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Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways) Lyrics
There's only two ways out, of, here
You'll be too late, you'll be trapped here forever
There's only two ways out, of, here
One's through the door, the others through me
Sometimes living in a world like this
It's pretty hard not to go insane
Not pretty if you don't comply
Pretty easy if you don't complain
Stand there like you don't feel pain
No tears in the face of defeat
Pretend 'til the end that you don't feel change
Don't admit that your faith is weak
Don't say that you feel like dying
Life's hard then it feels like diamonds
Your home's just far too gone
Much too late to even feel like trying
Can't understand what I'm saying
Can't figure out what I'm implying
If you feel you don't wanna be alive
You feel just how I am
I'm on the dark side
And you can't come find him
How when it's light all around you
Yeah, but it's dark all inside him
No winners when it's me against me
One of us just ain't gonna survive
My heart been broke for a while
Yours been the one keepin' me alive
There's only two ways out, of, here
You'll be too late, you'll be trapped here forever
There's only two ways out, of, here
One's through the door, the others through me
This world is such a fucked up place
My mind's such a fucked up shape
Everything down here sucks
Maybe what's up there is great
We all gotta go one day
I just wanna cut to the chase
I wanna stop these nightmares
I just wanna touch her face
All you see is all my feats
All you see is all my flaws
All I hear is all my demons
Even through your applause
All you see is all my flights
Well all I see is all my falls
All you see is all my rights
All I see is all my wrongs
Door keep telling me to fight
Gun on my table telling me to come on
Telling me to to put him inside my hand
Then put it up right next to my dome
Door keep telling me to find a reason
Anything to keep me from squeezing
Simplest things, yea you really like summer
You really like music, you really like reading, love
I can't win if it's me against me
One of us ain't gon' survive
And my heart been broke for a while
Yours been the one keepin' me alive
Yours been the one keepin' me alive
Yours been the one keepin' me alive!
There's only two ways out, of, here
You'll be too late, you'll be trapped here forever
There's only two ways out, of, here
One's through the door, the others through me
The others through me
The others through me
The others through me
The others through me
You'll be too late, you'll be trapped here forever
There's only two ways out, of, here
One's through the door, the others through me
It's pretty hard not to go insane
Not pretty if you don't comply
Pretty easy if you don't complain
Stand there like you don't feel pain
No tears in the face of defeat
Pretend 'til the end that you don't feel change
Don't admit that your faith is weak
Don't say that you feel like dying
Life's hard then it feels like diamonds
Your home's just far too gone
Much too late to even feel like trying
Can't understand what I'm saying
Can't figure out what I'm implying
If you feel you don't wanna be alive
You feel just how I am
I'm on the dark side
And you can't come find him
How when it's light all around you
Yeah, but it's dark all inside him
No winners when it's me against me
One of us just ain't gonna survive
My heart been broke for a while
Yours been the one keepin' me alive
You'll be too late, you'll be trapped here forever
There's only two ways out, of, here
One's through the door, the others through me
My mind's such a fucked up shape
Everything down here sucks
Maybe what's up there is great
We all gotta go one day
I just wanna cut to the chase
I wanna stop these nightmares
I just wanna touch her face
All you see is all my feats
All you see is all my flaws
All I hear is all my demons
Even through your applause
All you see is all my flights
Well all I see is all my falls
All you see is all my rights
All I see is all my wrongs
Door keep telling me to fight
Gun on my table telling me to come on
Telling me to to put him inside my hand
Then put it up right next to my dome
Door keep telling me to find a reason
Anything to keep me from squeezing
Simplest things, yea you really like summer
You really like music, you really like reading, love
I can't win if it's me against me
One of us ain't gon' survive
And my heart been broke for a while
Yours been the one keepin' me alive
Yours been the one keepin' me alive
Yours been the one keepin' me alive!
You'll be too late, you'll be trapped here forever
There's only two ways out, of, here
One's through the door, the others through me
The others through me
The others through me
The others through me
The others through me
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Let's take a look at a few key points before we get to verse by verse break-down:
The Door represents Hope and a way out as it "keeps telling me to find a reason, anything to keep me from" succumbing to what you can call an alter-ego and it's sinister and destructive desires. Think of it as you would an angel on your shoulder.
