Lyrics
Fading away, I’m breaking
Fading away, experiencing a gradual disappearance or decline
Peril and pain for the taking of you
Facing danger and suffering for the sake of a relationship
Bleeding and blind
Experiencing bleeding and blindness, possibly metaphorical
Don’t leave me behind you
Requesting not to be left behind by someone
Dreaming deceased, lamenting
Dreaming of the deceased and lamenting
Barren disease unrelentingly cruel
Describing a barren disease that is relentlessly cruel
A chemical crime
Referring to a chemical crime, possibly a metaphor for a toxic situation
But you’re doing the time, I’m forsaken without you
Expressing abandonment and forsaken feelings without the person
‘Cause I will cry ‘til there’s nothing left
Committing to crying until emotions are exhausted
No water in my soul
Describing a state of emotional dehydration, lacking inner vitality
My well’ll run dry
Metaphorically stating that the emotional well is running dry
No tears in my eyes, I will cry
Emphasizing the absence of tears while continuing to cry
‘Til my body is a desert of ashes
Imagining the body turning into a desert of ashes due to emotional devastation
Don’t say goodbye
Requesting not to say goodbye, expressing a desire to avoid separation
A desert of ashes, a desert of ashes
Reiterating the imagery of the body becoming a desert of ashes
A desert of ashes, a desert of ashes
-Cease to exist, forbidden
Desiring to cease to exist, possibly expressing a wish to end the pain
Cease and desist, keep it hidden from me
Requesting to cease and desist, asking to keep something hidden
Fragile and frail
Describing oneself as fragile and frail
Alarmingly pale [Breathe]
Noting an alarming paleness, possibly indicating fear or sickness
Breathe out and breathe in, getting faster
Instructing to breathe, possibly a plea for calmness
Thought I was immune to disaster, but now
Expressing surprise at being vulnerable to disaster
You’re cutting the life from
Describing the other person cutting life from themselves to survive
Your womb to survive, I’m forsaken without you
Feeling forsaken without the presence of the other person
‘Cause I will cry ‘til there’s nothing left
Repeating the commitment to cry until emotions are depleted
No water in my soul
Reiterating the lack of water in the soul, emphasizing emotional dryness
My well’ll run dry
Metaphorically stating that the emotional well will run dry
No tears in my eyes, I will cry
Reiterating the absence of tears while continuing to cry
‘Til my body is a desert of ashes
Repeating the imagery of the body becoming a desert of ashes
Don’t say goodbye
Requesting not to say goodbye, expressing a desire to avoid separation
A desert of ashes, a desert of ashes
Reiterating the imagery of the body becoming a desert of ashes
A desert of ashes, a desert of ashes
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