Atrophy
Deteriorating Souls: Melissa VanFleet's Powerful Reflection on Human Exploitation
Lyrics
Atrophy, atrophy
Expressing a state of decline and wasting away.
I deteriorate
Describing personal deterioration or decay.
Call out the highest bidder
Suggesting a transaction involving bidding, possibly metaphorical.
I turn and hang my head in shame
Feeling guilt or remorse, indicated by hanging one's head in shame.
You think you're holy but you're a sinner
Pointing out hypocrisy in someone who claims holiness but acts sinfully.
In the most evil way
Highlighting a sinister or evil aspect within the person mentioned.
Watch me wither away
Describing a visible decline or wasting away.
As you hold me down on my knees
Feeling restrained or oppressed, possibly by another person.
Disappearing at your feet
Symbolizing a loss of identity or self-erasure.
Atrophy, I deteriorate
Reiterating the theme of personal decay and deterioration.
I deteriorate, atrophy
Repeating the deterioration theme in a reversed order.
I deteriorate
Continuing to express personal decline or decay.
The room's dark but I can't see
Describing a dark environment, possibly reflecting emotional darkness.
Because a blindfold hides my eyes
Indicating a lack of vision or understanding due to a blindfold.
A rope around my wrists behind me
Symbolizing physical restraint or captivity through a rope around the wrists.
You can't buy a human life
Emphasizing the value and sanctity of human life, contrasting it with commodification.
Wither away
Reiterating the theme of withering away in a broader context.
As you hold me down on my knees
Re-emphasizing the feeling of oppression or restraint.
Disappearing at your feet
Reiterating the idea of disappearing or losing oneself.
Atrophy, I deteriorate
Repeating the concept of personal decay and decline.
I deteriorate, atrophy
Repeating the deterioration theme in a reversed order.
I deteriorate
Continuing to express personal decline or decay.
Someone please answer my prayer, my prayer
Pleading for help or intervention through prayer.
To get out of here, how was I chosen
Expressing confusion or questioning the reasons for being in a difficult situation.
Why put a price on me, strip me of my dignity
Questioning the dehumanizing act of placing a value on a person and stripping away dignity.
Inject me, collect me like I am a trophy and
Describing the objectification and collection of the person as if they were a trophy.
Watch me wither away
Reiterating the theme of withering away in the context of objectification.
As you hold me down on my knees
Re-emphasizing the feeling of oppression or restraint.
Disappearing at your feet
Reiterating the idea of disappearing or losing oneself.
Atrophy, I deteriorate
Repeating the concept of personal decay and decline.
I deteriorate
Continuing to express personal deterioration.
I deteriorate
-I deteriorate
Concluding with a final statement of personal decay and deterioration.
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