Die Alone
Rotten Within: Embracing Isolation in Sick of It All's 'Die Alone'
Lyrics
So rotten on the inside
Describing a decay or corruption within
In heart and soul and mind
Highlighting the corruption in heart, soul, and mind
So rotten on the inside
Reiterating the internal decay and corruption
Guaranteed to die alone
Predicting a lonely death due to the internal state
die alone - keep the money. keep it all
Choosing to die alone, emphasizing material gain
Die alone - a worthless pile of bones
Portraying oneself as a worthless heap of bones
so rotten on the inside
Re-emphasizing internal decay and hidden truths
Where all the truth hides
Locating the truth within, hidden from external view
The lie that's on the outside
Contrasting internal truth with external deception
Is worn like a disguise
Comparing the external lie to a disguise
die alone - keep the money. keep it all
Repeating the choice to die alone, focusing on wealth
Die alone - a worthless pile of bones
Reiterating worthlessness and impending isolation
so rotten on the inside - guaranteed to die alone
Stressing the internal decay and the certainty of loneliness
So rotten on the inside - guaranteed to die alone
Repeating the idea of being rotten inside and destined for isolation
there is no room left for things that we possess
Declaring a lack of space for material possessions
There is no room to take it with you
Asserting that possessions cannot be taken after death
The only thing left. emotion we possess
Identifying emotions as the only lasting possessions
The feelings that would love or hate you
Linking emotions to the capacity for love or hate
die alone - die die
Intensifying the theme of dying alone
There is no room to take it with you
Reiterating the inability to take possessions after death
Die alone - die die
Emphasizing the inevitability of a solitary death
No one will care and none will mourn you
Predicting indifference and lack of mourning
Die alone - die die
Repeating the certainty of dying alone
You have no room to take it with you
Reiterating the impossibility of taking possessions
Die alone - die die
Re-emphasizing the inevitability of a solitary death
No one will mourn. they want to see you gone
Stating the desire for the person to be gone
They want to see you gone
Highlighting the collective desire for the person's absence
Die alone
Final affirmation of the inevitability of dying alone
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