This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
America blaring in my ears all day
America, I don't see the glory of your ways
The oldest money flows through a bloodline
We'll see if your empire stands the test of time
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
America, grin and bare the resentment of the world
With all your ugliness and self-worth
Desperate to grease the gears of the hideous machine
The swine, they writhe and praise the infallible regime
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the
Lost though you are free
In America
Lost though you are free
In America
Lost though you are free
In America
Lost though you are free
In America
It's time to justify your pride
In America
It's time to justify your pride
In America
It's time to justify your pride
In America
It's time, it's time, it's time
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
America, I don't see the glory of your ways
The oldest money flows through a bloodline
We'll see if your empire stands the test of time
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
America, grin and bare the resentment of the world
With all your ugliness and self-worth
Desperate to grease the gears of the hideous machine
The swine, they writhe and praise the infallible regime
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the
Lost though you are free
In America
Lost though you are free
In America
Lost though you are free
In America
Lost though you are free
In America
It's time to justify your pride
In America
It's time to justify your pride
In America
It's time to justify your pride
In America
It's time, it's time, it's time
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
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Sons of Privillege Lyrics as written by Dallas Green Chris Steele
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i think this is more or less correct. I believe the lyric: "America, grin and bare the resentment of the world" is actually "America, grit and bare the resentment of the world" and the lyric: "With all your ugliness and self-worth" is actually "With all your ugliness and arrogant self-worth"
America blaring in my ears all day, America, i dont see the glory of your ways, The oldest money flows through a bloodline, We'll see if your empire stands the test of time,
Don't wanna, I don't wanna, Be a slave to the Sons of Privilege, Don't wanna, I don't wanna, Be a slave to the Sons of Privilege,
Sweet Lady Liberty, You are the lost, though you are free, And what hides beneath, Can't tell the wolves from the sheep,
America, Grin and bare the resentment of the world, With all your ugliness and arrogant self-worth, Desperate to grease the gears of the hideous machine, The swine, they writhe and praise the infallible regime,
Don't wanna, I don't wanna, Be a slave to the Sons of Privilege, Don't wanna, I don't wanna, Be a slave to the Sons of Privilege,
Sweet Lady Liberty, You are the lost, though you are free, And what hides beneath, Can't tell the wolves from the sheep,
Lost though you are free, In America, Its time to justify your pride
Sweet Lady Liberty, You are the lost, though you are free, And what hides beneath, Can't tell the wolves from the sheep,
What an incredible song though. Guess the meaning couldn't be much clearer! Brilliant!
This song is about freemasons running america and implementing their new world order, taking away people's freedom.
The "sons of priviledge" actually refers to the freemason bloodline who pass their influence down from generation to generation. "The oldest money flows through a bloodline" nb. this "money" refers to the freemasons in banking, whose wealth and power is enormous. "I don't wanna, Be a slave to the Sons of Privilege"
The statue of liberty is "lost" though "free" because a citizen's liberty is gone, but the statue actually represents an illuminati god named diana. "Sweet Lady Liberty, You are the lost, though you are free"
If you don't understand what I'm talking about or want to know more, do some research on freemasons or the illuminati, educate yourself and know who your real enemy is.
..no.