A Lesson in Evil
Embrace the Abyss: A Lesson in Confronting Inner Demons
Lyrics
I try to escape from the shadows of mine
I attempt to break free from my own darkness.
It's following me wherever I go
This darkness persistently pursues me everywhere I go.
It's like someone is breathing behind
It feels as if someone is ominously close, breathing down my neck.
My own reflection has turned into my foe
My own reflection has become an adversary.
I hear his voice as he speaks unto me
I hear a voice, claiming to be here to torment, ensuring I'll never be free.
I am here to torment, you will never be free
The voice threatens to teach me the difference between pleasure and pain.
You'll know the difference of pleasure and pain
There will be an understanding of pleasure and pain.
If you're sunshine the I am the rain
If I am sunshine, the speaker identifies as rain, symbolizing conflict.
Can you remember can you recall
A query about remembering and recalling a past event.
You put the noose around my neck
The mention of putting a noose around the speaker's neck.
I won't surrender until you fall
Determination not to surrender until the adversary falls.
You will obey
A command to obey.
I am from the other side
The speaker claims to be from the other side, intending to teach pain.
And I have come to teach you pain
The purpose is to provide a lesson in evil.
I'll give a lesson in evil
Reiteration of the intention to give a lesson in evil.
From the evil side
Confirmation of being on the evil side.
You're the ocean that I have to drain
The listener is described as an ocean that needs to be drained.
And I have come here to reign
The speaker has come to reign.
It makes this noise that will never stop
A persistent noise that won't cease, representing a challenge.
I will be strong and never give it up
Determination to remain strong and not give up.
My shadow drag me like a magner field
The speaker's shadow drags like a magnetic field.
There is no return the maze has been sealed
Implies an irreversible path, as the maze has been sealed.
Can you remember can you recall
Repetition of the query about remembering and recalling.
You said it would be such an innocent game
A reference to a past promise of an innocent game.
You're the offender, and now you crawl
The listener is now the offender and is crawling in submission.
And you obey!
Command to obey.
I wonder where we're going
Contemplation about the direction of their journey.
We're gettin' closer to the hill
Approaching a hill in the journey.
And the forest of the nightmares
Reference to a forest of nightmares.
Will we do the same again?
Pondering whether they will repeat past actions.
Will he see me hanging just like the way he did
Wondering if the speaker will face a fate similar to a past event.
And will he see me end my life
The possibility of ending one's own life, mirroring past actions.
Just the way I ended his?
Reflecting on ending the offender's life in a similar manner.
Hide and seek of life and death
Describing life and death as a game of hide and seek.
Now it's my turn to see you gasp for your last breath
The speaker's turn to witness the adversary's final moments.
My friend!
A poignant acknowledgment of a friend.
There is this noise in my head
A persistent noise in the speaker's head influencing unwanted actions.
That forces me to do things I do not want to
Hearing a command to have the speaker's body dead for a rebirth.
I hear him say:
The speaker is forced to do things against their will.
I want your body dead
Expresses the desire to have the speaker's body dead for a personal rebirth.
So that I can be reborn, it's my turn to live now
It's now the speaker's turn to live after enduring hell.
I have been here in this place
Acknowledgment of a prolonged stay in a challenging place.
that turns hell into heaven for too long now
The speaker will gain access to the listener's mind.
I will have access to your mind
Asserts the speaker's intention to get what they want.
And I'll get what I want!
The final determination to achieve the speaker's desires.
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