| The Butterfly Effect – Worlds On Fire Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I think the song could possibly be about suicide. Taking a bow signals the end of one's "performance," which I interpret as meaning a/the person's life. No one "here" can help, which could be implying that there is a "there," or other dimension (and it is within that dimension the suicidal person may think there may be a solution). Also, death is when one can be considered to be completely alone and all by themselves...this is one vision of what "hell" might be like. It's possible that the fiery world described in the song is a reference to hell, but it doesn't seem that the suicide victim is the narrator during these parts...so it could instead be describing how, before killing themselves, the depressed person ( they "wake up tired, so uninspired") viewed the world.The world they were facing each day seemed utterly hopeless. Tragedy &/or Loss experienced during the life of that person could have left them viewing the world as chaotic, volatile and perpetually "burning," in a way. Now, when the song goes "wake up wake up" to yet another world on fire, I take this to mean that, once killing themselves, the suicide victim finds themselves in an equally violent and destructive world...except, their back is now "against the wall". This may be alluding to the finality of death. It's one-way only; there are no take-backs. There is no option anymore and Death is not something that may be walked away from, whereas one can choose to walk away from Life. It must be faced. And that person "didn't ask for this [form of existence] at all." | |
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