Lyrics
You think I like to play the victim
The speaker is being accused of enjoying or choosing to portray themselves as a victim.
Say that it's clear in how I speak
Others believe it's evident in the way the speaker communicates.
Like it's some kind of competition of
There's a perception that conversations become a contest to determine who between the speaker and others suffers more.
Who hurts the most of you and me
Implies a comparison of pain between the speaker and the person they're addressing.
What if for once you try to listen
The speaker urges the other person to genuinely listen to them for once.
You know it's really not that deep
The speaker believes the situation isn't as complicated as the other person perceives it to be.
Or carry on with the partition
Suggests continuing with a division or barrier between them, but at the cost of sacrificing dignity.
But drown your dignity in sea
Encourages maintaining the separation but losing self-respect in the process.
So leave me here abandoned and stranded
The speaker feels abandoned and deserted, which they believe won't solve anything.
As if that's gonna do
Expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of leaving the speaker alone.
Yeah, leave me empty handed in Band-Aids
Even if the other person helps with superficial aid like Band-Aids, it won't suffice.
The best that you can do
Implies that offering superficial help is the best the other person can do.
Just set it all on fire and burn down this room
Suggests destroying everything metaphorically by setting it on fire and starting anew.
Strip my being to the wires and I'll learn to carry it through
Metaphorically stripping oneself to the core and learning to endure hardships.
But in any kind of way I'll make it clear for you
The speaker is determined to make it clear that they won't leave quietly.
I'm not leaving quiet babe, so burn down this room
Expresses the speaker's insistence on not leaving silently, urging for a metaphorical destruction of the situation.
Which one of us can scream the loudest
Poses a rhetorical question about who can express their distress more loudly.
So many careless things to say
There are numerous hurtful things that can be said during the conflict.
And every word we will devour
Every word spoken seems to intensify the situation, as if there's no better way to communicate.
It's like there is no better way
Implication that verbal communication worsens the situation.
I swear there's something in the water
There's a feeling or belief that something is fundamentally wrong.
And now it's running in our veins
This 'wrongness' seems to be spreading and affecting both parties deeply.
Because it keeps on getting harder
The situation is becoming increasingly difficult or challenging.
Since you're not ever gonna change
The other person is perceived as resistant to change.
Just set it all on fire and burn down this room
Reiteration of the desire to destroy everything metaphorically by setting it on fire.
Strip my being to the wires and I'll learn to carry it through
Metaphorically being stripped to one's essential self and learning to endure.
But in any kind of way I'll make it clear for you
The speaker emphasizes their determination not to leave silently.
I'm not leaving quiet babe, so burn down this room
The speaker insists on not departing quietly, advocating for a figurative destruction of the situation.
Burn down this room
Repetition emphasizing the desire to metaphorically 'burn down' the current state of affairs, indicating the urgency and importance of this action.
Burn down this room
-So leave me here abandoned and stranded
-As if that's gonna do
-Yeah, leave me empty handed in Band-Aids
-The best that you can do
-Just set it all on fire and burn down this room
-Strip my being to the wires and I'll learn to carry it through
-But in any kind of way I'll make it clear for you
-I'm not leaving quiet babe, so burn down this room
-Burn down this room
-Burn down this room
-Burn down this room
-Burn down this room
-Burn down this room
-Burn down this room
Reiteration of the plea to metaphorically 'burn down' the current situation.
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