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Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Another day, where the sky is red and the sea turns black
Repeated words, a perseveration(1) that controls me

Pre-Chorus(2):
You don’t why I’m still here
I don’t know why I’m still here

Verse 2(3):
Another night, where I contemplate all my past mistakes
Into the dawn, I re-enact the tragedy

Pre-Chorus:
You don’t why I’m still here
I don’t know why I’m still here

Chorus:
Holding onto an essence of me
Demons inside of my cranium
Panopticon(4), entomb my body forever
Mind game prison, destroy who I was(5)
Leave me to die

Post-Chorus:
I'm still here
I'm still here

Verse 3(6):
Paraenesis -- the counselor keeps me on my feet
Protreptic ghouls -- they ransack through the best of me

Verse 4:
Love the pills that will kill my mentality
The sand from the hourglass chokes me(7)
I have seen this place for the umpteenth time
Free me from the chains of darkness(8)

Breakdown 1:
Sedation
Ineffective to my pestilence(9)
Endless pills
Open my mouth and drain it all down(10)

Pre-Chorus:
You don’t why I’m still here
I don’t know why I’m still here
You don’t why I’m still here
I don’t know why I’m still here

Chorus:
Holding onto an essence of me
Demons inside of my cranium
Panopticon, entomb my body forever
Mind game prison, destroy who I was
Leave me to die

Footnotes:
1: Perseveration: (noun) continuation of behavior or actions, usually in the utmost or extreme degree
2: An example of perseveration, as seen throughout the lyrics
3: Repetition compulsion: A psychological phenomenon where a person commits to recreating a past event over and over again, usually to perfect a solution from a past mistake
4: Panopticon: (noun) a circular prison with a tower in the middle. Panopticons were used to imprison prisoners, and a person would go into the tower and stand guard.
5: Referring to the idea that a person could lose their former self and become a different person
6: This verse talks about the conflict between a person’s mentality. On one hand, they have sought guidance and help through therapy (paraenesis), but on the other hand, their mentality, plagued by their demons, toys with them with their “advice” (protrepsis). It’s up to the possessed person to decide whether they reach for the light or continue cowering in the dark.
7: Talks about running out of time and that the amount of time left to save the person’s sanity is dying.
8: Free the person from his insanity
9: Despite the feeling of sedation, it doesn’t mean the pain disappears
10: A stanza with a deeper, darker representation. Sedative pills, such as lorazepam, can help, but for some, it doesn’t. They look for alternatives to help ease the insanity, the anxiety, etc. Of course, taking more than prescribed can lead to death, which makes this line impending for death.