The Cost
Navigating Life's Cost: Reflections on Pain and Choices
Lyrics
Is the pain of indecision
Reflecting on the difficulty of making decisions and the associated pain.
Much worse than making up your mind?
Comparing the pain of indecision with the challenge of making a decision.
How do you live in such a prison
Questioning how one can live in a restrictive situation when there's an opportunity for freedom.
If the doors unlocked?
Suggesting the possibility of escape or change even when it seems difficult.
And while you say it makes no difference
Contradicting statements, highlighting a discrepancy in expressed feelings.
And wipe the counters down with pine
Engaging in mundane activities to distract from inner turmoil.
We found you crying in the kitchen
Discovering someone in a vulnerable state, possibly dealing with emotional struggles.
With the oven on
Describing a distressing situation, finding someone upset with the oven on, implying a possible dark mood.
All the lessons, you can't swallow
Referencing difficult life lessons that are hard to accept or internalize.
All the lessons, you can't swallow
Reiteration of the challenges posed by lessons that are hard to swallow.
I know what it's like to be guarded (Guarded)
Sharing an understanding of what it feels like to be emotionally guarded.
I know what it's like to be lost (Lost)
Expressing familiarity with the experience of feeling lost or directionless.
Now everybody thinks they found me (Found me)
Others believe they have found the person, possibly misunderstanding or misinterpreting them.
Don't think that don't come at a cost
Highlighting that being found or understood comes with a cost or consequence.
They just told us not to listen
Ignoring advice or warnings not to listen to something.
While the whole world was falling down
Observing the world's troubles while being indifferent or detached.
We watched on cable television
Recalling witnessing global issues on television during a time of joy depletion.
When the joy ran out
Noting a point when happiness or joy has diminished.
You say go head and move on
Encouraging someone to move forward and leave the past behind.
Start in a new place
Suggesting starting anew in a different place.
Go head and move on
Repeating the encouragement to move on and embrace change.
All lessons, you can't swallow
Reiterating the difficulty of accepting certain life lessons.
All lessons, you can't swallow
Emphasizing the repeated challenge of swallowing difficult lessons.
I know what it's like to be guarded (Guarded)
Reaffirming the familiarity with the experience of being emotionally guarded.
I know what it's like to be lost (Lost)
Reiterating the experience of feeling lost or adrift.
Now everybody thinks they found me (Found me)
Others believe they have found the person, reinforcing the theme of misunderstanding.
Don't think that don't come at a cost
Warning that being found comes with a cost or consequence.
I know what it's like to be guarded (Guarded)
Restating the familiarity with the experience of being emotionally guarded.
I know what it's like to be lost (Lost)
Repeating the experience of feeling lost or adrift.
Now everybody thinks they found me (Found me)
Others believe they have found the person, maintaining the theme of potential misunderstanding.
Don't think that don't come at a cost
Reiterating the warning that being found comes with a cost or consequence.
Don't think that don't come at a cost
Stressing the idea that being found has negative consequences.
(All the lessons)
Repeating the notion that all lessons come with a cost.
Don't think that don't come at a cost
Emphasizing again that all lessons come with a cost.
(All the lessons)
Repeating the idea that all lessons come with a cost.
Don't think that don't come at
Concluding with the reiterated notion that all lessons come with a cost.
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