Box
R.U.S.H. Lyrics

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Turn the microscope on our lives
Dig in deep to see
What went wrong here tonight?
Why won’t you stay with me?
Evidence is analyzed
Protocols will be applied
But the more I talk I realize
I won’t be justified tonight

We dig up dead emotions
And pick through the remains
I love you too much, baby
To put you through that again
Wish there was something I could offer you
To take away the pain
But all I have left to give you
Is in this box; this box of rain
The truth it lies in between
Why can’t we say what we really mean?
Now silence is the way we scream
You can’t afford me anymore
So before this turns to all out war
You point your finger to the door
Why don’t you walk away, please, please?
We dig up dead emotions
And pick through the remains
I love you too much, baby
To put you through that again
Wish there was something I could offer you
To take away the pain
But all I have left to give you
Is in this box; this box of rain
Bourbon, tears and alibis
You can’t help but sympathize
And I’m way too tired to fight this fight
Do we give it one more try?
Let’s sleep on it tonight this time
With benefit of light this time
Let’s choose to do what’s right this time
It’s time to let it die, this time, tonight
We dig up dead emotions
And pick through the remains
I love you too much, baby
To put you through that again
Wish there was something I could offer you
To take away the pain
But all I have left to give you
Is in this box
Yeah we dig up dead emotions
And pick through the remains
I love you way to much baby
To put you through that again
Wish there was something I could offer you
To take away the pain

But all I have left to give you
Is in this box

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of R.U.S.H.'s song Box are cryptic and open to interpretation. The song seems to be about a secret and forbidden world that is being hidden away from society. The first verse talks about a "secret stigma" that is associated with a "reaping wheel." This could be interpreted as something that is taboo or dangerous. The carnival imagery in the line "diminish a carnival of sorts" suggests that this world is mysterious and unknown.

The next few lines focus on a stranger who is unfamiliar with this world. They are "stranger to these parts" and are not familiar with the "poster torn reaping wheel" that represents this world. The chorus talks about how "gentlemen don't get caught" and expresses the idea that those who are part of this world need to be cautious and hide their activities. The repeated line "boxcars (are pulling) out of town" emphasizes the idea of secrecy and moving away from the mainstream.

The final verse repeats the first and adds an extra layer of mystery with the line "diminish, stranger." It's unclear what this means, but it could be interpreted as a warning to those who are not meant to be part of this world.

Line by Line Meaning

There's a secret stigma reaping wheel.
There is an unknown and hidden force of destruction and pain.

Diminish a carnival of sorts.
Destroying and abandoning a once joyful and entertaining place.

Chronic town poster torn reaping wheel.
A place of continuous suffering and pain, represented by a ripped and damaged poster.

Stranger stranger to these parts.
Unfamiliar and unknown to the environment and its people.

Gentlemen don't get caught cages under cage. Gentlemen don't get caught
Well-behaved individuals are advised to avoid being trapped and imprisoned.

Boxcars (are pulling) out of town. Boxcars (are pulling) out of town. Boxcars (are pulling) out of town.
The trains of confinement are leaving and taking the people away from this misery-filled town.

Cages under cages under cages under cage. Cages under, cages under, cages under cage.
The repeated depiction of confinement and imprisonment, emphasizing the dire situation.

There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel. Stranger, stranger to these parts. Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel. Diminish, stranger.
A recurring pattern of chaos and devastation caused by this secret force and unknown person. There seems to be no end to this misery-filled town.

Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Thomas Townsend II, Victoria Villalobos

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Comments from YouTube:

@neilramlal6258

5w↑26

this was so helpful, almost got a perfect score BUT a 50 box literally fell off the final area. ended with 59950 lol

@Swordacus

4w↑1

I lost a box too? Didn't even know where it is. 😅

@SilverKnight752

5w↑42

Paused the video moved Cloud, paused. Thanks so much. Made this clear so much easier 🙏

@yungswisha

4w↑2

I did the same but needed up going where he told me not to at the last moment lol

@sly5855

4w↑4

This is the way 😊

@sly5855

@@ryuuotaku35 hey wtf i said it first, delete this comment

@ryuuotaku35

Sorry, But pausing can work.

@sly5855

@@ryuuotaku35 no

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@axlslash2

3w↑5

You just missed the first 50s boxes tucked in right corner as soon as it starts. Thats your missing 500. Thanks for the guide!

