Metaphor Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Xdanhamx 

Cover art for Metaphor lyrics by In Flames

My general consensus regarding this song is that it is an outlined interpretation of a toxic relationship. Offering multiple complex vantage points regarding it. one party is saying that their intentions were pure and now they're seen as evil, "the sickness that you are the plague that made me starve" being the feeling of intimate and psychological absence. "I feel it taking over, everything falls dark, you break me open the desperate cry" getting multiple emotionally abusive shots in to warrant vulnerability to the significant other on the other side. Subtle undertones of worthlessness and depression hinted as well.Ultimately both parties went into the relationship with best intentions that fell short, but rather than acknowledging their own shortcomings they push forward with the relationship with the ultimate sense of emptiness tied in. The feeling of wanting to bury the pain and bear one's burden on your shoulders to the point where it breaks you.