A Picture of the World Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gofuckyourself 

Cover art for A Picture of the World lyrics by A Wilhelm Scream

This song is about a girl who while she's with her boyfriend talks about him all the the time (not letting him go). He says he fucked up by handing her the reins; he gave her his heart. Her feelings "oscillate" between the two guys and she ends up cheating on her boyfriend with this other guy and he walks in on it (finding out the worst fucking way). His rage boils and he wants to complain to someone, or just be miserable while someone's listening (dish it out). Someone tells him the old "god closes a door/opens a window" adage to which he thinks "if there is a positive to what she did, I can't see it." (if there's a positive...I'm not privy to it) The picture of the world is his miserable outlook on life and missing her. He wants to burn it for himself for catharsis and for his friends' sake so they don't have to listen to him be miserable anymore. However, it's not as easy as he'd like it to be and he's still suffering. He plots revenge and says that his karmic debt won't grow because of everything she has put him through. He thinks he's done nothing with his life but get closer to death, but when he was younger he was wide-eyed. The song ends with him resolving to get clear of what she put him through and move on, or go insane trying. (Familiar failure...I go crazy) Anyway, that's my take.

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