The Scorpion Deathlock
Reflections on Helplessness: The Scorpion's Embrace
Lyrics
Distance decreases
Distance is diminishing or becoming smaller.
As if time is a dying cockroach
Time is portrayed as fragile and nearing its end.
Plagues enclose
Plagues are surrounding or closing in.
Plagues enclose
Repetition for emphasis on the encroaching plagues.
Sitting upon this wooden bench
The singer is in a vulnerable position, seated on a wooden bench.
I am helpless to billions of bullets
Feeling defenseless against numerous challenges represented by bullets.
In this moment I am helpless
Expressing helplessness in the current moment.
In this moment
Repetition for emphasis on the feeling of helplessness.
Why is it so difficult to see ourselves?
Raising a question about the difficulty in self-awareness.
Why is it so difficult to see ourselves?
Repeating the question for emphasis.
Why is it so difficult to see ourselves? Why?
Intensifying the query on self-awareness.
Why is it so difficult to see ourselves?
Repetition of the challenge in recognizing oneself.
Why is it so difficult to see ourselves?
Reiteration of the difficulty in self-perception.
No poem I've wrote nor song I have sung
Acknowledging the inability of creative expressions to stop impending doom or challenges.
Can halt the army of wrath
Comparing challenges to an army of wrath.
Numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers
Emphasizing the presence and significance of numbers.
In this moment I am helpless, helpless
Restating the sense of helplessness in the current moment.
In this moment
Repetition for emphasis on the feeling of helplessness.
Serpents will transform into mice
Serpents, often symbolic of danger, transforming into mice and meeting a violent end.
Only to drown in the deepest red
Imagery of drowning in red, symbolizing a deep and violent demise.
I've always expressed my thoughts in colors
Expressing thoughts through colors, possibly metaphorical.
But we remain blind
Despite expressing thoughts, there is a collective blindness to certain truths.
Numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers
Reiteration of the significance of numbers.
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