There Would Be a Riot

Silent Battles: Unraveling the Emotional Landscape of 'There Would Be a Riot'
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Lyrics

Every bone of your car was appraised in the dark

Car evaluated in darkness symbolizes hidden aspects; secrecy or mystery in one's life.

You are a ghost or a shell

Addressing someone as a ghost or a shell suggests emptiness or lack of identity.

Where you go you won't tell

The person is secretive about their whereabouts, not sharing their destination.

You enjoy the silence as the best mode of your defence

Choosing silence as a defense mechanism, perhaps to avoid vulnerability.

If it's real you won't say

Suspecting a lack of authenticity; truth remains unspoken.

If you don't say it doesn't go away

The unspoken may linger, affecting the situation even if not verbalized.


Heartache by the suicide squad

Reference to emotional pain caused by internal struggles, possibly self-destructive tendencies.

You won't get away with self-murder

Warning against escaping inner turmoil through harmful actions.

You won't get away with self-murder

Reiteration of the warning against self-destructive behavior.

Give up being stealthy as a shark

Encouragement to abandon stealthiness, emphasizing the importance of openness.

Coz you are crucial to my heart

Expressing the critical role the person plays in the speaker's emotional well-being.

You are crucial to my heart

Reiteration of the person's importance to the speaker's heart.


With no romance

Describing a relationship without romantic elements or love songs.

No love songs

Emphasizing the absence of familiar, comforting expressions of love.

Nothing you can sing along

No shared experiences that can be expressed through singing together.

With nothing forced or undone

Highlighting a relationship without artificial elements or unfinished matters.

Nothing to misconstrue

Avoiding misunderstandings; clarity in communication is valued.

It's hard to be in love when you are thinking of another

Difficulty in being in love while thinking of someone else; emotional conflict.

So you try to break her fall by living with your mother

Attempting to shield someone from emotional pain by living with a protective figure.


Wake up you are fading back to black

Warning of fading into darkness, losing oneself.

That dull stabbing in your heart

The pain in the heart is emphasized, causing mental turmoil.

Is gonna tear your mind apart

Predicting that emotional pain will deeply affect the person's mind.

No time to be misunderstood

Advising against being misunderstood in limited time.

You're just breaking when you could

Suggesting a missed opportunity for positive change or growth.

You're just breaking when you could

Reiteration of the missed opportunity for improvement.


Hard times aren't the only thing to recall

Hard times aren't the only memories to focus on for personal growth.

You don't need them all the time

Challenging the constant need for difficult experiences in life.

You don't need them all the time

Reiteration of not needing difficult experiences all the time.

Wait up repeat after me

Encouraging repetition of positive affirmations for empowerment.

I got the whole world in my hand

Claiming control and mastery over one's life and surroundings.

I got the whole world in my hand

Reiteration of the assertion of control over life's circumstances.


It wasn't mine you were afraid

The person was not afraid of possession but of their own inner struggles.

You were raging in your cage

Describing intense internal turmoil, depicted as raging in a metaphorical cage.

Everytime I walked away

The impact on the person's emotions when the speaker walked away.

You thought you had wrecked the day

The person believed they had ruined the day by their actions.

There were times when we could cry

Recalling times when both individuals could express emotions through tears.

There were times when you would deny it

Acknowledging times when the person denied their emotional struggles.

Afraid that if you break

Fear of causing a disturbance or chaos if the person breaks emotionally.

Afraid there would be a riot

Reiteration of the fear of a riot if emotional turmoil is unleashed.

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