Buttercup.
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(spoiler alert, I'm one of the people who use "nihilistic" as shorthand for "casually depressed")
Okay, some things to say first of all:
- These are song lyrics, as is the vast majority of my "poetry". Music-wise the verses are subdued and melancholic, the choruses explode into a more rock-like feel.
- I generally don't write serious lyrics because I think I suck ass at them, so I hide behind tongue-in-cheekness most of the time. This is one of my rare attempts to get out of that box at least a little bit.
- I think I'm actually legit impaired in the mental department that allows people to process or create figurative meaning (probably something to do with being on the spectrum) so I honestly can't tell if something's profound or just a pile of random hogwash. I think there's a little bit of both in this, honestly. If you asked me what the song as a whole is trying to say I'd run away crying, so there. (Then I might crawl back an hour later, say 'umm... growing up in a Society(tm) and becoming jaded, maybe?' and run away again.)
- All feedback is welcome.
(verse)
what can I say
it's plain as day
we'll come to terms
with our scrapes and burns
o say, can't you see
the uncertainty
our bluff might get called
it's not too late to fold
(verse)
who would've thought
it's all for naught
the vows that we take
the promises we make (maybe "fake", I dunno lol)
all hope is gone
still life goes on
if you can't win
you might as well give in
(chorus)
hang up the phone and lock the door
ignore the raven's 'nevermore'
throw all your memories in the fire
nostalgia's nothing but a liar
(verse)
life passes by
don't even try
to seize more than you
were predetermined to
hush, hold your tongue
the axe has swung
we're not in charge
of this sinking barge
(chorus)
so throw your morals overboard
it's extra weight we can't afford
reduced to fight or flight we're free
we're animals, it's either you or me
(verse fragment serving as an outro, I guess)
hope for the best
be unimpressed
Okay, some things to say first of all:
- These are song lyrics, as is the vast majority of my "poetry". Music-wise the verses are subdued and melancholic, the choruses explode into a more rock-like feel.
- I generally don't write serious lyrics because I think I suck ass at them, so I hide behind tongue-in-cheekness most of the time. This is one of my rare attempts to get out of that box at least a little bit.
- I think I'm actually legit impaired in the mental department that allows people to process or create figurative meaning (probably something to do with being on the spectrum) so I honestly can't tell if something's profound or just a pile of random hogwash. I think there's a little bit of both in this, honestly. If you asked me what the song as a whole is trying to say I'd run away crying, so there. (Then I might crawl back an hour later, say 'umm... growing up in a Society(tm) and becoming jaded, maybe?' and run away again.)
- All feedback is welcome.
(verse)
what can I say
it's plain as day
we'll come to terms
with our scrapes and burns
o say, can't you see
the uncertainty
our bluff might get called
it's not too late to fold
(verse)
who would've thought
it's all for naught
the vows that we take
the promises we make (maybe "fake", I dunno lol)
all hope is gone
still life goes on
if you can't win
you might as well give in
(chorus)
hang up the phone and lock the door
ignore the raven's 'nevermore'
throw all your memories in the fire
nostalgia's nothing but a liar
(verse)
life passes by
don't even try
to seize more than you
were predetermined to
hush, hold your tongue
the axe has swung
we're not in charge
of this sinking barge
(chorus)
so throw your morals overboard
it's extra weight we can't afford
reduced to fight or flight we're free
we're animals, it's either you or me
(verse fragment serving as an outro, I guess)
hope for the best
be unimpressed
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