Thank You Pain Lyrics

Lyric discussion by th3rdhal3 

Cover art for Thank You Pain lyrics by Agonist, The

Indeed this is an awesome song

You can tell from the beginning verse that this is supposed to be a "court case" by the way Alissa makes the lyrics seem like a debate between the convicted and a judge; the line "listen before you convict, you see I never did intend to ruin anything" Is the 'defendants' plea and the 'judge' responds with, "intent is a guilty conscience's white flag against pride" which means that the 'defendants' intention is a her guilty conscience's white flag (surrender)

And in the chorus, "Through senses, what can we explain? Not joy, not guilt, not pain. Is love the same?" Through our five sense we can't explain or express joy or guilt. (pain is slightly different. We can definitely feel it with one of our five senses-feel)And the line "is love the same?" Alissa is asking if love is also something we know is there but can't quite explain or give an explanation of

Through our senses we can explain physical pain but not the pain of the heart! I wonder what the final verdict will be. Is there any link where Alissa explains the song?