Graveyard Shift
Graveyard Shift: A Haunting Tale of Descent into Darkness
Lyrics
I cut out her tongue when she said my name
I mutilated her ability to speak when she uttered my name
My eyes are open but I am not awake
My eyes are physically open, but I feel emotionally disconnected and numb
They found the knife buried deep inside her
A knife was discovered deeply embedded within her body
The sky seems higher
The sky appears more expansive and distant
The sun seems brighter
The sun appears more radiant and intense
Black and blue broken bloodied and bruised
Describing a state of being severely injured and battered
Just like a dream from which you never wake up
Similar to an unending, surreal nightmare
I am in hell
Expressing a feeling of being in a nightmarish, tormenting situation
Trapped inside myself
Feeling imprisoned within one's own thoughts and emotions
Ignorance is bliss
Suggesting that not knowing certain things can bring comfort
And there is freedom in carelessness
Emphasizing the liberation found in not caring about consequences
I sleep,
Referencing a state of rest or unconsciousness
But I refuse so dream.
Choosing not to engage in or be influenced by dreams
Don't you ever pray for me
Discouraging others from praying for the speaker
Coming apart at the seams
Experiencing a breakdown or disintegration
There is no good inside of me
Claiming a lack of inherent goodness within the speaker
One day a storm will come and wash away the weak
Anticipating a forceful event that will eliminate the vulnerable
Someday death will come and wake me from this sleep
Expecting death to release the speaker from their current state
We are defined by the burdens we keep
Suggesting that individuals are defined by the burdens they carry
The burden I see is the burden of sleep
The burden the speaker recognizes is the burden of sleep or unconsciousness
I am still in hell
Reiterating a sense of being in a hellish existence
Trapped inside myself
Continuing to feel trapped within one's own thoughts and emotions
Regret unconsciousness as we spiral into the abyss
Expressing remorse for being unaware or unconscious as things worsen
She told me she wanted to meet the reaper
Someone expressed a desire to encounter death
I had only done her a favor
The speaker believes they did a favor by facilitating this encounter
She didn't deserve to die
Acknowledging that the person did not deserve to die
But I deserved to kill her
Feeling deserving of the act of killing despite the lack of deservingness in the victim
Grinding my teeth to dust
Expressing intense frustration or stress, possibly through grinding teeth
Prison bars have begun to rust
Symbolizing a sense of decay or deterioration in the speaker's imprisonment
On the line between living and dead,
Describing a state between life and death
As your eyes roll back into your head.
Depicting the physical manifestation of death
This fog will never lift
A metaphorical fog representing persistent confusion or lack of clarity
Wide awake in nothingness
Being fully conscious yet feeling a void or emptiness
A mountain of torture a waits
A substantial amount of suffering is anticipated or present
I'll see you at the pearly gates
An ominous reference to an afterlife encounter
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