We all have demons, but its whether you choose to acknowledge them and bring them to light or whether you plan to keep them caged away and allow for them to grow more powerful that is going to ultimately determine what is success and what is failure. It is incredibly depressing to realize that nothing you can do can change your past mistakes, and that they can haunt you forever.

As far as letting go of the past, I think this may be one of the toughest things possible in life. Whenever my emotions contradict what I should be feeling logically, it creates an unpleasant situation. I consider some emotions as weak and indicative of failure when they donвЂ™t make sense.

As someone who strives for logical thinking, I become ashamed of the emotions I experience sometimes. I will reiterate again that this something I struggle with mightily on a personal level. The main theme of this song is addressing the dark side of yourself, the side that youвЂ™re not proud of, the side thatвЂ™s caused pain in the past, the side youвЂ™re ashamed of, and the side that ultimately convinces you that you are a failure because of your past mistakes. You can see the demons hiding behind their eyes. So many times people try to hide their problems, but if you look closely you can see the pain in their eyes. вЂњLook into my eyes, itвЂ™s where my demons hideвЂќ is probably the most powerful line in this song. Later on the singer claims he is вЂњhell-boundвЂќ, so it could be referencing the fact that the world he created, his kingdom, is in direct contrast to GodвЂ™s kingdom, which is perfect. The first thing I think of is вЂњthy kingdom come, thy will be doneвЂќ from the LordвЂ™s prayer. One of the more interesting lyrics in this song is вЂњThis is my kingdom comeвЂќ, which is repeated twice each time it is used. I create an incredible burden by being locked into the mindset that I have to deal with all of my problems on my own or otherwise I am weak, a failure, or a disappointment. I am guilty of this more than anyone else. We think we have to do everything on our own sometimes, and we feel bad for burdening others with our problems. I think this is something that we can all relate to. The song talks about hiding the truth in order to protect the ones we love. вЂњWhen the days are coldвЂќ, вЂњwhen the cards all foldвЂќ, and вЂњwhen your dreams all failвЂќ all refer to situations that have gone wrong, situations that we just want to forget about and put behind us. This song is all about addressing the ugly reality that each and every one of us has secrets that we are not proud of and that we try to hide from the world.

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