Help Inflicted
Navigating Existential Depths: Patient Sixty-Seven's 'Help Inflicted'
Lyrics
I couldn't see the reasoning
I was unable to understand the logic or rationale.
Existing is better than living
The state of simply being alive is preferable to actively living.
Sinking is better than swimming
Being in a state of decline or failure is preferable to trying and failing.
Everyone around me
Referring to people around the speaker.
seems to have it together
Others appear to be more stable or successful in life.
dwelling on what I could've done better
Reflecting on past actions and regretting missed opportunities.
a far cry from what I have in the present
The current state is significantly different from what was anticipated or desired.
to push the envelope and pen my own letter
Expressing a desire to take risks and create one's own path.
The thought process is fucking flawed
Criticizing the flawed nature of the thought process.
Its two steps back to go one forward
Accepting setbacks as a necessary part of progress.
If I'm a failure
If I'm a failure, then my struggles are shared by others.
my struggles are yours
Empathy for others who may share similar difficulties.
Why haven't I felt this remorse before?
Questioning the lack of remorse for past actions or mistakes.
Repent for your sins
Advising to repent or seek forgiveness for one's sins.
Brace for this storm and the ice-cold winds
Preparing for difficult times and challenges.
I don't know where to begin
Feeling lost and uncertain about where to start addressing issues.
Why am I putting myself through this again
Questioning the decision to put oneself through difficulties again.
I couldn't see the reasoning
Reiteration of the initial struggle to understand the reasoning.
Existing is better than living
Reiterating that mere existence is better than actively living.
Sinking is better than swimming
Reiterating that being in decline is preferable to attempting and failing.
Obsessed with my indecision
Fixation on the inability to make decisions.
Keeping me bound to a makeshift prison
Feeling constrained and restricted by personal indecision.
To separate the fact from the fiction
Seeking clarity and truth in distinguishing reality from imagination.
Please give me the life I envisioned
Expressing a desire for the life envisioned or imagined.
This attack on the system
Referring to an attack on the established system or way of life.
Doesn't feel scripted
Suggesting that the attack doesn't feel pre-planned or rehearsed.
Doesn't feel finished
Indicating that the situation doesn't feel concluded or resolved.
Like it hasn't been written,
Implies that the story or situation hasn't been fully written or developed.
This shit hinges on the outcome of a counter prescription
The situation's outcome depends on a counter prescription, possibly medication.
Is this what you want
Asking if the current state is what others desire or expect.
To watch me scrap and claw
Questioning if others want to witness the speaker's struggle and desperation.
til' I don't feel
Describing the intense effort to overcome challenges.
a thing anymore
Continuing to fight until emotional numbness is achieved.
Anymore
Repetition for emphasis on the lack of feeling.
I couldn't see the reasoning
Reiterating the initial difficulty in understanding the reasoning.
Existing is better than living
Reiterating the perspective that existence is superior to active living.
Sinking is better than swimming
Reiterating the preference for decline over attempting and failing.
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