Ready to Lose

Unraveling Privilege: The Knife's Poetic Reflection on Loss
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Lyrics

Thinking about a mouth that waters

Reflecting on a mouth that causes anticipation or desire

Thinking about losing

Contemplating the experience of loss


Sucking the marrow feeding a pain

Drawing on the essence, sustaining pain

Facing a consequence

Facing the outcome or result of actions


The blood

Referring to shared aspects of blood ties and relationships

The mine

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The yours

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Combined

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Blood control

Controlling or influencing one's blood relations

A hazy line

Describing an unclear boundary or distinction

Rearranging

Reorganizing or reshaping personal longings

Of desires

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Ready, ready to lose a privilege

Expressing a willingness to give up a certain advantage or entitlement

Ready, ready to lose a privilege

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Dysfunctional culture

Criticizing a dysfunctional societal norm or behavior

Spin me away

Mentioning a desire to be removed from a situation

Preserving a blood line

Attempting to preserve a familial connection or heritage


Fear of suffering, fear of loss

Expressing fears of both suffering and loss

Sucked in your birthrights

Being immersed or trapped in inherited rights or privileges


The blood

Reiterating shared aspects of blood relations

The mine

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The yours

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Combined

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Blood control

Controlling or influencing blood ties

A hazy line

Describing an unclear boundary or distinction (repeated)

Rearranging

Reorganizing or reshaping personal longings (repeated)

Of desires

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Ready, ready to lose a privilege

Expressing readiness to give up a privilege as a recurring behavior

An ongoing habit

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A transfer of possessions

Transferring ownership or control of belongings

Ready, ready to lose a privilege

Reiterating the willingness to give up a privilege as a final sequence

A final sequence

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An end to succession

Indicating an end to the continuation of inherited advantages

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