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When I cave, you will all forget my face
Expresses a fear of being forgotten or overlooked.
Isn't that right?
Rhetorical question seeking confirmation about being forgotten.
I hope it won't take long to fade away
Hoping to disappear from memory or attention swiftly.
Not a soul will speak my name
Anticipating total obscurity and lack of recognition.
And it'll be like I never lived at all
Desiring to be erased from existence entirely.
We used to speak of it like it
Referring to an indeterminate 'it,' possibly an event or situation.
Was some point in the future
Viewing the mentioned event as a distant future occurrence.
Like it would never come
Believing the event would never actually happen.
We used to pray to God and
Referencing past prayers directed towards God.
Just accept we couldn't prove it
Resigned to the inability to prove certain things.
Cause to accept that we're nothing
Accepting the idea of insignificance is challenging.
Was harder to swallow
Acceptance of being insignificant is difficult to accept.
I just want to be a lifeless set of ears
Desire to detach from emotional engagement, become indifferent.
And watch your desperation as you
Wishing to witness others' desperation without involvement.
Finish out your years
Seeing others complete their lives while feeling detached.
And stroke your fears of being blank
Observing others' fears of insignificance or lack of impact.
Everybody bleeds the same isn't that right?
Suggesting equality in vulnerability and mortality.
I hope it won't take long
Similar to line #3, desiring a swift disappearance.
They say the first time that you
Contemplating the idea of death being associated with heart stoppage.
Die is when your heart stops
Emphasizing a different concept of death: when forgotten.
But you die again the last time
Death upon the final mention of one's name, the ultimate oblivion.
That someone speaks your name
Wondering about the duration for total obscurity.
And how long will it take
Questioning the length of time for fading into oblivion.
I just want to be a lifeless set of ears
Reiteration of the desire for emotional detachment and apathy.
And watch your desperation as you
Repeated desire to witness desperation without personal involvement.
Finish out your years
Continued desire to observe detachedly.
I just want to be a lifeless set of ears
Reiteration of the desire for emotional detachment and apathy.
And watch your desperation as you
Repeated desire to witness desperation without personal involvement.
Finish out your years
Continued desire to observe detachedly.
One day you'll wake to find that
Anticipating realization of time wasted or spent insignificantly.
All your time is spent
Expectation of a time when one's capabilities fade away.
One day you'll never get back up again
Anticipating a point of no return, an irrecoverable state.
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