What I Am
Navigating Despair: Unveiling the Depths of Human Struggle in 'What I Am'
Lyrics
Develop a taste for portrayal.
Developing an inclination for representing oneself.
See there is a need and see that the need is met.
Acknowledge the existence of a need and ensure it is satisfied.
Grasp that there is a hope and find hope to begin again.
Understanding that there is hope and actively seeking it to start anew.
Look through me, see something in me.
Encouraging others to look beyond superficial aspects and perceive something meaningful in oneself.
See some good for once.
Desiring others to recognize positive qualities for once.
For it could've been worse.
Acknowledging that the situation could have been worse.
Feel my throat swallowing reason and these nerves pushing blood.
Feeling the impact of intense emotions affecting rational thought and blood circulation.
Anguish, I can't cope with the notion of what I've become.
Expressing distress and inability to cope with the realization of one's changed identity.
You say it couldn't be better.
Others claim it couldn't be better, contrasting with the speaker's perspective.
I say it only gets worse.
Rejecting optimism, asserting that the situation will only worsen.
I'll close my mind off.
Choosing to close off the mind as a defense mechanism.
Openness is something so awkward.
Viewing openness as an uncomfortable quality.
I want you to be here now.
Expressing a desire for someone's presence in the current moment.
Your emotions are cold.
Observing that someone's emotions are distant and unresponsive.
This could lead to destruction and it always does.
Warning that certain actions can lead to self-destructive consequences, which are inevitable.
Evidence of a transgretion has be clearly designed.
Indicating the presence of clear evidence for a wrongdoing.
Since step one we've exercised guilt as rebellion.
From the beginning, rebelling against guilt as a form of resistance.
Throwing away all that's substantial.
Disregarding essential aspects and discarding what holds significance.
No longer is there relative reason of permanent existence at all.
Rejecting the notion of a lasting, meaningful existence.
What happens when your demands fall through
Pondering the consequences when demands are unmet.
And power becomes your weakness?
Questioning the transformation of power into vulnerability.
Which in turn becomes the doubt I've had all along.
Reflecting on the doubt that has persisted all along.
I am and I will not function anymore.
Declaring a refusal to function any longer.
This is what I am, this is what I am,
Repeating the assertion of one's identity and current state.
This is what I am, this is what I am.
Reiterating the statement of self-identity.
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