Place Your Hand
Healing Touch: Unveiling Inner Demons through Melissa Etheridge's 'Place Your Hand'
Lyrics
I've an image in my pocket
I carry an image in my pocket
Of some dark demon
Depicting a dark demon, a manifestation of temptation
That temptation brought to life
This demon is brought to life by temptation
And it chokes all of my breath out
The presence of this demon suffocates me, making it hard to breathe
I'm scratching and screaming'
I express my struggle through scratching and screaming
'Til morning comes to night
This struggle continues until morning ends the night
Place your hand
Invitation to someone to intervene
My body will decide
Invoking physical touch to let the body decide
Place your hand
Expecting that physical contact will calm the anger
My anger will subside
Believing that placing a hand will reduce or eliminate anger
There are fragments of possessions
Reference to fragments of possessions and broken relationships
Shards of past relations
Describing remnants of past relationships that pierce the skin
Splintering my skin
The emotional pain is compared to splintering skin
A fear so black and hollow
Describing a deep and dark fear that can stifle creativity
It can suffocate creation
This fear has the power to suffocate creation
And refuse to let you in
It prevents others from getting close
Place your hand
Repetition of the invitation to someone to intervene
My body will decide
Reiteration that physical touch will let the body decide
Place your hand
Reiterating the belief that physical contact will ease anger
My anger will subside
Emphasizing the idea that placing a hand can reduce anger
And they speak to me like prophets in my dreams
Dreams are a source of guidance, with prophets shouting messages
Speak to me like prophets in my dreams
-Shouting like prophets in my dreams
-Sometimes I think it's easy
Expressing that life may seem too easy for some
Too easy for the living
It's easy for the living to receive the promised land
To receive the promised land
Reference to the promised land, a symbol of fulfillment
Can flesh provide the answer
Raising a question if physical existence can provide answers
The reaction for sensation
Considering reactions as a justification for sensation
Justify your hand
Challenging others to justify their actions
Place your hand
Repetition of the invitation for someone to intervene
My body will decide
Reiterating that physical touch will let the body decide
Place your hand
Reiterating the belief that physical contact will ease anger
My anger will subside
Emphasizing the idea that placing a hand can reduce anger
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