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Great conversation guys, I wish I could have been a part of this one. I kept feeling a desire to add my thoughts lmao. For one thing, I used to listen to some pretty hardcore music. I'm talking melodic death metal, not your average angry rock music. :sweat:    (though I was a fan of more mellow stuff too, like Tool or A Perfect Circle)
 
I go back from time to time and listen to stuff from my youth, not just to experience what my feelings were then: I study the lyrics because I find that it's useful to connect the meaning/metaphors of the artist to my own thoughts or experiences at the time. Often it's directly related and doesn't take much interpretation at all. There's also still a part of me that enjoys it, even though it's much harsher to my ears than it used to be, and it feels like a way to connect to that aspect of myself.  
 
I know what I'm describing is similar to memory but it feels like more than that, like I'm connected not just to my younger self but also this entity that I characterize as 'legitimate burning anger', which has its own thoughts about the situations I face today.
 
To spare your eardrums, here's some lyrics where the meaning seems rather obvious to me now but were only understood intuitively at the time:
 

Have we lost the spark or a guide? 
What's the latest on the screen? 
Can't be too late to turn around 
I need all the help from you 
I need to find something to blame for a long lost time 
 
I am running from something, I don't know 
I am searching for something, which way to go? 
I am trying to separate what's real 
I'm running in a wheel 
 
Is it dark or is it bright? 
What's the latest on the screen? 
Can you please tell me my name, 
I haven't checked it today 
 
I am running from something, I don't know 
I am searching for something, which way to go? 
I am trying to separate what's real 
I'm running in a wheel 
 
From green to red our days pass by 
Waiting for a sign to tell us why 
Are we dancing all alone? 
Collect some stars to shine for you 
And starting today there are only a few 
The sign of times my friend 
 
Avoid infinity?
Are you for real? 
Just scratch the surface, and you will find 
Something to blame for a long lost time 

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