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Defiant Echoes: Scarlet Drive's Emotional Journey Revealed
Lyrics
I thought of a time today
I reflected on a moment in time today
I remember it well
I have a vivid recollection of it
Everyone looked so innocent
Everyone appeared innocent, but it was a torment for me
But for me it was hell
Contrasting experiences, where others saw innocence, I suffered
Alone in the library
Isolated in the library
My friends on the shelves
My companions were books on the shelves
Cleo, Caesar and Rowling
Namedropping fictional characters (Cleo, Caesar, and Rowling) who provided solace
Helped me fend for myself
They assisted me in standing up for myself
How long will you decide what I'm going through
Questioning the duration of others deciding my struggles
Like you always do
Accusing others of consistently making assumptions about my experiences
I won't give in, I won't back down
Declaring resilience and refusal to yield
You'll hear me now
Asserting that the speaker's voice will be heard now
We tell boys they shouldn't feel
Addressing societal expectations for boys to suppress emotions
Choke your emotions inside
Encouraging the concealment of feelings
Oh believe me friend I've been there a hundred times before
Admitting personal experience with emotional suppression
And maybe tears don't seem so masculine
Suggesting that tears may be perceived as unmasculine
Maybe I don't care
Indicating indifference to societal norms
Through all these years I've carried a weight not mine to bare
Acknowledging the burden of carrying emotional weight for years
Still, I don't think it would be
Expressing doubt about significant differences
Something so different from me
Suggesting similarities between the speaker and others
For them I'll fight back why'd I ever think to let you win
Commitment to resisting and not allowing others to win
How long will you decide what I'm going through
Reiterating frustration with others deciding the speaker's experiences
Like you always do
Highlighting the repetitive nature of others' assumptions
I won't give in, I won't back down
Reaffirming resilience and refusal to yield
You'll hear me now
Emphasizing that the speaker's voice will be heard
Oh but it's not over, though you know that it should
Acknowledging that the struggle is not over, despite expectations
They never notice, even though they could
Noting that others may not notice the ongoing challenges
But still I wait here, oh I'm still around
Waiting and persisting despite being unnoticed
Yet they would never know
Observing that others might remain unaware of the speaker's endurance
How long will you decide what I'm going through
Repeating frustration with others deciding the speaker's experiences
Like you always do
Reiterating the common tendency of others making assumptions
I won't give in, I won't back down
Reasserting resilience and refusal to yield
You'll hear me now
Stating that the speaker's voice will be heard
How long will you decide what I'm going through
Repeating frustration with others deciding the speaker's experiences
Like you always do
Reiterating the consistent assumption-making by others
I won't give in, I won't back down
Reaffirming resilience and refusal to yield
You'll hear me
Emphasizing that the speaker's voice will be heard
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