| Pierce the Veil – Tangled In The Great Escape Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The way I see it, this song is about self harm and wanting to commit suicide. There are two friends (Jason Butler and Vic Fuentes, in this instance) and one of them (Jason, or at least the person he represents in the "story" the song tells) is depressed and wants to commit suicide. To start of, there's the line, "They all accept the lie." This symbolizes being depressed, but telling your friends that everything's all right once they ask. Next, Vic sings, "I know you're tortured within," meaning that he knows how his friend feels and understands the constant struggle he faces with himself. And in the second verse, Vic sings, "Am I the only one who thinks that you should stay alive?" This means that pretty much everyone has given up on Jason, except Vic. Later on in the song, Jason sings, "Show me the way back home," meaning that he has gone too far with their self harm and they just want everything to feel okay again. And, the song title, "Tangled in the Great Escape" symbolizes the feeling that the only way out of this lonely and sad state is suicide, and you're "tangled" in it because you either survive the attempt (i.e., getting your stomach pumped because of overdose, etc.) or you just can push yourself to ending your life. Lastly, the final few lines of the song say, "Let me out of this." This means that you just can't take the depression any more, and you want to be done with it as soon as possible. |
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