The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man: Struggles of Identity and Lost Love
Lyrics
Now sit tight and don't say a word
Asking someone to remain silent and stay still
Put the weight of the world
Metaphorically placing the burdens of the world on oneself
On my chest
Feeling the weight and pressure of these burdens on the chest
Restrain all my limbs
Being physically restricted or controlled like a puppet
My marionette
Feeling manipulated or controlled by someone else
Well, let's see if we got the facts straight
Seeking clarity or confirmation about a situation
Make me dance through the acid that burns my skin
Enduring painful experiences caused by someone else
Break my back just to get your fix
Suffering greatly to fulfill someone else's desires or needs
Take the best parts of me as you please
Having one's best qualities taken advantage of
Leave a fucking mess when you leave
Leaving a chaotic and destructive aftermath
Bleach me from your memory
Requesting to be erased or forgotten from someone's memory
It's okay, forget me
Acceptance of being forgotten by someone
Bleach me from your memory
Repetition of the desire to be forgotten
I feel it tearing out from in
Feeling emotions or inner self being ripped out
Constricting me
Experiencing tightness or limitation, possibly emotionally
A bed of agony
Symbolizing a place of extreme suffering or distress
I feel it tearing out from in
Sense of emotions or empathy being drained away
Breeding apathy
Generating a lack of care or emotion
Alter me chemically
Requesting for a fundamental change through external means
Take me back to the peak of the mountains
Yearning to return to a time of triumph or happiness
Take me back to the edge of the world
Desire to return to a place of excitement or possibility
The mile high city starts to implode
Metaphor for a place collapsing or experiencing internal turmoil
The west coast, swallowed whole
Describing a region or place being consumed by negativity
Now my days are only blue
Feeling consistently melancholic or sad
It's so much harder when you're not even you
Struggling when feeling disconnected from oneself
You put the light in front of me
Someone being a guiding light or inspiration
Something to believe in, the man I always wanted to be
Aspiring to embody someone's ideal persona
The city of roses is engulfed by your flames
A place or situation being overwhelmed by someone's influence
All the fire in your signs has charred your insides
Destruction caused by someone's intense nature or actions
I never wanted you to save me from myself
Not seeking rescue but witnessing someone's transformation
I just couldn't watch you turn into someone else
Being unable to witness someone's change for the worse
And now you're too far gone
Feeling the distance due to irreversible changes in someone
I just want to go back
Longing to return to a previous state or time
This isn't perfect anymore
Recognizing imperfections in a situation or relationship
Now my days are only blue
Continuing to feel consistently sad or melancholic
It's so much harder when you're not even you
Struggling with identity or self-recognition
You put the light in front of me
Repeating the idea of someone being an inspiration
Something to believe in, the man I always wanted to be
Desire to embody an ideal version of oneself
Now my days are only blue
Continuing sadness due to recognizing someone's true nature
This is who you are, I just never knew
Realization of someone's true identity
Remove the stitch and let me bleed
Metaphor for wanting to experience pain or emotional release
The siren in my dreams, my cyanide seed
Symbolizing a harmful or toxic element in one's dreams or desires
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