Still Life
Breaking Chains of Silent Suffering: Still Life's Emotional Unraveling
Lyrics
For every time I have to listen to you scream
Expressing frustration about having to endure the other person's screaming.
I'll break apart the image of you smiling back at me
Committing to breaking the positive image of the person smiling in one's memory.
Why does it have to be this way?
Pondering the undesirable nature of the current situation and questioning why it has to be this way.
Don't expect me to stay
Asserting the unwillingness to stay in the given circumstances.
And it seems that all you've cared about is slowly washing away
Observing that the person's care is diminishing and fading away.
And I've become just a stepping stone as all the memories fade
Realizing that one has become a mere stepping stone as memories fade, suggesting a diminishing role in the other person's life.
Yet I still let the guilt come over me
Admitting to feeling guilty despite the diminishing connection.
I'll still tell you lies until I die and wonder what is wrong with me
Expressing a willingness to continue telling lies and questioning one's own behavior until death.
I think I know this feeling but it's never been so strong
Recognizing a familiar feeling that has never been as intense before.
You thought that I forgot about it but it can never feel too long
Addressing the perception that the other person thought the feeling was forgotten, emphasizing that it remains vivid.
You take my life into your hands
Highlighting the vulnerability of entrusting one's life to someone else.
You like to throw me down then watch me try to stand
Describing a pattern of being figuratively thrown down by the other person and struggling to stand up again.
I think I have this vision of what will soon be lost
Expressing a perception of a future loss and a vision of what will be lost.
I'm not afraid of you because I know that you are all talk
Asserting fearlessness towards the person, believing their threats are empty.
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