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Burned Out Lyrics
Stick around to see the ugly look on my face
You always come around - when my will is broken
And I can bearly stand on my two feet
Was it something, I said - that you can't forget
But you know it's something you need - to make it
All work out - But the fact still remains that
You can never take back what you say - But
I take back everything
I feel so empty - why'd you do this now
When all the color left in my face is
Fading out
I won't ride that evil suicide wave
No matter what you hear me say
CHORUS:
Why does it feel
Like the sun is just burned out
Why does it feel
Like everyone waiting for us
To crumble and just break down
Where's that helping hand
That you pull away
Everything I'm in the back of the line
If I start to fall out - on the last mile
Just wash the blood off my face
I feel so empty - why'd you do this now
The viscous circle of life - tears me up all inside
You always come around - when my will is broken
And I can bearly stand on my two feet
Was it something, I said - that you can't forget
But you know it's something you need - to make it
All work out - But the fact still remains that
You can never take back what you say - But
I take back everything
When all the color left in my face is
Fading out
I won't ride that evil suicide wave
No matter what you hear me say
Why does it feel
Like the sun is just burned out
Why does it feel
Like everyone waiting for us
To crumble and just break down
That you pull away
Everything I'm in the back of the line
If I start to fall out - on the last mile
Just wash the blood off my face
The viscous circle of life - tears me up all inside
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This song is radass, why hasn't anyone posted anything!!??
It seems like the guy feels left in the wilderness regarding his relationship, like his life is a wild animal in a cage being looked at by people at a zoo:
"Why does it feel Like everyone waiting for us To crumble and just break down"
It's like the troubles in the relationship are sudden and confusing, and everyone saw it coming but him...
I don’t think this song is necessarily about a relationship. Lajon seems to use “us” in a context that means humanity and just the audience of the song rather than two people in a relationship.
My opinion is that the song’s about when people twist your intentions and your words and your actions and use them to quell their guilt in a way that magnifies your pain. And just the way you have to deal with it and recover from it. It’s about feeling low and empty, losing hope (“like the sun is just burned out”). And just realizing that the one person you could count on, that you learned to depend on isn’t going to offer help or love any longer and that you’ve just got to push through the pain (“just wash the blood off my face”) and not give in to it.
I think this song is about suicide or refusing to commit suicide no matter how hopeless you feel.
"I won't ride that evil suicide wave No matter what you hear me say."
and
"Why does it feel like the sun has just burned out?"
are the selling points.