The Hunger
Echoes of Desolation: Of Mice & Men's Call for Awakening
Lyrics
Open up your eyes and start to take it in
Encouragement to be aware and observe the surroundings
And then maybe you'll begin to feel like I feel, once again
Suggesting that understanding will lead to shared emotions
Yield to war to murder, to hurt
Listing negative actions such as war, murder, and harm
Scorch the skies and poison the earth
Describing destructive acts affecting the environment
And watch the stumbling numbers to partially exit all again
Observing consequences and casualties of destructive actions
Time is cracked, the warning sirens have faded
Indicating a sense of urgency and past warnings
It's coming, either hell above or heaven below
Anticipating a significant event, possibly catastrophic
The board has been said your belly has been made
Referring to predetermined fate or consequence
Running lies as you realize you can't eat your mind
Highlighting the inability to escape the consequences
It is nothing
Emphasizing the insignificance of the situation
Open up your eyes and start to take it in
Reiteration of the call to awareness and understanding
And maybe you'll begin to feel like I feel, once again
Connecting personal feelings to the broader experience
Race, knees
Referencing societal issues like racism or injustice
Occupy, blind sheep
Implying blind conformity and obedience
Save us! Save us! Save us!
An urgent plea for help or salvation
There's an answer to the answer that has walked the earth
Searching for a solution to a longstanding problem
The first ones to warn, to teach, to lay down their life
Praising those who sacrificed for a greater cause
Sacrifice!
Emphasizing the importance of sacrifice
Were the leaders of men, convoluted all sticking fingers
Describing leaders with corrupted motives
Of the virus into all that is pure
Accusing leaders of contaminating purity or goodness
And they dig, and they dig, and they dig!
Continued destructive actions with determination
Open up your eyes and start to take it in
Repetition of the call to open one's eyes to reality
And maybe you'll begin to feel like I feel, once again
Reiteration of the potential for shared emotions
Open up your eyes and start to take it in
Continued plea to open one's eyes and understand
And then maybe you'll begin to feel like I feel, once again
Repeating the idea of shared feelings once awareness is gained
We were the hungry, you fed us poison!
Expressing resentment for being deceived or harmed
We were the silent and you kept speaking!
Highlighting the impact of persistent communication
We were the hungry, you fed us poison!
Reiterating the feeling of being harmed by deceptive actions
We were the empty, and you kept taking!
Expressing frustration for being taken advantage of
We were the silent and you kept speaking!
Emphasizing the persistence of harmful actions
So don't you, don't you look away!
A direct plea not to ignore the situation
Open up your eyes and start to take it in
Repetition of the call to open one's eyes and comprehend
And maybe you'll begin to feel like I feel, once again
Connecting personal feelings to the broader experience, again
Open up your eyes and start to take it in
Repetition of the plea to open one's eyes for understanding
And then maybe you'll begin to feel like I feel, once again
Reiterating the potential for shared emotions with awareness
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