Thrown Down a Rope
Silent Struggle: Unraveling the Message in Napalm Death's Thrown Down a Rope
Lyrics
Someone wants me dead
Someone wishes for my death
From the neck and upwards
Specifically targeting my neck and above
Rope weaved by these hands
Creating a rope with their own hands
Box of my toils
Symbolic box containing the results of their efforts
Coerced, dazed by a sucker punch
Forced and disoriented by a surprise attack
Reeling, believing that these are the dues
Feeling the consequences, convinced it's the price to pay
Pitch back, throwback to a chastised youth
Thrown back to a disciplined and reprimanded youth
No quarter, stifled under a stitch-up hood
Given no mercy, suppressed under a manipulated situation
To be made an example
Being used as a warning or lesson for others
Will staunch my deviant flow
Believing that this punishment will stop my unconventional behavior
Held a lever that only I can pull
Having control over a lever only I can activate
Need a trauma to silence my loose tongue
Desiring a traumatic event to silence my outspoken nature
Bigots want my head
Facing opposition from narrow-minded individuals
On a plate to sound-out
Offered as a sacrifice to express their opinions
Probing, exposing delicate core to full view
Being scrutinized, revealing vulnerable aspects to the public
Damning, programming etiquette to suit
Condemning and shaping behavior to fit societal norms
To dissect and reset
To analyze and reset, hoping to stop my unconventional behavior
Will staunch my deviant flow
Believing that the punishment will curb my deviant tendencies
Held a lever that only I can pull
Having control over a lever only I can activate (repeated)
Need a trauma to silence my loose tongue
Desiring a traumatic event to silence my outspoken nature (repeated)
Group constrictor
Describing a group that tightens its grip on dissent
Throttling a bond
Strangling a connection or alliance
Call a cull to silence our loose tongues
Calling for a selective elimination to quiet dissenting voices
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