For A While
Yearning for Freedom: Painted Pillars' Lyrical Reflection
Lyrics
As I am stuck behind this glass
Feeling confined or restricted, separated from others.
I see the people walking past
Observing people passing by from behind the glass.
They all are looking back at me
People are noticing and looking back at the speaker.
What to them seems like a stage
Others see the situation as a performance or show.
To me in fact feels like a cage
Contrast between the perceived stage and the speaker's feeling of confinement.
As I have nowhere else to be
Expressing a lack of alternative places to go.
Yet they seem to think that I am more than just a beast
Others perceive the speaker as more than just an animal.
In my eyes they recognize their own humanity
Recognition of shared humanity through the speaker's eyes.
While they try to comprehend the meaning of my stare
People attempt to understand the significance of the speaker's gaze.
All I wish for is to be among them there
Desire to be a part of the world outside the confinement.
Of all the tricks that I perform
Reference to various skills or actions performed by the speaker.
There isn't one that doesn't work
Claiming proficiency in all performed tricks.
They all just seem to make them smile
Successfully eliciting positive responses from others.
These walls around me are quite high
Describing the physical barriers around the speaker.
If I would climb them I could die
Risk of danger or harm if attempting to escape the confinement.
Then I have been for a while
Having been in this confined state for a significant period.
There are many things I could become and I could be
Reflecting on potential identities or roles within and beyond the confinement.
In my climb they recognize their own mortality
Others acknowledge their own mortality through the speaker's struggles.
Were I free than that would mean I'm free to be alone
Freedom could mean solitude, suggesting a complex relationship with liberation.
In this cage I find this place to be my own
Finding a sense of ownership or belonging within the confines.
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