Dispossession
Katatonia Lyrics


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It is to see a traitor go free
It is to feel a filter in me
It is to leave the lights that I saw
It is to ask: is it easy to go

In this dead hour
Here with you
Seconds are worthless
In this dead hour
When all is blank
Minutes are worthless

How long will it take until
There will be room enough for hope
It is so sad to see
Dispossession
It has become my obsession





It is to have a knife in my back
It is to say my soul got a crack

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Katatonia's song Dispossession are filled with emotional depth and complexity. The opening lines "It is to see a traitor go free, it is to feel a filter in me" speak to a feeling of betrayal, the sense that the world is not what it seems and that the singer has been deceived by someone they trusted. They feel a "filter" within themselves, suggesting that they are no longer able to fully trust their own perceptions or sense of reality.


The subsequent lines "it is to leave the lights that I saw, it is to ask: is it easy to go" convey a sense of loss and uncertainty. The singer is forced to leave behind the familiar comforts of the past, and is left unsure of what their future holds. The repeated refrain of "it is so sad to see dispossession, it has become my obsession" suggests that this sense of dislocation and disconnection has become all-consuming for the singer, an emotional state they are unable to escape from.


The song's repeated references to time speak to the weight of the singer's experience, the way in which their trauma and pain seem to stretch out endlessly before them. The use of the phrase "dead hour" adds to the sense of stillness and stagnation, as if the singer is trapped in a moment of grief and unable to move forward.


Line by Line Meaning

It is to see a traitor go free
To experience the bitterness of seeing someone who has betrayed you walk free, unpunished.


It is to feel a filter in me
To feel like there is something preventing you from being true to yourself and expressing your true thoughts and feelings.


It is to leave the lights that I saw
To leave behind the good times and happy memories that were once cherished, but now seem distant and out of reach.


It is to ask: is it easy to go
To wonder if it would be easier to just give up and let go of everything, rather than continue to struggle through the hardships of life.


In this dead hour
In a time of stillness and quiet where nothing seems to be moving forward or making progress.


Here with you
Being isolated and alone with your thoughts and inner turmoil.


Seconds are worthless
Time seems to drag on and feel meaningless in this state of despair.


When all is blank
When the future seems unseeable, uncertain and empty.


Minutes are worthless
As time continues to pass in this state of hopelessness, it feels even more pointless and futile.


How long will it take until
There's no clear indication of when, or even if, things will ever turn around and start improving.


There will be room enough for hope
But despite the bleakness of the present, there is still a small glimmer of hope that things can get better if you hold on.


It is so sad to see
The situation is heart-wrenching and difficult to watch, knowing that there is little one can do to make things right.


Dispossession
The sense of feeling like something of great personal value has been taken away or lost forever.


It has become my obsession
The pain and suffering has become all-consuming, and is the only thing that occupies the mind at all times.


It is to have a knife in my back
Feeling physically and emotionally stabbed in the back by someone you trusted deeply, leaving deep wounds that are slow to heal.


It is to say my soul got a crack
Feeling like one's innermost self has been shattered, leaving a deep crack that seems like it will never be fully repaired or healed.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANDERS NYSTROM, JONAS PETTER RENKSE

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@jhelvete666

Katatonia - Dispossession
Lyrics

It is to see a traitor go free
It is to feel a filter in me
It is to leave the lights that I saw
It is to ask: is it easy to go

In this dead hour
Here with you
Seconds are worthless
In this dead hour
When all is blank
Minutes are worthless

How long will it take until
There will be room enough for hope
It is so sad to see
Dispossession
It has become my obsession

It is to have a knife in my back
It is to say my soul got a crack



@popzors1

It is to see a traitor go free
It is to feel a filter in me
It is to leave the lights that I saw
It is to ask: is it easy to go

In this dead hour
Here with you
Seconds are worthless
In this dead hour
When all is blank
Minutes are worthless

How long will it take until
There will be room enough for hope
It is so sad to see
Dispossession
It has become my obsession

It is to have a knife in my back
It is to say my soul got a crack



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This band helped me alot during my worst years. and still, I come back here when I feel bad.

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