Stay Down
Rising Above the Echoes: Palm Reader's 'Stay Down' Meaning
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Beating after beating. Rebound.
Experiencing continuous hardships or challenges and recovering each time.
I've been patient. Patient enough to hold back. (Until now)
Exhibiting patience but reaching a point where restraint is no longer possible.
Teaching my feet to leave the ground.
Learning to break free from the limitations, possibly metaphorically represented by the ground.
Feel the weight lift. Taking off on the right track.
Feeling a sense of liberation and progress, moving in the right direction.
Those thoughts have their place at the back of my mind.
Reflecting on certain thoughts that are kept in the background of one's consciousness.
Stay down.
An exhortation or command to remain down, possibly indicating resilience or defiance.
They didn't tell me, I felt it.
Realizing a situation without explicit communication, relying on intuition or personal experience.
There were no choices or questions.
Facing a circumstance with limited options or clarity.
This body has a mind of it's own.
Suggesting a lack of control over one's own body, implying external influences.
Wide-eyed in the dark.
Expressing a state of alertness or awareness in challenging or obscure conditions.
While it died in my arms.
Witnessing something significant or meaningful coming to an end in one's embrace.
This life is a lesson to learn.
Viewing life as a continuous process of learning and gaining insights.
Passed every point of regret.
Successfully overcoming all points in the past that led to feelings of remorse.
Dancing over my own grave. I held back. (Until now)
Choosing to no longer hold back and celebrating triumph over one's challenges.
Silence is half the noise in this duet.
Highlighting the significance of silence in the context of a shared experience or relationship.
Asking over and over for it to end,
Repeatedly seeking an end or resolution, expressing a desire for closure.
only kept you alive in my head.
Acknowledging that keeping memories alive in one's mind is the only way to preserve someone's existence.
To be trusting
Emphasizing the importance of trust in a situation or relationship.
and fuelled by a misdirection
Being motivated or guided by a misleading influence.
To be innocent beyond recognition.
Maintaining innocence to the point where recognition becomes challenging.
So you ask the question.
Posing a question to understand the nature of a situation or decision-making.
Is this something you chose?
Questioning whether a choice is voluntary or imposed.
Or something you're forced to invest in?
Exploring the concept of investment, whether by choice or necessity.
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