Sympathetic - Seether

As you can see, this isn't an original by me. These are song lyrics from a band called Seether, it's actually a song I don't particularily enjoy that much, in my opinion it doesn't match the rest of the album and is a bit of a let down. That's all beside the point because I actually enjoy the lyrics and the meaning behind them and that's why I'm posting them here.

The story behind the lyrics goes that when Shaun (Morgan; front man) was a child his dad would take him to the cemetary. Everytime Shaun went to the cemetary he would see all these tombstones and grave markers of people that all that's left of their legacy now is a name and date on a piece of stone. It's this knowledge and constant reminder that led him - and dare I say most, if not all, artists - to follow this drive to create lasting impressions on this world, just so they have something that can and will live on past us. That's why I created this blog and that's why I've decided to be a musician, poet, and aspiring novelist (more on that later). These lyrics should speak to everyone and hopefully light a fire to do something that will reach on past the grave and touch and help people till the end of time.


And my words will be here when I’m gone
As I’m fading away against the wind
And the words you left me linger on
As I’m failing again now, never to change this

And I’m sympathetic,
never letting on I feel the way I do
As I’m falling apart again at the seam

And it seems I’m alone here, hollow again
As I’m flailing again against the wind
And the scars I am left with swallow again
As I’m failing again now, never to change this

And I’m sympathetic,
never letting on I feel the way I do
As I’m falling apart again at the seam
And I’m sympathetic,
never letting on I feel the way I do
As I’m falling apart again at the seam

The same old feelings are taking over
and I can’t seem to make them go away
And I can’t take all the pressure sober,
but I can’t seem to make it go away
The same old feelings are taking over
and I can’t seem to make them go away
And I can’t take all the pressure sober
(I can’t make it go away. I can’t make it go away)

And I’m sympathetic,
never letting on I feel the way I do
As I’m falling apart again at the seam
And I’m sympathetic,
never letting on I feel the way I do
As I’m falling apart again at the seam
And I’m falling, falling, falling,
falling, falling, falling, falling
Apart again at the seam.