Tread
Rising from Desolation: Unveiling the Depths in 'Tread'
Lyrics
A martyr
A person willing to suffer or die for a cause
In desperate search of a vindicating word
In a desperate quest for a validating or justifying word
Reprobate
Rejected or condemned
All but alone as the narrative shifts
Isolated as the story evolves
And the fortresses fall
Structures of defense are collapsing
You can scratch at your skin till you tear it away
Attempting self-harm, revealing a deeper truth
And all that you find is the jester beneath
Uncovering a superficial facade, a jester within
Bask in shadows and feed on the guilt
Immersing in darkness, deriving satisfaction from guilt
Because the only thing left is the coward you built
Only left with a self-made coward
I bet you're tired of going under
Expressing weariness of repeated failures
You must love the sting of failure on your skin
Finding solace in the pain of failure
My god you do
Acknowledging and emphasizing this tendency
You try to tread but you sink further
Struggling but sinking deeper in difficulties
The smell of blood is in the water now
Indicating danger with the scent of blood
The sharks are circling
Signifying imminent threats or challenges
Your words are your prison
One's own words becoming a restricting force
Your pain is your price
Pain becoming the cost of one's actions
The piece of your soul that you're missing
A part of the soul lost and unrecoverable
It'll drown with you
Predicting a drowning fate, including the lost soul
Your words are your prison
Reiteration of words as a prison
Your pain is your price
Reiteration of pain as a consequence
The piece of your soul that you're missing
Reiteration of a lost soul, doomed with the individual
It'll drown with you
Emphasizing the inevitable fate of drowning
It'll drown with you
Repetition of the drowning theme for emphasis
I bet you're tired of going under
Repetition of weariness regarding repeated failures
You must love the sting of failure on your skin
Reiteration of finding comfort in failure
My god you do
Emphasizing the acknowledgment and acceptance of failure
You try to tread but you sink further
Continued struggle resulting in deeper setbacks
The smell of blood is in the water now
Warning of imminent danger with the smell of blood
The sharks are circling
Highlighting the impending threat with circling sharks
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