My Brother's Keeper
Bonds of Compassion: Saving Souls in a Dark World
Lyrics
I have to go back
I feel compelled to return.
These thoughts and voices in my head are haunting me
Disturbing thoughts and voices are troubling me.
At night and torturing my soul
During the night, my soul is being tormented.
Lord, I'm alone out here, what use can I find
Expressing loneliness, seeking purpose in the outer world.
In this outer world if I am not my brother's keeper?
Questioning the value of existence if not responsible for others.
I have to go back
Reiterating the inner urge to return.
It's beyond my prophetic knowledge to understand
Acknowledging the inability to comprehend certain aspects prophetically.
The reasons those dead messiahs failed again and again and again
Reflecting on the repeated failures of messiahs throughout history.
Throughout the dark history of mankind, and yet
Despite historical failures, the obligation to return persists.
I have to go back
Emphasizing the necessity to save souls with faded hearts.
To save these shades, souls with faded hearts
Desire to rescue those who suffered without love.
Brothers of my pain, they grew (up) without any love
Describing those who grew up in pain and loveless environments.
Pain is the lack of love so their souls
Defining pain as the absence of love, predicting their inability to save.
They will not save
Anticipating the choice of living in confinement without salvation.
In jail they choose to live they will die to save their cage
Conveying the entrapment and willingness to die for their imprisoned existence.
They are trapped inside
Highlighting the internal confinement of their souls.
How can we communicate, how can I reach your hearts
Expressing the difficulty of communication due to external influences.
If we are poisoned and brainwashed, blocked by walls,
Reference to societal poisoning and brainwashing, hindering connection.
All our filters are decayed and our compassion is just switched off
Describing decayed filters and a lack of compassion.
How will you hear my words and pleas, how will you trust me when I tell you
Raising questions about trust and the ability to convey a message.
Come with me to the Promised Land, I'll set you free
Offering liberation by inviting others to a metaphorical Promised Land.
I exist not to be loved and admired, but to love and act
Defining personal purpose as love and action, not seeking admiration.
It is not the duty of those around me to love me
Emphasizing personal responsibility for the world and humanity.
Rather, it is my duty to be concerned about the world, about man
Underlining the duty to care for the world, rather than expecting love.
I have to go back
Reiteration of the internal call to return despite personal scars.
My scars bleed again, from light into the dark
Acknowledging the emotional pain resurfacing, transitioning from light to darkness.
Again I cannot see but I have to go back!
Despite the challenges, expressing the necessity to return.
With fear in my heart and the truth I run back to hell
Conveying the return with fear and truth to the challenging environment.
To this cave of chains and despair where my brothers dwell
Describing the challenging dwelling place of brothers, a place of chains and despair.
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