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Deadweight

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This is survival
This is my exile

I find no solace
I find no solace
Beneath a godless sky
Will I find shelter
In the places the sun could never find?

Now behold the consequence
The aftermath of ignorance
Shackled to my worthless neck
Give me one reason to resist

So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow

I find no solace
Beneath a godless sky
Will I find shelter
In the places the sun could never find?

Because everything's turning black
And I see no hope of turning back

Cold terror grips my lungs
To let it in would be to accept defeat
But what's left to fight for?
When I look inside
The nothingness confronts me
Vexed by the hands of time

This is survival
I against I
What's left inside?
What's left inside?
What's left inside?

So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
So I slip below
I can't resist
I can't resist
I can't resist
I can't resist
No

I can feel the deadweight
I can feel the deadweight of my soul
Dragging me from this world

Oh, deadweight

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alien13 On Jun 22, 2010

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This is survival
This is my exile
 
I find no solace
I find no solace
Beneath a godless sky
Will I find shelter
In the places the sun could never find?
 
Now behold the consequence
The aftermath of ignorance
Shackled to my worthless neck
Give me one reason to resist
 
So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
 
I find no solace
Beneath a godless sky
Will I find shelter
In the places the sun could never find?
 
Because everything's turning black
And I see no hope of turning back
 
Cold terror grips my lungs
To let it in would be to accept defeat
But what's left to fight for?
When I look inside
The nothingness confronts me
Vexed by the hands of time
 
This is survival
I against I
What's left inside?
What's left inside?
What's left inside?
 
So I slip below
I can't resist the undertow
So I slip below
I can't resist
I can't resist
I can't resist
I can't resist
No
 
I can feel the deadweight
I can feel the deadweight of my soul
Dragging me from this world
 
Oh, deadweight

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BlueDiamondx3

2017-09-28 11:23:18

alien13

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2010-06-22 12:55:55

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by MuffinMan9o9

16y ago

My take on these lyrics is just being absolutely hopeless. Feeling as if there is nothing greater [a god], nothing to look forward to [Heaven], and feeling as if your life has no meaning or purpose.

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by TomC 15y ago

I would have to agree with you

by BLaacKeN

15y ago

This is where he begins his journey under the ocean/sea. "So I slip below, I can't resist the undertow" He goes here to test his strength and to finally transform.

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by FocusShift

16y ago

I'd say it's more than a feeling but an acceptance. It's the Crisis of Faith that echoes through a ton of artists' works; if there is no inherent meaning to the world, then one has to make their own through all the suffering that exists in life.

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