Year Of The Rat
Year Of The Rat: Unraveling Deception and Embracing Darkness
Lyrics
Why won't you stop lying through your teeth?
Questioning why the person is persistently dishonest.
Is it cause you might just forget how to breathe?
Suggesting that lying may become second nature to the point of forgetting essential actions.
A small price to pay for a life in between
Implies that leading a life filled with deception has its consequences.
I bear the cost for the day that you'll forget me
The speaker anticipates paying a personal cost when the person eventually forgets them.
And could you ever believe just how far it could be?
Questioning if the person comprehends the extensive consequences of their actions.
This is the distance between you and me
Expressing the emotional distance between the speaker and the person due to their dishonesty.
Dance through the dark
Suggesting a journey through difficult times or emotions.
Life underneath a black sun
Life experienced under challenging or negative circumstances.
Death from above
Alluding to a sense of impending doom or downfall.
Watching it all fucking fall apart
Observing the disintegration of everything.
Lady Luck abandons you
Personifying luck abandoning the individual.
She left to every inch of misery unto you
Describing the complete abandonment of luck, leading to profound misery.
From the greatest view
Watching from a significant vantage point as the person faces a severe downfall.
I'll watch you fall hard enough
Expressing a desire to witness the person's fall with intensity.
For you to fall through
Hoping for the person's failure to be so significant that they fall through everything.
Dance through the dark
Repetition of the theme of navigating difficult circumstances through dance.
Life underneath a black sun
Life experienced under a metaphorical black sun, suggesting darkness and negativity.
Death from above
Anticipating a negative outcome from above, possibly fate or external forces.
Watching it all fucking fall apart
Reiteration of the disintegration theme with a strong emphasis.
I wait with bated breath to hear the truth leak out in the words you said
Waiting anxiously for the truth to be revealed through the person's words.
In solitude behind a cigarette
Describing a state of isolation while reflecting on the past behind a façade of smoking.
You can bury the past, no ghosts will find you
Asserting that one can escape the past if they live a lie, but it will have haunting consequences.
As long as you live a lie I'll haunt you
The speaker will act as a persistent haunting force as long as the person continues to lie.
Lady Luck abandons you
Reiteration of luck abandoning the individual, emphasizing a sense of abandonment.
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