Look Away
Unveiling Truth: Confronting Society's Reflection in Rival Sons' 'Look Away'
Lyrics
You watch the incision
You observe the cutting or division.
On your very own children on your television
Refers to witnessing harm to one's own offspring on the television.
In your own reflection
In the mirror, seeing yourself.
You deny the protection of your own infection
You reject safeguarding against your own harmful influence.
I can hear you calling me
Hearing a call directed at you.
I recognize your voice
Recognizing the speaker's identity.
Saying "Don't look away"
The speaker advises against avoiding a difficult situation.
I won't look away, I won't look away
Commitment to not turning away from the situation.
You watch the distribution
Observing the spread of confusion orchestrated by an organization.
Of a mass confusion spread by the institution
Describes the dissemination of confusion on a large scale.
Sell your inclusion of you and your own illusion
Selling the idea of being part of a false reality.
Instead of thinking you're the solution
Instead of believing you are the answer to the problem.
I can hear you calling me
Hearing another call for attention.
I recognize your voice
Recognition of the speaker's voice again.
Saying "Don't look away"
A repetition of the advice not to look away.
I won't look away, I won't look away
Reaffirmation of the commitment to face the situation.
If it's someone else's problem
If the problem is someone else's, or the pain is someone else's.
Somebody else's pain
Refers to distancing oneself from another's suffering.
If it's someone else's problem
Reiteration of the idea that the problem belongs to someone else.
Somebody else's pain
Repetition of the notion of distancing from another's pain.
It's someone else's problem
Emphasizes that the issue is not one's own problem.
Somebody else's pain
Highlighting that the pain doesn't belong to the listener.
I can hear you calling me
Yet another call for attention is heard.
I recognize your voice
Recognition of the persistent speaker.
Saying "Don't look away"
Repetition of the advice to refrain from looking away.
I won't look away, I won't look away
Reaffirming the commitment to face the situation.
I can hear you calling me
A reminder that the call for attention continues.
I recognize your voice
Recognition of the familiar voice calling once more.
Saying "Don't look away"
Repetition of the advice not to look away.
I won't look away, I won't look away
A final commitment to not turn away from the situation.
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