Mississippi
Hide and Seek in Mississippi: Rats and Daggers' Musical Reflection on Fear and Survival
Lyrics
What'd you think about life
Reflecting on life and past actions
And all the things you've done twice
Contemplating repeated experiences
Ready or not, ready or not
Emphasizing preparedness
Come out, come out, come out
Encouraging someone to reveal themselves
Or hide
Suggesting the option to hide
One mississippi, two mississippi, three mississippi
Counting seconds, possibly indicating urgency
Ten mississippi
Highlighting a specific moment in time
Running around, running around
Repetition of running around, suggesting activity
Running around, running, or hide
Options of running or hiding
Running around, running around
Repeating the theme of activity and movement
Running around, running around
-If you're not seeking, then you'll probably get found
Emphasizing the risk of being found
Running around, running around
Continuing the theme of running and the need to be silent
Running around, running around
-Ssh, ssh, ssh… get found
-Leave it alone, leave it alone
Encouraging non-interference in a designated hiding place
Leave it alone, this is our place to hide
-If we put too many people in here,
Warning against overcrowding for survival
Then we will all not survive
-Leave me alone, leave me alone
Seeking personal space for hiding
Leave me alone, this is my place to hide
-It's the many other people we fear
Fear of the presence of many others
So let them seek and we'll just hide.
Letting others seek while choosing to hide
Running around, running around
Reiteration of the risk of being found without seeking
Running around, running around
-If you're not seeking, then you'll probably get found
-Running around, running around
Repetition of the theme of running and hiding
Running around, running around
-And if you're caught and killed by them
Consequences of being caught and the strategy to restart
Count to ten and start all over again
-One mississippi, two mississippi
Counting sequence, possibly representing a cycle of the game
Three mississippi, four mississippi
-Five mississippi, six mississippi
-Seven, seven, seven
-Seven mississippi, eight mississippi
-Nine mississippi
-Ten, ten, ten mississippi
-HIDE
Emphatic command to hide
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