Lyrics
Was nothing was ever real at all
Expresses doubt about the reality of everything experienced.
My world of shadows standing tall
Describes a world filled with shadows that stand prominently.
Where there breathes a heavy fog
Refers to a dense fog where the speaker breathes heavily.
Through my most grievous faults
Connects heavy fog with the speaker's significant faults.
My sins have deceived me
Admits that the speaker's sins have led to deception.
Enough to keep my distance
States that the deception is enough reason to maintain distance.
Enough to keep my head floating
Affirms the emotional detachment, allowing the head to stay afloat.
Along your cheeks trickling down
Describes a visual of grief flowing down the listener's cheeks.
The grief I behold
Expresses the intense sorrow that the speaker witnesses.
May my name and deed be known
Wishes for the speaker's name and deeds to be acknowledged.
Rise above the flames
Calls for rising above challenges, perhaps symbolized by flames.
Ensnared in the wires
Mentions being entangled in complicated situations or relationships.
Strangled from my neck up
Describes a feeling of suffocation or restriction from above.
This is my fucking cautionary tale
Labels the narrative as a cautionary tale with strong language.
A word to the wise and the wicked
Addresses both the wise and the wicked with a message.
I am bending out of shape
Indicates a sense of distortion or deviation from the norm.
The past and the present
Acknowledges the coexistence of the past and the present.
Nonetheless
Despite challenges, the speaker is moving forward.
I'm coming back with bared teeth
Declares a return with hostility, symbolized by bared teeth.
Jutting out the jaws of death
Describes a threatening presence, like the jaws of death.
A wound big enough for the both of us
References a shared wound significant enough for both parties.
The peripheral of the knife in my back
Highlights the peripheral nature of betrayal.
With a bowed head and eyes shut tight
Describes a posture of submission and suffering.
A torture designed for my lies
Suggests a punishment tailored to the speaker's lies.
It's my spirit I've tried to disown
Expresses a desire to disown one's own spirit.
And my paradise never felt like home
Reflects on a paradise that never felt like home.
I pray and I plead and I try
Describes prayer, pleading, and efforts to avoid solitude.
Not to be left alone
Expresses a fear of being abandoned by those who were once similar.
No longer my kind
Denies belonging to the same group as before.
Sleepless nights they draft into months into years
Describes the passing of time in sleepless nights, turning into years.
Still screaming underneath my skin
Indicates an ongoing internal struggle, symbolized by screaming.
Dancing daydreams of
Mentions daydreams involving the other person's head.
Your head in my hands
Depicts a vivid image of holding the listener's head.
As ash seeps out your veins
Foresees a destructive fate, where ashes flow like blood.
Almost destroyed on Earth
Suggests a shared destiny of destruction on Earth.
You will burn just like me
Reiterates the impending burning of both individuals.
You will burn
Reaffirms the inevitability of burning.
Shaking in my tarnished cage
Describes a state of trembling within a tainted confinement.
I've felt the soothing touch of rage
Recalls experiencing the calming influence of rage.
You will suffer
Declares that the listener will endure suffering.
Over and over again
Emphasizes the cyclical nature of suffering, repeating over time.
Suffer with me
Invites the listener to share in the speaker's suffering repeatedly.
Over and over again
Reiterates the invitation for shared suffering on a recurring basis.
My vices are visions of you suffering
Associates personal vices with visions of the listener suffering.
Endlessly
Conveys a sense of endless suffering for the listener.
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