Be Killed
Choices of Love and Loss: The Aluminum Group's 'Be Killed' Meaning
Lyrics
You say you want a little more
You express a desire for more.
Here are your walking shoes.
Here are the means for you to depart or move forward.
You talk about the give and get
You discuss the concept of mutual exchange.
How â??bout the win and lose?
What about the aspect of victory and defeat?
Given a choice to kill or be killed
Faced with a decision between causing harm or being harmed.
Be killed,
Choose to be the one harmed.
Be killed,
Reiteration of the choice to be the one harmed.
Be killed.
Emphasis on the decision to be the one harmed.
I guess I'll have to pretty my face
Acknowledging the need to enhance one's appearance.
And hang out in the market of love.
Spending time in the pursuit of love in a public setting.
Go find something that's delicate and rare
Searching for something fragile and uncommon.
That wouldn't touch me with a ten foot pole.
Referring to something that is undesirable or unappealing.
Given a choice to kill or be killed
Faced again with the choice between causing harm or being harmed.
Be killed,
Opting to be the one harmed.
Be killed,
Reiteration of the decision to be the one harmed.
Be killed.
Emphasis on the commitment to be the one harmed.
Why always the losing side of town
Questioning the consistent association with the less favorable part of town.
Coupled with a lack of self-control?
Linked with a lack of restraint or moderation.
Love can send you crumbling to the ground
Love has the potential to bring you down.
So you have to let it go.
Necessity to release or relinquish it.
Given a choice to kill or be killed
Facing the dilemma once more: to cause harm or be harmed.
Be killed,
Choosing to be the one harmed.
Be killed,
Reaffirming the decision to be the one harmed.
Be killed.
Underscoring the commitment to be the one harmed.
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