describing my endless loop of adventures out within the seabed, and having subtle regrets and nothing else to do but just think. the prologue displays my mindset beneath the facade, and my pointless future i so strongly believe in, whereas the main portion of the song represents the suppression of those feelings in the judging eyes of other humans. it shows how quickly my mind seems to change topics and emotions, and how fast they can just twist into something else; something decrepit.
lyrics
[prologue]
gazes only fixate and stare, when youre finally not there
any longer.
and as your legs grow weak, awarded blisters upon feet
should you be proud? as you bleed out,
of your eyes. as youre shrouded in dark
and you reach out for another heart
a whole, for help.
and as we march from one log to the next,
awaiting colossus to turn us, into past
we arent looking for a savior,
no superhero,
just a person to hold.
is there anybody out there?
is this where we belong?
since theres no chance to recover something, thats passed
at all.
no way to march backwards, that fastr
down the empty hall.
[verse 1]
so i put on my coat
took at the world again
just 16 degrees though
itll cool down, i bet
[chorus]
but i sweated my ass off the entire way back
to the station
[verse 2]
and so i put on my coat again
took at the world
24 degrees today
its too late, to go back
[chorus]
and the concourse laid below me
as i creep towards purpose
and my ass was burning the entire way
home
[bridge]
[verse 3]
these sleeves are refilled again
the clouds hold my gaze
as the usual wander
seems to lead me astray
[chorus]
but its negative 16
and this jacket wont do, a thing
as my frostbitten marrow,
tears it by the string
and the rips gape their mouths
as its collected in my grey fists
and my frozen corpse,
still crawls its way back home.
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