This Is the Night
Embracing Shadows: The Wicked World Unveiled in 'This Is the Night'
Lyrics
I'm scared of the things I think of
I experience fear related to my thoughts.
When night comes along.
This fear emerges during the nighttime.
Something gets hold of me.
There is an unseen force that takes control of me.
Something I can't never see.
This force is something I can never perceive.
Oh, it's a wicked world
The world is portrayed as wicked.
Awaits the ones our young girls bear
A sinister fate awaits the children born to our young girls.
Oh, I need somebody to hold me
I seek someone to comfort me.
In the fading light of this coming night.
This desire for comfort is expressed in the diminishing daylight of the approaching night.
In the fading light of this coming night.
Repetition of the need for solace in the fading light of the upcoming night.
How many whores have walked through that door
A reference to the entrance of individuals with questionable morals.
Lain by my side & climbed in my mind
These individuals have been intimate and occupied my thoughts.
And taken me down to where the heat
They led me to a place where intense heat affects my feet.
Blisters the skin upon my feet
The environment is harsh, causing blisters on my skin.
Makes me reach out & weep for the days when
I reach out and weep for the days when I was innocent and slept peacefully.
I was pure of heart & slept in peace.
Reflecting on a time when the speaker was pure-hearted and serene.
Oh, it's a wicked world
Reiteration of the world's wicked nature.
Awaits the ones our young girls bear
Repetition of the ominous fate awaiting the offspring of young girls.
Oh, I need somebody to hold me
Expressing the need for someone to hold in the fading light of the imminent night.
In the fading light of this coming night.
Repetition of the desire for solace as night approaches.
In the fading light. This coming night.
Reiteration of the fading light and the arrival of the night.
In the fading light.
Continuation of the theme of fading light.
Of this coming night.
Emphasis on the approaching night.
In the fading light
Repetition of the fading light, reinforcing the impending night.
This is the night.
This is emphasized as "the night," potentially marking a significant moment.
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