Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Consumed, I feel the rage
Growing inside me
A fear I cannot contain
At war with an enemy
Who does not rest, who will never relent
This city, these lifeless catacombs
Our tombs they have become
Buried alive at birth
Never to return, to return
Chained to the masses
Trapped and trained by vicious minds
I let them tear, tear away everything inside
Strip away my humanity
Fracture my identity
Sacrifice my integrity
Just bodies through the teeth of the combine
Just bodies through the teeth of the combine
At war with an enemy
Who does not rest, who will never relent
At war with an enemy
Who does not rest, who will never...
Sleep walk our lives away
In search of shallow graves
Sleep walk our lives away
Lost souls
Lost
Just bodies through the teeth of the combine
Just bodies through the teeth of the combine
Just bodies through the teeth of the combine
Just bodies through the teeth...
Consumed, I feel the rage
Growing inside me
I will not contain
I have come to question every truth I know
Not one more step
In the name of progress
In the name of blind ambition
Not one more step
In the name of progress
In the name of blind ambition
How the fuck am I supposed to feel
When everything I know
Lies broken at my feet?
Growing inside me
A fear I cannot contain
At war with an enemy
Who does not rest, who will never relent
This city, these lifeless catacombs
Our tombs they have become
Buried alive at birth
Never to return, to return
Chained to the masses
Trapped and trained by vicious minds
I let them tear, tear away everything inside
Strip away my humanity
Fracture my identity
Sacrifice my integrity
Just bodies through the teeth of the combine
Just bodies through the teeth of the combine
At war with an enemy
Who does not rest, who will never relent
At war with an enemy
Who does not rest, who will never...
Sleep walk our lives away
In search of shallow graves
Sleep walk our lives away
Lost souls
Lost
Just bodies through the teeth of the combine
Just bodies through the teeth of the combine
Just bodies through the teeth of the combine
Just bodies through the teeth...
Consumed, I feel the rage
Growing inside me
I will not contain
I have come to question every truth I know
Not one more step
In the name of progress
In the name of blind ambition
Not one more step
In the name of progress
In the name of blind ambition
How the fuck am I supposed to feel
When everything I know
Lies broken at my feet?
Lyrics submitted by thesunwillriseagain, edited by getdamned, BlueDiamondx3
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However, I can't really pick out a meaning. Anyone got any insight?
lyrics sort of correct, heres the actual lyrics<br /> consumed,i feel the rage growing inside me,a fear i cannot contain, At war with an enemy that does not rest who will never relent.This city, these lifeless catacombs, our tombs they have become.Buried Alive at birth never to return.chained the masses,trapped and trained by viscious minds,i let them tear away everything inside,Strip away my humanity,Fracture my identity,Sacrifice my integrity,Just bodies through the teeth of the combine,At war with an enemy that does not rest who will never relent,Sllepwalk our lives away, in search for shallow graves,sleepwalk our lives away.Lost souls, lost.Just bodies through the teeth of the combine,just bodies through the teeth.consumed,i feel the rage growing inside me, I will not contain.I have come to question every truth i know.Not one more step in the name of progress,in the name of blind ambition, how the fuck am i supposed to feel when ieverything i know lies broken at my feet<br />
lol put em in the wrong section
lyrics sort of correct, heres the actual lyrics consumed,i feel the rage growing inside me,a fear i cannot contain, At war with an enemy that does not rest who will never relent.This city, these lifeless catacombs, our tombs they have become.Buried Alive at birth never to return.chained the masses,trapped and trained by viscious minds,i let them tear away everything inside,Strip away my humanity,Fracture my identity,Sacrifice my integrity,Just bodies through the teeth of the combine,At war with an enemy that does not rest who will never relent,Sllepwalk our lives away, in search for shallow graves,sleepwalk our lives away.Lost souls, lost.Just bodies through the teeth of the combine,just bodies through the teeth.consumed,i feel the rage growing inside me, I will not contain.I have come to question every truth i know.Not one more step in the name of progress,in the name of blind ambition, how the fuck am i supposed to feel when ieverything i know lies broken at my feet
i think "sleepwalk our lives away" sums up this whole song i think its about not living to your potential and going through life without aiming to high.
Tyler3750 has the exact lyrics.
Put those in instead of what's up there.
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