No Choice
Embracing Shadows: Confronting the Inescapable Grip
Lyrics
It's teeth sink deep into my veins
Experiencing a profound and invasive impact, possibly negative, on the speaker's life.
I had no choice no other way
Feeling compelled to take a certain path or make a particular decision without alternative options.
No escape
Feeling trapped, with no way to evade or avoid a challenging situation.
I tried so hard to keep it out
Struggling intensely to prevent something undesirable from entering the speaker's life.
It has it's talons wrapped around
Being tightly gripped or controlled by a powerful force or influence.
My neck
Experiencing a metaphorical constriction or threat around the neck, possibly symbolizing a threat to one's freedom or well-being.
This poison flows beneath my skin
Describing the presence of a harmful influence circulating within the speaker's body.
Who knows what damage lies within
Expressing uncertainty about the potential harm or damage that may result from the internal influence.
My body
Referring to the impact of the harmful influence on the speaker's physical being.
We push
Repetition of "We push" suggests a collective effort or struggle against external pressures.
We push
-We push
-You cry out you've fallen down
Acknowledging a cry for help or distress from someone who has fallen into a dark and challenging situation.
The dark abyss is blowing down
Describing a profound and ominous challenge descending upon the speaker or others.
From those above you
Attributing the challenge or adversity to those in positions of power or authority.
The desecration of our state
Referring to the degradation or violation of a state or condition, possibly societal or personal.
The withering of our communion
Describing the gradual deterioration of a shared connection or relationship.
The smell of our decay
Expressing the pervading sense of decay or decline in the environment.
We push
Continuation of the collective effort to resist growing powers or influences.
We push
-We push against the growing powers
-Its not
Expressing dissatisfaction with the current efforts, suggesting they are insufficient.
Its not
-It's not enough
-Is it all in my head, it's leaving me drained
Questioning the reality of a draining experience, possibly implying doubt or disbelief.
Nothing to say, no way to defend
Feeling speechless and unable to defend oneself against an unspecified challenge.
It's eating my brain, its starting to grey
Metaphorically describing the impact of a challenge on the speaker's mental state.
No way to explain, just feelings of shame
Expressing difficulty in explaining the emotions associated with a challenging situation, accompanied by feelings of shame.
This toxic paranoia, I just need more time to secure
Describing a pervasive and harmful sense of paranoia, requiring more time to address or overcome.
You're saying what's right and what's wrong for ya
Questioning the criteria for distinguishing right from wrong in a given situation.
How do you know, How do you see
Pondering how to perceive the truth amid a sea of lies and deceit.
Through all of the lies, all the deceit
Highlighting the challenge of navigating through falsehoods and deception.
It's bringing us down, it's making us hate
Stating that external influences are causing a decline and fostering hatred.
It's making us feel like we have no right to be saying the things that we feel
Expressing a sense of unworthiness or a lack of legitimacy in expressing one's feelings.
Where's all the love? Where's all the kindness?
Pondering the absence of love and kindness, replaced by greed and evil tendencies.
Replaced with a greed, an evil inside us
Describing a shift from compassion to a self-centered pursuit of personal gain.
Where's the compassion?
Expressing the loss of compassion, possibly as a consequence of external influences.
it's been stripped away
Describing a desperate need for personal gain, emphasizing a self-centered motive.
Just a desperate need for personal gain
Conveying a strong desire for personal gain, possibly at the expense of others.
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