Stripes
Unveiling Pain and Truth: Old Wounds' Striking Tale of Youthful Despair
Lyrics
You can hear them shouting.
You can hear people shouting.
Shouting from an open window and the youth has never felt this low.
The shouting is coming from an open window, and the youth is feeling extremely down.
The writings on the wall that they painted read ""pain is the law.""
The wall has a message painted on it, saying "pain is the law."
The boys and girls can feel the beat.
Both boys and girls can sense the rhythm or pulse of something.
The words they speak are tongue in cheek.
The words spoken have a sarcastic or ironic undertone.
Learn the truth about your roots
Discover the truth about your heritage or origins.
and the bloodstains on your boots.
There are bloodstains on your boots, suggesting involvement in something violent or harmful.
Your paradise is an old photo of strangers without a frame. And you're out of view.
Your idea of paradise is a distant memory captured in an old photo, and you are no longer part of that scene.
Tattooed wrist and a lack of conscience. Yes, it makes me sick.
A person with a tattooed wrist and a lack of conscience is observed, causing disgust.
You wanted a war.
You desired conflict or a battle.
No means to an end because it's already ended. The guilty lay so high and mighty.
There is no clear solution because the end has already occurred. Those responsible for wrongdoing appear self-righteous.
Everyone is hiding the answers,
People are concealing the answers, but the speaker claims to know how to find them.
but I know how to get it.
No specific meaning provided in the lyrics.
Here we are, the near and the far.
Here we are, encompassing both the near and the far.
All your promises lay in a jar.
All promises made are contained in a jar, possibly indicating their fragility or containment.
We love dying for the sins of others.
Expressing a willingness to sacrifice oneself for the sins of others.
Tattooed wrist and a lack of conscience.
A repetition of a person with a tattooed wrist and a lack of conscience causing revulsion.
Yes, it makes me sick.
No specific meaning provided in the lyrics.
Everybody knows that it always goes to show.
Everyone knows that situations always reveal the truth.
We shall soon cease to exist.
A prediction or observation that humanity will soon come to an end.
Rain down.
An ambiguous statement, possibly representing a downfall or a cleansing rain.
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