Nuclear Family
Youthful Disillusionment: Unveiling Life's Broken Realities
Lyrics
""Can't find the worth in anything""
Unable to find value or significance in anything.
You spoke those words and I felt their sting
The impact of your words was painful.
Still you sit broken mending alone upon that shelf
Despite your broken state, you are mending alone, perhaps on an emotional "shelf."
Only thinking about yourself
Accusation of self-centeredness, only thinking about oneself.
While I've been picking up on bad thoughts
The singer has been absorbing negative thoughts or influences.
Won't be diseased with what you've got
Rejecting the negative influences or diseases from others.
Here I stand broken cleaning my wounds since day one
The singer stands broken, tending to their wounds since the beginning.
Shouldn't feel this way at so young
Expressing the inappropriateness of feeling this way at a young age.
A reality far from what we see
Highlighting a reality different from what is commonly perceived.
False advertised on a T.V. screen
Criticism of deceptive portrayals on television.
Propitious and pristine, never once had a bad dream
Describing an idealized and flawless state, untouched by bad experiences.
Sewn together tightly at the seams
Metaphorically depicting a perfect unity, tightly held together.
With age our actions fall on youth
Actions in older age impacting the younger generation.
Pick up on the mistakes and they follow suit
Younger individuals imitate the mistakes of the older generation.
A family hopeless keeping it together for the children's sake
A family struggling to maintain unity for the sake of the children.
Is only wading in the mess you made
The attempts to keep the family together are futile and result in a mess.
Enough of this bullshit self-destruction
Expressing frustration with destructive behavior and negativity.
Looking back on all of this I feel nothing
Reflecting on the past, the speaker feels a lack of emotion or impact.
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