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Living In The Shadow Of The Terrible Thing Lyrics
With heavy tread and treacle feet
I drag my baggage behind me
Everything's absurd, everything feels strange
I experience time as a terrible ache
Alone and unnoticed on the busy street
I'm living in the shadow of the terrible thing
Windows shatter and alarm bells ring
I'm living in the shadow of the terrible thing
Halfway down the road I've lost all purpose
No Virgil at my side to guide and interpret
Darkness visible, failing light
I hurt in every inch of my lived life
Sinking slowly in this miasma
Too much hurt for my head to handle
Hanging on to hope and a handful of chances
Cause if you take away the future then the present collapses
I drag my baggage behind me
I experience time as a terrible ache
I'm living in the shadow of the terrible thing
I'm living in the shadow of the terrible thing
No Virgil at my side to guide and interpret
I hurt in every inch of my lived life
Too much hurt for my head to handle
Cause if you take away the future then the present collapses
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To me it's about failing to give meaning and significance to your own live while being confronted with the enormousness and absurdity of everything all the time, like a lot of Therapy? songs, and that's one reason I like them so much.
The terrible thing we're in the shadow of is death.
'Windows shatter and alarm bells ring I'm living in the shadow of the terrible thing'
the realization of death breaks in to your live.
'Cause if you take away the future then the present collapses'
This could mean that if you're aware that you're going to die eventually it's pretty hard to live in the Now.
Great song, great lyrics and one of the best Therapy? albums.
@sonicdeath My personal feeling is that it's about depression.
@sonicdeath My personal feeling is that it's about depression.