Recoil
Flesh Field Lyrics
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You've never seen this face before.
I tried to tell you I'm not the man you took me for.
A silhouette, a shell.
No, what you knew was not me.
A fade, a charade.
Now can you see more clearly?
Everything is gone.
I can't feel anymore.
And now I can expose you for everything you are.
I am perversion and decay.
I am hatred and greed.
I am everything I hid from you.
Now tell me, do you like what you see?
No truth in anything you tell me,
In anything you show me,
In anything you ever do.
Deceit.
You never cared about me.
You never felt for anyone
Unless they had something to offer you.
Don't let me inside you.
You're not prepared,
And I can't turn back before I infect you.
I just want you to see.
So beautiful on the outside,
Yet so obscene on the other side.
And now you recoil from me.
Can you see me in the light?
Do you know me, and were you right?
I just thought you should know me.
The lyrics of the song "Recoil" by Flesh Field seem to be about a person who feels misunderstood and misrepresented by another. The singer claims that the other person has never seen the true face of the singer and that despite trying to explain that the person had mistaken the singer for someone else, the person still sees the singer in the same manner. The singer regards himself as a silhouette and a shell, and not the person that the other has perceived all along. The singer claims that he can now expose the other for who they are since he himself is perversion and decay, hatred and greed, everything he'd hidden from the other. He wants the other to see him for who he actually is and not just the character that he has been forced to play.
The singer states that there is no truth in anything the other tells him. The other never really cared for anyone unless they had something to offer. The singer warns that he wants to be seen as he is, but the other should not let him inside since he can't turn back before infecting the other. Although the singer appears beautiful on the outside, he is obscene from the other side, and so the other recoils from him.
The song seems to suggest that the singer has been wrongly perceived by someone, and he wants them to see him for who he actually is. At the same time, the singer seems prepared to expose the truth about the other as well. The song reflects the frustration of being misunderstood and the desire to connect with someone on a deeper level.
Line by Line Meaning
I don't think you understand.
I don't believe that you comprehend what I'm about to say.
You've never seen this face before.
You are not familiar with the person I am presenting myself as now.
I tried to tell you I'm not the man you took me for.
I attempted to inform you that I am not the individual you assumed me to be.
A silhouette, a shell.
A form or outline of myself, with no substance inside.
No, what you knew was not me.
What you thought you knew about me was inaccurate and false.
A fade, a charade.
An act or performance that is fading away and ultimately false.
Now can you see more clearly?
Are you able to perceive the truth now?
Everything is gone.
I have lost everything I thought I had.
I can't feel anymore.
My emotions have been numbed, and I cannot perceive any sensations.
And now I can expose you for everything you are.
I can reveal your true nature, your real self.
I am perversion and decay.
I embody debased and deteriorated qualities.
I am hatred and greed.
I embody feelings of hostility and avarice.
I am everything I hid from you.
I possess all the things I concealed from you.
Now tell me, do you like what you see?
Now, are you pleased with the image I have presented to you?
No truth in anything you tell me,
I cannot believe any statements that you make to me.
In anything you show me,
I cannot believe any visual evidence that you present to me.
In anything you ever do.
I cannot believe any actions that you take.
Deceit.
You are only capable of being deceitful.
You never cared about me.
You never had concern, sympathy or compassion for me.
You never felt for anyone
You have never had any kind of emotion or relationship with another individual.
Unless they had something to offer you.
Other than they had something to contribute or offer you.
Don't let me inside you.
Do not allow me to enter your psyche or thought process.
You're not prepared,
You are not equipped to deal with what I have to offer.
And I can't turn back before I infect you.
I am unable to retract myself before influencing or corrupting you.
I just want you to see.
I only desire for you to perceive.
So beautiful on the outside,
Outwardly so aesthetically pleasing and attractive,
Yet so obscene on the other side.
But inwardly and beneath the surface, so offensively or completely repugnant.
And now you recoil from me.
You are now repelled by my presence.
Can you see me in the light?
Can you see me as I really am?
Do you know me, and were you right?
Do you recognize me as I actually am, and were your previous assumptions correct?
I just thought you should know me.
I simply wished for you to comprehend my true identity.
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: ANI DIFRANCO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Alex K
Best Industrial Band ever. They have the perfect industrial sound compared to the description and everything else... bows
Noir
Yeah, they're even better than the old stuff of Nine Inch Nails.
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Better late than never, eh?
I am perversion and decay.
I am hatred and greed.
I am everything I hid from you.
Now tell me, do you like what you see?