Emphasis on the darkness not concealing certain truths, repeated for emphasis.
You only said you wanted friends
The speaker recalls being told the desire for friendship, but the intention was to eliminate those friends.
For long enough to get rid of them
Faking the desire for friendship until it was possible to get rid of those friends.
You found the kind you knew would only kill you
Finding friends who are harmful and knowing they would lead to the speaker's demise.
So you surrounded yourself with them
Surrounding oneself with harmful friends.
At least the dark don't hide it (x4)
Reiteration of the idea that darkness doesn't conceal certain truths, repeated for emphasis.
Now the world was empty on the day when they made it
Describing a world that was empty on its creation day and needed a place to discard negativity.
But heaven needed someplace to throw all the shit
Heaven needed a place to dispose of negativity, using the world for this purpose.
Human hearts and pain should never be separate
Stressing that human hearts and pain should not be kept separate; they coexist to prevent tearing apart.
They wouldn't tear themselves apart both trying to fit
Asserting that human hearts and pain coexist to avoid self-destruction in the attempt to fit together.
At least the dark don't hide it (x4)
Emphasizing once more that darkness doesn't hide certain truths, repeated for emphasis.
Now death is gonna hold us up in the mirror
Death is personified as holding up a mirror, suggesting a reflection of similarities between the speaker and death.
And say we're so much alike we must be brothers
The speaker and death are likened to brothers, sharing commonalities.
See I had a job to do but people like you
Despite having a job to do, people like the speaker have been performing it for one another.
Been doing it for me to one another
Others have undertaken the speaker's responsibilities towards each other.
At least I don't hide it (x4)
Reiteration that, unlike others, the speaker doesn't hide certain truths, repeated for emphasis.
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