Echoes from the Gutter
Echoes from Life's Abyss
Lyrics
Follow my gaze and then maybe you'll see
Inviting someone to follow the speaker's perspective to understand.
Everything great has been staring straight back at me
The realization that significant experiences mirror the speaker's gaze.
They're watching and learning that only they're to blame
Others are observing and learning, but they are solely responsible for their actions.
I see your self loathing envy, please hide your shame
Recognition of envy and self-loathing in others; a plea to conceal shame.
Witness tensions rising, though we bite our tongues
Observing tensions rising, despite suppressing one's own opinions.
Reshape, remold, no pain
Advocating for personal transformation without pain.
Watch as the winds turn
Observing the changing tides of life.
Witness tensions rising, though we bite our tongues
Reiteration of tensions rising while holding back words.
Reshape, remold, no pain
Encouragement to reshape and remold without experiencing pain.
Watch as the winds turn
Continuation of observing life's transformations.
Every self defeating mutter, hear it echo from the gutter
Highlighting negative self-talk echoing from a place of despair.
Watch my eyes roll back and gasp, take a breath and make it last
A description of physical reactions to the negative mutter, urging to breathe deeply.
Watch the world that gave me life suffocate me
Expression of feeling suffocated by the world that once gave life.
Feel the sands swallow you whole, desperate breathing
Sensory experience of being consumed by overwhelming circumstances.
Breathing
Reiteration of the theme of breathing, suggesting struggle and survival.
Too much time spent on our desecration
Reflection on significant time spent on personal degradation.
Have you lost your sense or just your concentration?
Questioning if someone has lost their sense or focus.
Now mind your step
An advisory to be cautious due to the potential consequences of arrogance.
Cause it's a real long fall from the pedestal you've placed yourself on
Warning about a potential fall from a self-constructed pedestal.
And you don't belong
Asserting that the person doesn't belong in the elevated position they've assumed.
No heart, no hope
Declaring a lack of heart and hope.
No hope in hate, hold the candle burn my name
Rejecting hope in hatred and accepting the consequences of one's actions.
Let the light show, your transparency is seen
Highlighting the transparency of someone's true nature being revealed.
No heart, no hope
Reiteration of the absence of heart and hope.
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