Feed Me to the Forest
Dystopian Echoes: Feed Me to the Forest Unraveled
Lyrics
These hot machine years burning time across your face
Refers to the intense, fast-paced, and impactful nature of modern life.
See the smoke stacks rising up like fuck you towers?
Describes industrial smoke stacks as symbols of defiance and rebellion.
My girlfriend sang like a hummingbird today
The singer's girlfriend sang beautifully but lost her voice to illness.
until that cough stole her voice and fed it to the furnance.
Her voice was taken away by a cough, symbolizing the harsh reality of life.
Shrew laugh, trench throat..
Describes a sarcastic or scornful laugh and a damaged throat.
There's a party on the 16th floor.
Suggests a chaotic party on the 16th floor, possibly a metaphor for social disorder.
this apartments paper thin walls....
Highlights the lack of privacy with thin apartment walls.
you know your neighbors sobs by heart.
Implies familiarity with neighbors' suffering and emotional struggles.
Tight coil, cold grin...
Describes a tense and insincere smile.
Highways wrapped around my body like a snake.
Uses highways as a metaphor for life's challenges wrapping around the speaker.
Got a view of a cement lawn, amputated horizons.
Depicts a bleak view with a cement lawn and limited horizons.
Thanks for the survival rags.
Expresses sarcastic gratitude for meager resources for survival.
thanks for the soiled skies.
Thanking for polluted skies, possibly indicating environmental degradation.
thanks for the fucked up future.
Acknowledging a grim and troubled future with a hint of sarcasm.
We can learn to love misery.
Suggesting a willingness to embrace and adapt to a life filled with suffering.
Was it just last night
Raising a question about a recent disturbing experience.
that I woke up to a snarling baby?
Recalling waking up to the unsettling sound of a snarling baby.
Did I hear it right?
Expressing uncertainty about the accuracy of the disturbing event.
He begged his mother, Feed me to the forest!
Describing a baby begging to be abandoned in nature, possibly reflecting despair.
The factory is singing us to sleepless beds tonight.
Describing the factory as a lullaby inducing sleepless nights.
Lungs like twin garbage sacks sucking charcoal breath tonight.
Depicting unhealthy lungs inhaling polluted air.
Sick squeal, dull moan...
Describing distressing sounds, possibly from suffering neighbors.
Looks like your neighbors found another victim.
Suggesting that someone else has become a victim of a negative situation.
Screams Help but no one comes.
Describing cries for help that go unanswered.
honey won't you turn the TV on?
Turning to mundane distractions, like watching TV, amidst chaos.
Brown summer, stench wind...
Describing an unpleasant season with a foul-smelling wind.
the globe spinning on a rusty hinge.
Metaphorically portraying the world as rusty and in need of repair.
Get in your car go to your job
Encouraging routine actions despite the challenging environment.
like a train that's being robbed.
Comparing routine to a train being robbed, implying a sense of loss or exploitation.
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