“Passion” is about the loss of vitality and the search for redemption. The narrator mourns the enthusiasm of youth, now replaced by hatred, repression, and frustration. The refrain — “Where is my passion I once had?” — is both lament and accusation, directed outward at those who “support the guilt” and inward at the self.
The song oscillates between despair and defiance: the plea for someone to “redeem me from this torment” is followed by the declaration that, if abandoned, the narrator will “help myself” and emerge “victorious.” This tension between dependence and self‑assertion mirrors the broader themes of the album The Scapegoat’s Agony — the struggle between collapse and survival, denial and confrontation.
“Passion” is about the loss of vitality and the search for redemption. The narrator mourns the enthusiasm of youth, now replaced by hatred, repression, and frustration. The refrain — “Where is my passion I once had?” — is both lament and accusation, directed outward at those who “support the guilt” and inward at the self.
The song oscillates between despair and defiance: the plea for someone to “redeem me from this torment” is followed by the declaration that, if abandoned, the narrator will “help myself” and emerge “victorious.” This tension between dependence and self‑assertion mirrors the broader themes of the album The Scapegoat’s Agony — the struggle between collapse and survival, denial and confrontation.