Drinking the Ghosts
Spirits Drowned: Unraveling the Haunting Tale
Lyrics
Got to go, got to be alone
Feeling a need to leave and be by oneself
Got to go before it shows
Needing to depart before emotions become evident
Intoxicated breathing
Breathing affected by intoxication
The pain devastating
Experiencing severe and overwhelming pain
But there’s nowhere left to go
Feeling there's no place left to escape to
There’s nowhere left to go
Reiterating the lack of available escape options
I puke – I piss – I bleed
Experiencing bodily distress—vomiting, urinating, bleeding
I once was the beauty queen
Previously held a position of beauty or prominence
Then I got my face wrinkled
Face showing signs of aging
Then I got my hands wrinkled
Hands also displaying signs of aging
Now searching for a pill down on the floor
Searching for medication on the floor
Now searching for a pill down on the floor
Repetition, emphasizing the frantic search for medication
And I drink the ghosts away
Using alcohol to drown out haunting memories or feelings
Tomorrow’s a corpse
Viewing the future as lifeless or devoid of hope
Today’s failed intention
Current plans or aspirations have failed
Nothing’s stable anymore
Sense of instability in life
Then I found the place
Discovering a place where animals go to die
Where animals hide to die
Die
Repetition for emphasis, possibly indicating a wish for death
Die
Repeating the desire for death
Die
Continued repetition, intensifying the desire for death
And I drink the ghosts away
Using alcohol to cope by attempting to erase haunting memories or emotions
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