Vices and Voices
Vices Unveiled: A Symphony of Discontent and Rebellion
Lyrics
Where is the intelligence
Expressing a search for intelligence.
And where is the integrity
Questioning the presence of integrity.
I'm hearing all these voices
Awareness of multiple voices around.
But no one seems to hear me
Feeling unheard despite the voices.
I would rip out my voice box to show you my words
Willingness to sacrifice one's voice to be understood.
Then I'd have a reason for not being heard
Frustration at not being heard despite efforts.
You said it once
Recalling a previous statement made by someone.
I said it a thousand times
Repetition emphasizing the importance of a message.
To hold onto nothing
Warning against holding onto empty or destructive things.
Is to build our demise
Stressing the consequences of holding onto nothing.
So here I stand
Presenting oneself in a challenging situation.
With another false calamity
Highlighting another false crisis or trouble.
Pouring minutes after seconds
Describing time passing with the aim of regaining sanity.
With the intent of feeling sanity
Expressing a desire for mental stability.
Am I the one who kneels?
Pondering one's role in a situation - submissive or assertive.
Or the one who points the gun?
Contemplating the power dynamic, potentially violent.
Your apathy screams of false prophecy
Criticizing indifference as misleading or false.
I waste my breath as empathy dies
Frustration at futile attempts to empathize.
If I gave you my tongue would you hear my words?
Pondering whether giving one's voice would make a difference.
Because everything I say seems to go unheard
Expressing frustration at being consistently ignored.
If I gave you my lungs would you waste your own breath?
Questioning the value of sharing one's breath with others.
Or use it to feed the very minds I detest
Contemplating the use of one's influence on disliked minds.
Hey
An interjection, possibly indicating urgency or attention.
This is the sound of hate
Describing the presented sound as hateful.
Hey
Suggesting that it is too late to address the hate.
It's already too late
Claiming possession of intelligence and integrity.
Here is the intelligence and here is the integrity
Asserting the need for attention to one's perspective.
I've listened to your voices but
Acknowledging listening to others but demanding reciprocation.
Now it's time to hear me
Declaring the right to be heard.
Everything comes to the tip of my tongue
Expressing a buildup of unspoken thoughts.
But I've swallowed these words for long enough
Refusing to remain silent any longer.
I will not suffer through another saviour
Rejecting the influence of false saviors.
Preaching to the world of the righteous behaviour
Criticizing preaching about righteous behavior.
If I gave you my tongue would you hear my words?
Repeating the desire for one's words to be heard.
Because everything I say seems to go unheard
Reiterating frustration at being ignored.
If I gave you my lungs would you waste your own breath?
Posing a rhetorical question about the use of one's breath.
Or use it to feed the very minds I detest
Questioning the impact of one's influence on disliked minds.
Hey
Repeating the sound as an expression of hate.
This is the sound of hate
Reiterating the lateness to address the hate.
Hey
Re-emphasizing the possession of intelligence and integrity.
It's already too late
Declaring the irreversibility of a negative situation.
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