That can be said to be an alter-ego, the devil on your shoulder. It appears in the third person through inanimate objects like the speaking gun and also in the first person as if inside Lupe's character seeing his 'flaws','falls' and 'wrongs.'
Now, onto the lyrical breakdown:
The chorus explains the situation that Lupe's caught in. He's an individual who's caught in a place (called "here") where he has to make a choice, lest he lose himself and stay "trapped here forever." The Door represents hope, good and simply leaving "me" to fade. "Me" represents his the devil within, and it's nevertheless ending in disaster as "I can't win if it's me against me, one of us ain't gon survive" means he'd either be too consumed in fighting off his inner tormentor to do much of anything, or lose to it.
The first half of Verse 1 explains the rules and situation of how to survive being caught in such a place. The second half shows how others can't pull you out of it because they are covered in light while you're covered in darkness. It's like trying to find someone while wandering in a large area with candlelight: you can't see anymore than a few feet ahead so can't find who you're looking for. Only when you're in darkness yourself, and your eyes are accustomed to it, can you see someone else's and bring light to them. The last two lines show that the character's heart has been broken by the darkness and it is the part of himself that has Hope that's been keeping him alive.
The first 4 lines of Verse 2 express a desire to leave this state of the world either metaphorically or physically in which case it would mean death and going to heaven. But I can't tell you who "her face" is, perhaps this being the story of a widowed man and the Door would be referring to his memory of her and her voice. That makes more sense when he switches devil "me" from 3rd person to 1st person (implying he's believing it more and more and it's taking him over) as someone who sees all his faults whereas "you" see all the good and encourage him.
In summary, it's simply about the predicament of the battle being caught in a place of grief and torment as evil and good inherent in all of us rages against each other, possibly the good being personified by a loved one that the character's lost.
Let's take a look at a few key points before we get to verse by verse break-down:
The Door represents Hope and a way out as it "keeps telling me to find a reason, anything to keep me from" succumbing to what you can call an alter-ego and it's sinister and destructive desires. Think of it as you would an angel on your shoulder.
That can be said to be an alter-ego, the devil on your shoulder. It appears in the third person through inanimate objects like the speaking gun and also in the first person as if inside Lupe's character seeing his 'flaws','falls' and 'wrongs.'
Now, onto the lyrical breakdown:
The chorus explains the situation that Lupe's caught in. He's an individual who's caught in a place (called "here") where he has to make a choice, lest he lose himself and stay "trapped here forever." The Door represents hope, good and simply leaving "me" to fade. "Me" represents his the devil within, and it's nevertheless ending in disaster as "I can't win if it's me against me, one of us ain't gon survive" means he'd either be too consumed in fighting off his inner tormentor to do much of anything, or lose to it.
The first half of Verse 1 explains the rules and situation of how to survive being caught in such a place. The second half shows how others can't pull you out of it because they are covered in light while you're covered in darkness. It's like trying to find someone while wandering in a large area with candlelight: you can't see anymore than a few feet ahead so can't find who you're looking for. Only when you're in darkness yourself, and your eyes are accustomed to it, can you see someone else's and bring light to them. The last two lines show that the character's heart has been broken by the darkness and it is the part of himself that has Hope that's been keeping him alive.
The first 4 lines of Verse 2 express a desire to leave this state of the world either metaphorically or physically in which case it would mean death and going to heaven. But I can't tell you who "her face" is, perhaps this being the story of a widowed man and the Door would be referring to his memory of her and her voice. That makes more sense when he switches devil "me" from 3rd person to 1st person (implying he's believing it more and more and it's taking him over) as someone who sees all his faults whereas "you" see all the good and encourage him.
In summary, it's simply about the predicament of the battle being caught in a place of grief and torment as evil and good inherent in all of us rages against each other, possibly the good being personified by a loved one that the character's lost.