Dead Weight

Unshackling the Burdens: Understanding 'Dead Weight' by Viridis
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Lyrics

Yeah!

Expression of affirmation or agreement

You're dead weight

Referring to someone as a burden or hindrance

Left behind

Left in the past or abandoned

Lose yourself

Surrender your identity or lose your sense of self

You're dead weight

Reiteration of being burdensome or unhelpful

Hide, die, some people shine

Encouragement to hide or die, contrasting with those who shine

Take your time

Encouragement to take one's time, possibly in a negative context

Some people shine

Contrast between those who shine and others

Hide, lie, move it aside

Encouragement to hide or lie, suggesting avoidance

I am the thorn in your side

Speaker identifies themselves as a source of pain or irritation

Pain where these feelings reside

Reference to emotional pain residing within

What's left but to twist the knife?

Contemplation on causing additional harm or suffering

Yeah!

Reiteration of agreement or affirmation

You're dead weight

Reiteration of being burdensome or unhelpful

Left behind

Left in the past or abandoned

Lose yourself

Reference to surrendering oneself or losing identity

You're dead weight

Reiteration of being burdensome or unhelpful

Misled by

Deceived or led astray by others

Everyone

Feeling misled by everyone

Who thought they could

Those who attempted to change the speaker

Change you

Encouragement to hide or die, contrasting with attempts to change

Hide, die, some people shine

Reiteration of contrast between shining and hiding/dying

Take your time

Encouragement to take one's time, possibly in a negative context

Some people shine

Contrast between those who shine and others

Hide, lie, move aside

Encouragement to hide or lie, suggesting avoidance

Misled by

Deceived or led astray by others

Everyone

Feeling misled by everyone

Who thought they could

Those who attempted to break and change the speaker

Break and change you

Reiteration of feeling misled by attempts to change

Go!

Command to go or move forward

Death waits for no one

Assertion that death does not wait for anyone

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