Grifter

Unveiling the Depths: Overcast's Grifter Reveals a Soul's Struggle
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Lyrics

The gates open I drown

The speaker feels overwhelmed as if drowning when confronting something represented by "the gates."

The magnet, the withdrawal

The speaker experiences a magnetic force, possibly an irresistible attraction or temptation, leading to withdrawal.

Offering these to you

The speaker offers something significant to someone else, possibly symbolic or metaphorical.

Shamelessly ripping my guts out

The speaker exposes their vulnerability, feeling shameless about tearing their own guts out, metaphorically revealing inner pain.


How could I expect you to change your face?

The speaker questions the possibility of someone changing their identity or appearance.

A time lived by seconds

Time is perceived as fleeting, lived second by second.

I unfold at your beckon

The speaker unfolds or reveals themselves in response to the beckoning of another person.

I will be passed by I am the minimal

The speaker expects to be overlooked or passed by, feeling minimal and useless.

The useless being

The speaker sees themselves as a worthless being.


How could I expect you to change your face?

Reiteration of the doubt about someone changing their face, emphasizing the challenge or impossibility.

My memories out dated and weak

The speaker's memories are outdated and weak, suggesting a sense of inadequacy or irrelevance.

How could I expect it to? Well I do

The speaker acknowledges an expectation for change despite the apparent impossibility.

How could I want it to?

The speaker questions the desire for change, reflecting on its true necessity.


I despise your charming attributes

The speaker expresses strong dislike for someone's attractive qualities.

Conjure up the summoned

Summoning something, possibly negative or challenging, and then being left to deal with the consequences.

Then left to contend with them

The aftermath of summoning, left to confront challenges.

Stirring the killer, inviting this old ghost

The speaker stirs up a dangerous or destructive force, inviting an old ghost, possibly a haunting memory or consequence.


After all, it's me that is drowning

Despite appearances, it's the speaker who feels like they are drowning, not the other person.

My dream is the warped

The speaker's dream is distorted or warped.

They pick me clean

The speaker feels exploited or taken advantage of, being "picked clean" by others.

These vultures

Others, portrayed as vultures, take advantage of the speaker's vulnerability.

I know now the door is open

The speaker realizes a door is open, possibly symbolizing an opportunity or a way out.

I know now I must be dead

The speaker acknowledges the need for a significant change, possibly a metaphorical death or transformation.

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