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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
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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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.
I would have to agree with you
I would have to agree with you
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.
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.