Melancholia
Embracing Liberation: Breaking Free from the Weight of Melancholia
Lyrics
It took a while / for the dust to settle this time
Expressing the time it took for emotional turmoil to settle.
Your words cling to my spine / thick like honey and sharp as a knife
Describing the impact of words, simultaneously sweet and hurtful.
And now that I’m sober / I feel it all the way in my bones
Feeling the emotional aftermath while sober, the impact reaching deep within.
You pull me in closer / only to let me go
Experiencing a cycle of being pulled in and then let go emotionally.
I am done bleeding
Declaring an end to emotional suffering and pain.
I am done grieving
Expressing the completion of the grieving process.
I’m done believing
Rejecting belief in a situation or relationship.
I’m leaving...
Deciding to leave the situation or relationship.
I wish that I could shed these thoughts of mine
Expressing a desire to overcome troubling thoughts.
Heavy as time
Comparing the weight of thoughts to the heaviness of time.
I wish that I could shed these thoughts of mine
Reiterating the wish to free oneself from burdensome thoughts.
Heavy as time
Reemphasizing the weightiness of the thoughts, using time as a metaphor.
You spread your words on me like butter / and let them melt at the tip of your tongue
Describing the impact of persuasive words and the vulnerability to them.
And just like that I crawl back into / the false promise of your open arms
Returning to a deceptive sense of comfort in a problematic relationship.
And Melancholia, she’s waiting at the door / always keeping score
Introducing the character Melancholia, symbolizing sadness or depression.
I let her take my hand / in the aftermath she’s all that I have left
Accepting the companionship of Melancholia after a destructive event.
I am done bleeding
Repeating the declaration of ending emotional suffering.
I am done grieving
Reiterating the completion of the grieving process.
I’m finally breathing...
Expressing a sense of relief and the ability to breathe freely.
I wish that I could shed these thoughts of mine
Reiterating the desire to overcome burdensome thoughts.
Heavy as time
Comparing the weight of thoughts to the heaviness of time, again.
I wish that I could shed these thoughts of mine
Expressing the persistent wish to be free from heavy thoughts.
Heavy as time
Reemphasizing the weightiness of thoughts, using time as a metaphor, again.
I wish that I could shed these thoughts of mine
Continuing the persistent wish to shed burdensome thoughts.
Heavy as time
Repeating the metaphor of thoughts being as heavy as time.
I wish that I could shed these, could these thoughts of mine
Expressing a strong desire to be free from troubling thoughts.
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