Soma
Metamorphosis Unveiled: Project 86's Soma Reveals a Journey of Transformation
Lyrics
The only thing I recall is
The speaker can only remember one thing.
Those shadows coming my way
Shadows are approaching the speaker.
Comforting me with their searchlights
The shadows provide comfort with their searchlights, guiding the speaker home.
To guide me home again
The shadows' purpose is to guide the speaker home.
"We will take
Beginning of a repeated statement about taking the speaker's heart away.
We will take
Continuation of the repeated statement about taking the speaker's heart away.
That wretched heart away
The shadows express a desire to take the speaker's heart away.
And when you come to
A transition, someone else speaking, suggesting the speaker will be grateful for the change.
You'll thank us
The speaker is urged to express gratitude when the change is complete.
For the new you we've made"
The speaker is promised a "new self" after the heart is taken away.
So now I'm left here fading away
The speaker is left fading away.
Far away
Repetition of the speaker being left fading away, far from themselves.
Far away
-So now I'm left here fading away
-Far away
-Far away
-From me
The speaker is distant from their true self.
So now I wait as they make me
The speaker is waiting for a transformation imposed on them by others.
Into someone else
The transformation turns the speaker into someone else.
If I believe what they tell me
The speaker is weary of being their original self.
I'm tired of being myself
The speaker contemplates believing what others tell them about the transformation.
Cause they take and the take
The process of transformation involves taking a piece of the speaker every day.
A piece of me everyday
The others promise a sense of belonging with the new self created.
“And we will help you belong here
A statement about amputating the speaker's heart for a positive change.
With this new you we've made”
Reiteration of the promise of belonging with the new self.
If you you can amputate my heart
If the heart is removed, the speaker would learn to smile.
Then I will learn to smile and then
The speaker can be replaced by someone else, becoming an ideal citizen.
You can replace me with yourself
The replaced speaker becomes a model citizen.
And I'll become the model citizen
The speaker will spread the narrative of a breakthrough surgery.
And I will tell them all
The speaker will inform others about the transformation.
That I had this breakthrough surgery
A reference to a breakthrough surgery for societal acceptance.
They give you a pill
A pill is given during the transformation process.
They remove your heart
The heart is removed during the process.
And replace it with a battery
The heart is replaced with a battery during the transformation.
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