Lyrics
I've found it hard to find
The speaker has difficulty empathizing or showing compassion.
Sympathy for rogues and scoundrels
Difficulty feeling sympathy for individuals perceived as deceitful or unscrupulous.
Crashing crimson upon an oily shore
Describes a dramatic scene of conflict or turmoil represented by "crashing crimson" on an oily shore.
The permeation of sin into the salt
Suggests the pervasive influence of wrongdoing ("sin") in the environment.
Cast away
Feeling abandoned or rejected.
What'd you say?
Asking for clarification or repeating a statement.
Drown in the Acheron
Metaphorically sinking or being overwhelmed in a river associated with the afterlife (Acheron).
That dry cough you feel
Describing a persistent, dry cough in the chest.
Deep down in your chest
Referring to a physical sensation linked to impending mortality.
It's the harbinger of your death
The cough is a sign of approaching death.
No use in trying to stop it
Expressing futility in trying to prevent or stop the inevitable.
It's something that comes with time
Suggesting the inevitability of the cough and its association with the passage of time.
One more funeral for this crime
Linking the cough to a recurring theme of funerals and crimes.
Too pretentious to
Describing individuals who are too proud to acknowledge their own failures.
Admit their own downfall
Feeling betrayed or disappointed by others.
Let down by all the other crows
Let down by a group or community ("other crows").
Oh no!
Expressing surprise or dismay ("Oh no!").
But your blood on the pavement sobers you to
Blood on the pavement serves as a harsh reality check, forcing a recognition of one's own mortality.
Your own mortality
Reflecting on the fragility of life and the inevitability of death.
That dry cough you feel
Repetition of the earlier description of a persistent, dry cough.
Deep down in your chest
Reiteration of the physical sensation linked to impending mortality.
It's the harbinger of your death
Reaffirmation that the cough is a sign of approaching death.
No use in trying to stop it
Reasserting the futility in trying to prevent or stop the inevitable.
It's something that comes with time
Reiteration of the inevitability of the cough and its association with the passage of time.
One more funeral for this crime
Reaffirming the link between the cough and the recurring themes of funerals and crimes.
That dry cough you feel
Repetition of the earlier description of a persistent, dry cough.
Deep down in your chest
Reiteration of the physical sensation linked to impending mortality.
It's the harbinger of your death
Reaffirmation that the cough is a sign of approaching death.
No use in trying to stop it
Reasserting the futility in trying to prevent or stop the inevitable.
It's something that comes with time
Reiteration of the inevitability of the cough and its association with the passage of time.
One more funeral for this crime
Reaffirming the link between the cough and the recurring themes of funerals and crimes.
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