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Atone Lyrics
Hounded by a feeling that I've known
Following everywhere I go
Falling ashes never done
Turn to flame under the sun
Guilty of some crime
Gotta find a way to atone
Gotta find a way to atone
Tryin to find a way to atone
Don't much care to be the other me
One that plays the role of enemy
Falling ashes never done
Turn to flame under the sun
Running out of time
Gotta find a way to atone
Gotta find a way to atone
Tryin to find a way to atone
Tenderly lay me down
Touch my face and speak to me like a child
I want to believe I'll never drown, can ascend
No release or reprieve to be found
Now seldom seen on the run
Aren't both sides the wrong end of a gun
Falling ashes never done
Turn to flame under the sun
Somehow crossed a line
Gotta find a way to atone
Gotta find a way to atone
Tryin to find a way to atone
Why
To be judged stand and deliver
Half starved choke on the splinters
Have mercy could you be the giver
To speak my cursed name
Following everywhere I go
Falling ashes never done
Turn to flame under the sun
Guilty of some crime
Gotta find a way to atone
Tryin to find a way to atone
One that plays the role of enemy
Falling ashes never done
Turn to flame under the sun
Running out of time
Gotta find a way to atone
Tryin to find a way to atone
Touch my face and speak to me like a child
I want to believe I'll never drown, can ascend
No release or reprieve to be found
Aren't both sides the wrong end of a gun
Falling ashes never done
Turn to flame under the sun
Somehow crossed a line
Gotta find a way to atone
Tryin to find a way to atone
Half starved choke on the splinters
Have mercy could you be the giver
To speak my cursed name
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So the meaning of the word "Atone" is to amend something. So my first thought was the song is about regrets of some sort. Then I analyzed it closer and found that it could be about an untouched bystander. A bystander is witnessing their friends do something bad, like drugs. The reason I think this is because of the line, "Aren't both sides the wrong end of a gun." This could be referring to the one stepping in on the drug user or the one that does nothing."To be judged stand and deliver, Half-starved choke on the splinters Have mercy, Could you be the giver." This was what really made me believe the meaning because, for one, the bystander is judged immensely. I'm not 100% sure about it because there is nothing to go off of, but that was my initial interpretation.