Manufacturing Discontent
Manufacturing Discontent: A Journey through Self-Destruction
Lyrics
Discarded a broken escape
Feeling abandoned, left with a dysfunctional escape.
Fortunate to be in this state
Feeling fortunate despite being in a challenging situation.
Firing on a boredom innate
Reacting impulsively due to an inherent sense of boredom.
Chewing on a ticking grenade
Engaging in risky behavior, symbolized by chewing on a ticking grenade.
Listening to the comforting shade
Seeking solace in something familiar and comforting.
Instinctive
Emphasizing an instinctive, reactive approach to life.
I'm supporting a string of destructive habits
Acknowledging support for destructive habits, possibly self-destructive.
And fighting more that I care to admit
Struggling with internal conflicts and admitting to a significant fight.
Crumbling from a sudden dead weight
Experiencing a collapse or deterioration due to sudden heavy burdens.
Here lies me
Reflecting on the speaker's own existence and questioning its meaning.
Now what's the meaning
-Here lies me
-Now what's the meaning
-Oh won't you tell me
Asking for clarification on the purpose or point of existence.
Now won't you tell me the point
-I was trying to find myself
Expressing the speaker's original intention to discover oneself, not seeking external validation.
I wasn't looking for you
-But you gave me the point
Revealing a turning point where the speaker found purpose, possibly through a difficult experience.
I was trying to kill myself
-What else was I
-What else was I gonna do
-I had a pretty good time
Acknowledging moments of enjoyment or fulfillment despite challenges.
I had a pretty good time
-A long goodbye
Describing a difficult farewell, transformation, commitment to break vows, and a lesson for the wise.
Ascension to demise
-A vow to break
-A lesson for the wise
-I was put here to survive
Questioning the burden placed on the speaker and the purpose of survival.
Why is your burden mine
-Holding space for this
Expressing a desire to find a missing place and proposing going there for consolation, despite unknown directions.
There's a place we must have missed
-And they're open real late
-And I believe that we should go
-As a consolation
-But directions are unknown
-Tonight would be the perfect time for us to reach the peak
Suggesting the current time as opportune for reaching a peak or climax.
It takes a lot to try to care
Highlighting the effort required to care, the hidden truth, the challenge of living in difficult conditions, and the cost of condescension.
The truth's below the surface, beneath the deep
-When you live on the thinnest air
-And even condescension comes with a fee
-Slow to care
Emphasizing a slow and reluctant attitude towards caring.
Slow to care
-Now you tell me the point
Repeating the theme of finding oneself and not actively seeking external connections.
I was trying to find myself
-I wasn't looking for you
-Looking for you, looking
-But you gave me the point
Reiterating a turning point but expressing a darker intention, possibly involving self-harm.
I was trying to kill myself
-What else was I gonna do, gonna do
-I had a pretty good time
Acknowledging having had a good time despite the struggles.
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