Leavin' Today
Breaking Chains: The Journey of Liberation in 'Leavin' Today'
Lyrics
Locked out, lost in the system
Feeling excluded and trapped within a system
Bruised out, bruised into submission
Physically and emotionally beaten into submission
You won't go where you wanted to go, now
Unable to achieve desired goals or destinations
You can't fight, so, I'll keep you below
Because of your inability to fight, I will dominate and control you
You can't fight, you won't fight
Emphasizing the inability or unwillingness to resist
You can't fight, no
Reiterating the point that fighting is not an option
I think you know I gotta go,
Expressing the realization of the need to leave
So, I'm leavin' today
Confirming the decision to leave today
I think you know I'm leavin' today
Reaffirming the awareness of the departure
Oh, that's right!
Adding emphasis or agreement to the decision
You can't choose the things you believe in
Being unable to control or select one's beliefs
You can't buy the roads that you are leadin'
The inability to purchase or control the paths in life
You can't choose, you won't choose
Stating the incapacity or refusal to make choices
You can't choose
Repeating the theme of lack of choice
I think you know I've got to go,
Expressing the necessity to leave due to these limitations
So, I'm leavin' today
Confirming the decision to leave today
I think you know I'm leavin' today
Reiterating the awareness of the departure
A-ha, ha, ha!
Adding a laugh, possibly ironic or bitter, to the situation
Cry now human machine, the thing
Calling out the human machine to cry in acknowledgment
I will do will be done for me
Actions performed on behalf of the singer by the human machine
Scream now for all you see
Encouraging expression of emotions for what is witnessed
Is only as clean as the air you breathe
The cleanliness of the observed situation is only as good as the air breathed
I think you know I got to go, so, I'm leavin'
Reiterating the necessity to leave
I think you know I got to go, so, I'm leavin'
Reaffirming the awareness of the departure
I think you know I gotta go now,
Expressing the urgency of leaving at this moment
I gotta know you saw me leavin' me today
Ensuring that the departure is noticed or acknowledged
I think you know I'm leavin' today
Reiterating the awareness and confirmation of leaving today
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