Gutter Paint
Unveiling the Corruption: Gutter Paint by Sugar Spine
Lyrics
The impact
The consequences
Is much worse
Are more severe
When it's from the highest point
Especially when originating from a position of power
I think you'd look good, as a stain on the pavement
Suggests a desire for the person to meet a tragic end
Here we are, walking down the same path
Shared journey with similar experiences
And all we see is the same noxious smokescreen obscenity
An illusion hiding unpleasant realities
A hollow shell that condemns better men to the cell for the hell of it
A superficial and condemning persona leading to imprisonment
Tell 'em it's a privilege, to be locked up in your place you disgrace
Mocking the idea of imprisonment as a privilege
Locked up in your place, you disgrace
Reinforces the disgraceful nature of the person
You shed your skin and you shift your shape,
Metaphor for changing identity, leaving a deteriorating past
But your former self drags behind as it decays
The negative aspects of the past persist despite transformation
You slid into a spot built on integrity
Initially occupying a position of integrity
And tainted it with your vile dishonesty
Corrupted by deceitful actions
It's not even a surprise, transgressions minimised
Deceptive actions downplayed and expected
By your friends looking down from the high rise
Observers from a higher perspective ignore transgressions
What's the meaning behind your position then?
Raising questions about the purpose and morality of the person's role
To get off every crime and protect your friends?
Speculation about protecting oneself and associates from consequences
Your words are hollow and weak, like the backbone you keep.
Emphasizing the insincerity and weakness of the person
You think you're a wolf, but I'll show you teeth.
Challenging the person's self-perception as strong and dominant
You're so corrupt and you don't even see it
Unawareness of one's own corruption
You stand on your victims' backs while they eat shit
Exploiting others while maintaining a superior stance
Malversation is part of your DNA
Emphasizing corruption as an inherent trait
About the only part of you that is not fake
Highlighting the authenticity of corruption compared to other fake aspects
So fake
Underscoring the falseness of the person
In a position of influence, you bleed oratory as if you fucking represent your constituents
Abusing influential position through persuasive speech
Sitting up in your ivory tower, licking your lips as you're fed all the power
Criticizing a person in a high position enjoying power without conscience
I hope you fucking gag on the spoon and vomit up all of the skeletons of the people gone too soon, gone too soon.
Wishing consequences for the person's actions
Gone too soon
Reiteration of untimely loss due to the person's actions
Our deepest condolences
Sarcastic expression of sympathy for the person's negative impact
Who the hell are you trying to convince?
Questioning the sincerity of the person's actions and motives
You're still at the crime scene and you're adding fingerprints
Accusing the person of further wrongdoing at a crime scene
You slid into a spot built on integrity
Repetition of the fall from grace and moral decay
And tainted it with your vile dishonesty
Emphasizing the tarnishing of integrity with dishonesty
It's not even a surprise, transgressions minimised
Downplaying and normalizing the person's transgressions
By your friends looking down from the high rise
Observers from a higher perspective ignore transgressions again
How the fuck do you sleep at night,
Rhetorical question about the person's conscience
Knowing justice isn't justice when it leans on your side?
Justice loses its meaning when influenced by the person
You think you're hard to descry? I've got you in my sights.
Asserting the ability to see through the person's facade
I can see the rot behind your eyes.
Perceiving the person's moral decay behind a deceptive exterior
You're like the scum in a sewage line,
Comparing the person to undesirable elements in a metaphorical sense
So let's put the scum where scum belongs.
Advocating for the appropriate placement of the person
Put the scum where scum belongs.
Reiteration of placing the person in a deserved location
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