| Senses Fail – Bite To Break Skin Lyrics | 3 years ago |
|
I think this song is about a really depressed or perhaps bipolar person that use drugs to control anger, self-hatred and pain. The person is a failure. No one understands the pain and the only way out is to kill yourself – and take the whole world with you. "So let me take this medicine To quench my love for violent things My swan song will Be like a bullet laced in anger As the razor cuts the soft spot on your heel" A swan song is a mythological saying that a swan can only make a sound during a beautiful song right before it dies. This person will kill himself and perhaps take someone else with him. The medicine is drugs to control the anger/pain. "it's getting slower (This war) it's getting harder To fight by myself (Sick waves) a bitter fashion (Rip down) this shield that I have Tears rain from above" I think this is the persons experience right before the depression/anger kicks in. The medicine's effect is fading (getting slower) and then all barriers are collapsing. The anger and pain is coming. "Bite to break skin Don't give the secret My stoic face Beating with passion The Phoenix will die Inside the firestorm" I think this is the person talking to itself when he is about to kill himself – and perhaps someone else as well. Like a school/mass shooting. "Don't give the secret" - don't tell anyone about my pain and my plans. Don't break down. Focus on the goal (my stoic face – beating with passion). 'The Phoenix will rise from the ashes' is not going to happen – I will not cure, I will not rise from this. I will kill the phoenix inside the firestorm=my anger and my pain. "I am the son Follow my footsteps Follow my footsteps" To me, this is the devil that has taken over the person. The shooting will begin. |
|
| Cyndi Lauper – True Colors Lyrics | 7 years ago |
|
Generally, I think this song is about having a friend that feels a bit odd or misplaced in this world but you see the beautiful side of that person. My own interpretation of this song is a bit different, maybe because of my current depression. I found it out today when I heard the song and I started to cry, which I haven't done in months now. To me, this is a song to someone very close going through a depression. "You with the sad eyes Don't be discouraged Oh I realize Its hard to take courage In a world full of people You can lose sight of it all And the darkness inside you Can make you feel so small" To me, everything is colorless/gray but I know that I used to see colors in life and I know that other people do as well. I've lost faith in myself and my abilities, which have led me to take distance from other people. I don't want anyone to think I'm strange or make them feel uncomfortable. "But I see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show Your true colors True colors are beautiful Like a rainbow" My girlfriend, family and friends see that I'm suffering from this darkness but they know that deep inside of me there are beautiful colors that used to make them and all other people around me happy. I was happy. They know what I used to be and they really want me to get well again, to make these colors visible. "Show me a smile then Don't be unhappy, can't remember When I last saw you laughing If this world makes you crazy And you've taken all you can bear You call me up Because you know I'll be there" Suicidal thoughts are also a part of this illness. I live with them every day and this verse is the one bringing me to tears. I know that my girlfriend, family and friends love me and they would sacrifice anything to help me – if I just ask for help. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.