Vermilion, Pt. 2

Yearning Shadows: Unraveling the Depths of Desire in Slipknot's Vermilion, Pt. 2
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Lyrics

She seems dressed in all of me

Referring to a person who embodies the speaker's identity or emotions.

Stretched across my shame

Expressing vulnerability and exposure of personal flaws or mistakes.

All the torment and the pain

Describing emotional suffering and physical pain.

Leaked through and covered me

Symbolizing the overwhelming impact of torment and pain.

I'd do anything to have her to myself

Expressing a strong desire to possess or have a close relationship with the person mentioned.

Just to have her for myself

Reiterating the desire to have an exclusive connection with the person.

Now I don't know what to do

Conveying confusion and a sense of helplessness in dealing with emotions.

I don't know what to do

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When she makes me sad

Highlighting the emotional impact of the person's actions on the speaker.


She is everything to me

Emphasizing the significant role of the person in the speaker's life.

The unrequited dream

Describing the person as an unfulfilled dream or aspiration.

A song that no one sings

Portraying the person as unacknowledged and unheard.

The unattainable

Referring to the person as unattainable or beyond reach.

She's a myth that I have to believe in

Characterizing the person as a mythical figure that the speaker believes in.

All I need to make it real is one more reason

Expressing the need for a reason to validate the person's existence.

I don't know what to do

Repeating the theme of confusion and uncertainty in dealing with emotions.

I don't know what to do

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When she makes me sad

Reiterating the emotional impact of the person's actions on the speaker.


But I won't let this build up inside of me

Stating the determination not to let negative emotions accumulate.

But I won't let this build up inside of me

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But I won't let this build up inside of me

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But I won't let this build up inside of me

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I catch in my throat

Describing the physical and emotional toll of suppressing feelings.

Choke

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Torn into pieces

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I won't, no

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I don't want to be this

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But I won't let this build up inside of me

Repeating the resolve not to let negative emotions build up.

(Won't let this build up inside of me)

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I won't let this build up inside of me

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(Won't let this build up inside of me)

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I won't let this build up inside of me

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(Won't let this build up inside of me)

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I won't let this build up inside of me

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(Won't let this build up inside of me, won't let this build up inside of me)

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She isn't real

Denying the reality of the person, suggesting she may be a creation of the speaker's imagination.

(Won't let this build up inside of me)

Expressing the inability to make the person a tangible reality.

I can't make her real

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(Won't let this build up inside of me)

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She isn't real

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(Won't let this build up inside of me)

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I can't make her real

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(Won't let this build up inside of me)

Reiterating the determination not to let negative emotions accumulate.

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