Lyrics
It's a cold sweat
Feeling intense anxiety or fear
Oh no
Expression of concern or realization
My desire will be my undoing
A realization that one's desires may lead to their downfall
In flesh tones of corrupted blood
Describing corrupted blood with a visual reference to flesh tones
Dead branches of me and my lovers
Symbolic representation of dead connections with past lovers
My creator woes her creation
Creator expressing regrets or sorrows regarding their creation
What innocence blanks generations
Reflecting on how innocence can be lost across generations
Discontinue my continuation
Expressing a desire to end one's continuation or legacy
An extinction of me and my lovers
Describing the extinction of oneself and past lovers
One to the left one to the right
Reference to the left and right sides, possibly symbolizing choices
Two demons on my shoulders keep me up at night
Two inner demons causing distress and keeping the individual awake
Generations left ungenerated
Generations left without being created or born
My desire will be my undoing
Reiteration of the idea that desires may lead to undoing
I've been thinking about it
Contemplation or deep thought about a specific subject
I've been thinking about it
Continued contemplation or introspection
I've been thinking about the legacy I'm leaving
Reflecting on the legacy one is leaving behind
When it's stopped short it's unforgiving
When a legacy is abruptly ended, it's unforgiving
Then I wonder why I'm even living
Questioning the purpose of living when the legacy is cut short
What hurt you so long, my bub
Asking about a long-lasting hurt or pain
My bub, so long
Addressing someone affectionately, questioning the duration of pain
Sweat cold sweat cold sweat cold sweat
Repetition of the physical reaction to anxiety or fear
My creator woes her creation
Creator expressing regrets or sorrows regarding their creation (repeated)
What innocence blanks generations
Reflecting on how innocence can be lost across generations (repeated)
Discontinue my continuation
Expressing a desire to end one's continuation or legacy (repeated)
Silent spring for me and my lovers
Describing a quiet or uneventful ending for oneself and past lovers
And I know we ain't gonna meet in another life
Doubt about meeting again in another life
I can see it in your eyes
Perceiving a sense of impending death in the other person's eyes
I can see it in your eyes
-I can see it in your eyes that yr gonna die
-Okay what am I saying okay what am I but the son of such a saint who gave me her eyes
The speaker acknowledges the saintly qualities inherited from their mother but expresses shame for not living up to them
I put em both to waste, cannot love or procreate
-I say my God I'm so ashamed you gave me her eyes
-It's a false start
Another instance of feeling intense anxiety or fear
Oh no
Expression of concern or realization (repeated)
What warmth could feel this cold
Questioning what could make warmth feel cold
Family name no more
The family name losing significance or disappearing
All my ancestors lived for
Alluding to the sacrifices and struggles of ancestors
Afflictions and world wars
Reflecting on historical challenges such as afflictions, wars, and plagues
Whole plagues that wiped generations out
-All they'd been surviving for
-Cut short by me and my lovers
Ending the continuity or lineage with past lovers
And I know we ain't gonna meet in another life
Repetition of doubts about meeting again in another life and expressing shame for not living up to inherited qualities
I can see it in your eyes
-I can see it in your eyes
-I can see it in your eyes that yr gonna die
-Okay what am I saying okay what am I but the son of such a saint who gave me her eyes
-I put em both to waste, cannot love or procreate
-I say my God I'm so ashamed you gave me her eyes
-And I know we ain't gonna meet in another life
-I can see it in your eyes
-I can see it in your eyes
-I can see it in your eyes that yr gonna die
-Okay what am I saying okay what am I but the son of such a saint who gave me her eyes
-I put em both to waste, cannot love or procreate
-I say my God I'm so ashamed you gave me her eyes
-Why can't we see the sunrise in the morning
Expressing a longing to witness the sunrise but acknowledging the mother leaving her son behind
She leaves her only son behind in the morning
-Why can't we see the sunrise in the morning
-She leaves her only son behind in the morning
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