Lyrics
Writing in circles and tearing out pages
Expressing frustration or feeling stuck in a repetitive cycle, struggling to make progress.
Quietly plotting our fictional lives
Quietly planning or imagining idealized versions of our lives that may not align with reality.
Potential unmet when our hands can't seem to move
Not reaching our full potential due to a sense of inertia or inability to take action.
Secrets well kept when words can't spell our truths
Keeping personal truths hidden when unable to articulate them verbally.
I know that you have been screaming silently
Awareness of someone's silent suffering or emotional distress.
I know that you will find your peace
Believing that the person experiencing pain will eventually find inner peace.
Collecting the samples and counting the years
Gathering experiences over time, possibly reflecting on the passage of years.
Quietly plotting our fictional lives
Continuing to plan fictional, perhaps unrealistic, versions of our lives quietly.
We embrace and detach, we persist and we cope
Engaging in contradictory behaviors like embracing and detaching, persisting and coping.
We quiver and shiver, we flicker and we hope
Experiencing various emotional states, expressing vulnerability and hope simultaneously.
I know that you hide your pain under thick skin
Acknowledging someone's ability to hide emotional pain beneath a tough exterior.
We all sing the same song to a different tune
Emphasizing commonality in human experiences despite individual differences.
I keep on rephrasing this open invitation
Continuously rephrasing an open invitation, possibly seeking connection or understanding.
I reinvent myself, we reinvent ourselves
Embracing change and self-reinvention individually and collectively.
There are demons inside of us
Acknowledging inner struggles or conflicts within individuals.
(Internal combustion we will consume ourselves)
Describing internal conflicts that may lead to self-destruction.
(External compulsion we will dilute ourselves)
Highlighting external pressures that can lead to self-dilution or loss of identity.
This is an exorcism
Stating that the song serves as an exorcism, a ritual to release internal struggles.
We've got to dance with disaster
Emphasizing the need to confront and engage with life's challenges, possibly with a sense of urgency.
We've got to shake off all doubts
Encouraging the act of overcoming doubts and uncertainties through decisive action.
We've got to take comfort in chaos
Suggesting finding comfort or acceptance in the midst of chaotic situations.
We've got to sing it all out
Advocating for expressing oneself openly, possibly through singing or artistic means.
This is an exorcism
Reiterating that the song serves as a symbolic exorcism.
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