HATCHET

HATCHET: Wrestling with Unspoken Words and Phantom Pain
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Lyrics

Arguing with the space that you haven't been in for some time

Struggling with the emptiness or absence that has been present for a while.

Phantom pain

Experiencing lingering pain from something that is no longer physically there.

Rewrite the lines inside my head and make it right

Attempting to mentally revise thoughts or memories to make them correct.

But nothing changes in real life

Despite mental efforts, no significant changes occur in the actual, tangible world.

Nothing changes in real life

Reiteration of the lack of change in the external reality.

Retrace my steps, digging up the hatchet that I left

Going back in memory to retrieve unresolved issues or conflicts.

Cause I can't seem to bury all the words that I've left unsaid

Struggling to bury unspoken words and emotions represented by a metaphorical "hatchet."

When they're always screaming in my head every night

The persistent, loud inner thoughts and regrets that echo every night.

I'll just pretend they went down without a fight

Pretending that the unresolved issues resolved themselves without a struggle.

Because I've always had a bark without a bite

Acknowledging a tendency to express bravado without taking meaningful action.

Arguing with the space that you haven't been in for some time

Repeating the theme of arguing with the absence or emptiness that persists.

Phantom pain

Reiterating the experience of lingering pain from something no longer present.

Rewrite the lines inside my head and make it right

Continuing efforts to mentally revise thoughts and make them right.

But nothing changes in real life

Emphasizing the lack of tangible change in real-life despite mental efforts.

Nothing changes in real life

Repeating the idea that external circumstances remain unchanged.

I guess my vision has always been better in hindsight

Reflecting on hindsight and the tendency to see things more clearly after the fact.

Why am I so caught up in the past?

Questioning the preoccupation with past events and experiences.

Cutting fingers always deeper on broken glass

Engaging in self-destructive behavior, deepening wounds on emotional or psychological "broken glass."

I'll strive to find some peace through all of this

Expressing a commitment to finding inner peace amidst difficulties.

Can't force these shattered pieces to fit

Acknowledging the inability to force broken aspects of life to fit together perfectly.

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