Blackout
Embracing Shadows: Parkway Drive's Blackout Unveiled
Lyrics
Tragedy.
Expressing a sense of tragedy or calamity.
Another day lies broken and lost.
Describing another day that is ruined and unrecoverable.
A shattered life cuts the pulse of acceptance.
Depicting a life shattered, challenging the acceptance of the situation.
And all I want is to be something more then this.
Expressing a desire to transcend current limitations and be something more.
Another day lies broken and lost.
Repetition of the idea that another day is broken and lost.
A shattered life cuts the pulse of Acceptance.
Repetition of the shattered life concept, questioning acceptance again.
And all I want is to be anything but this.
Expressing a strong desire to be anything but the current state.
Sleepless nights spent screaming for answers.
Describing sleepless nights spent seeking answers through screaming.
Cursing sweet venom at a wretched future.
Cursing a bleak future with bitter words.
An open casket stained with hope.
Imagining an open casket stained with hope, suggesting a failed optimism.
Laced with deceit and treachery.
Describing an existence marked by deceit and treachery.
An existence I only wish to forget.
Expressing a desire to forget an existence filled with pain.
Why do I always regret?
Raising the question of persistent regret in the narrator's life.
Those words leave the taste of blood.
Words causing pain, leaving a metaphorical taste of blood.
Forget my face.
Expressing a desire for others to forget the narrator's face, possibly to escape recognition or judgment.
Just bury everything.
Strongly advocating for burying everything, a metaphor for suppressing or leaving behind past experiences.
Why do I always let it go?
Questioning why the narrator always lets things go, suggesting a pattern of self-sabotage.
‘cause I've let it slip away between my finger tips.
Reflecting on lost opportunities that slipped away, possibly due to negligence.
I've tried so fucking hard and still I could never gain a true understanding.
Expressing frustration at the inability to gain a true understanding despite significant effort.
Chocking at our misery.
Feeling overwhelmed by misery and struggling to breathe or cope.
Splinters of failure cut like glass.
Comparing failures to sharp, cutting splinters of glass, emphasizing their painful nature.
And I'm sick of just pouring myself out into careless hands.
Frustration with pouring oneself into relationships or endeavors that don't appreciate or reciprocate.
Choking on our misery.
Reiterating the theme of choking on misery, emphasizing the suffocating nature of challenges.
Splinters of failure cut like glass.
Repeating the imagery of failure as splinters that cut deeply.
But I'll put it to rest tonight in the hope that maybe I wont have to wake.
Expressing a desire to end the struggle tonight, hoping not to wake up to the same challenges.
Ill put it all to rest tonight.
Reaffirming the decision to put everything to rest, possibly suggesting a final resolution.
Forget my face
Reiterating the desire for others to forget the narrator's face, emphasizing the wish to be left behind.
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