Dying in the Worst Way

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I'm sorry
I don't know what to do
The skin is broken
But the blood spills not far from the wound

I'm failing to sever
The flesh from the bone
And I suffer through all this
Just too afraid to be alone

Splinters remain in both our fingers
Fragments of former times
But I'm happy to stay here with you
It's not like I have pride

So why do we all adjust to the common situations?
Strange, we find comfort in the worst days
But now we're restless in this constant situation
I'm living here but I am dying in the worst way

We all adjust to the common situations
Strange, we find comfort in the worst days
But now I'm restless in this constant situation
I'm living here but I am dying in the worst way

We're still here
And I don't mind
I don't care if it's insincere
You're only wasting my time

The season's changing and so am I
The feeling's faded away
What else more do I have left to give?
Finally unhappy here

So why should we all adjust to the common situations?
Strange, we find comfort in the worst days
But now we're restless in this constant situation
I'm living here but I am dying in the worst way

We all adjust to the common situations
Strange, we find comfort in the worst days
But now I'm restless in this constant situation
I'm living here but I am dying in the worst way


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    I think this song is saying that's is okay to not be happy all the time?

    And that not being "allowed" to be unhappy by society, makes one even more unhappy and so a person just starts to rot inside.

    I could be awfully wrong though...

    uflakson January 13, 2009   Link

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