@Starcat5

2w↑2

He must have been in "The Zone" and his mind skipped past them. Happens to the best of us from time to time.

@Ultra_Kuma

3w↑3

The most important thing that often overlook is to do attack cancel, don’t wait for the animation to finish, cancel it by pressing ⭕️ , otherwise you won’t make it

@AntiNihilist

4w↑5

Literally perfect. Looks like a nightmare to find out this route on your own. I had gotten to the second charge box before I realized I didn't want to waste 1+hrs of my life on this maze

@willjohn2321

4w↑8

THANK you so much for providing detailed, VOICED over guides on how you do all of these things! they are SUPER helpful compared to most of the video "guides" out there right now for these minigames.

@DekkarJr

6w↑15

Triple slash is goated

@SweetJohnnyCage

6w↑11

It's pretty insane in this game.

@BetterThanYouAtVideoGames

5w↑3

Every reward in this game is lackluster. EVERY SINGLE ONE.
FF7 Rebirth is a dumpster fire or boring everything. Filled with even more boring filller.
This game deserves no praise. It did nothing new, added boring elements to gameplay and ruined the open world with such boring rewards.
EVERYTHING about this game is mediocre except graphics.

@Cain102

@@BetterThanYouAtVideoGamessomebody’s mad. Go back to fortnite, games like these aren’t ment to be enjoyed by kids like you😂

@foodwich2132

@@BetterThanYouAtVideoGames piss off lmao

@iqra99mafi01

4w↑5

@@BetterThanYouAtVideoGamesL take

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@surajshergill7777

5w↑4

Massive thank you for this dude! Ignored those random time boxes and just went for it following your path, ended up getting 60,000 points. Managed to do the normal one through my story playthrough. Thank you so much!

@ShigadyShigadyShwey

5w↑4

This was insanely useful, thank you very much! Very clear, got me a perfect!

@leocreuu3254

5w↑2

Your the man for this it really helps to have voice instructions with stuff like this

@wretengrja

Thanks! Going through the minigame grind and videos like this help a lot

@AoVis

4w↑1

Was lazy figuring the route. Got 60k, thank you for showing the path and saving my time

@MrCanhaha

2w↑1

Thank you! Really great guide. Got rank3 immediately after watching your clip❤❤

@SayaMoonshadow

Bro thank you so much for this guide, I've been busting my head trying to figure out the best path for everything!

@PierceArner

Thanks much for this, it helped immensely!

@Razredge

This was perfect! Thank you!

@GoHomeAndGetYaFuckinShinebox

I hadn’t attempted this challenge before. Followed this guide and did it first try. Thank you my man.

@Taric25

4w↑7

I got 60,000 with over 23 seconds left by following this, thank you!

@Dusten3410

Thank you for your help :-) I followed this and got a perfect score

@TommasoFirmini

The commentary is a nice touch on these shorter mini game guides. Thanks for the help!

@texter57

Nailed it, thanks to your video, all of the boxes smashed and 10sec left on the timer. Thank you.

@machinet9

Thanks a lot - super helpful route to get that keychain!

@Starcat5

2w↑1

You missed a stack of 50s right at the beginning, opposite corner from the time box you pointed out. Max score is 60000.

@SydNyd

You're a life saver, thanks for the guide 🙏🏾 🙏🏾

@otnailuydniwre

thankyou for the guide , very detailed

@robertooj5782

What a guide mate, thank you! ✌🏽✌🏽

@samugi01

awesome guide, thank you very much!

@Zak6009

Thank you for this. Good to know this is more forgiving in allowing you to miss a few boxes.

@kAzuKibiAoz

3w↑1

Thanks! Got 60k with 20sec+ left!

@robertvallejo5819

Awesome guide, thank you. 👍🏻

@GreenHeartE7

Thanks dude I wasn't after the high score per se but the dark matter prize and you helped me out big time

@fffffuryan

Got this first try thanks to this video. Much appreciated!

@johnnyblaze2636

soo helpful easy clear with this video! thank you!!

@heeroyuymitedu

great guide, clear concise instructions, i had over 40 seconds to wait at the end . thanks!

@WackoWambo

Great guide! Thanks mate

@caramelhotfudge8807

Thank you so much for this! Big help! Was really struggling to get rank 3 in hard mode before I watched this video. ❤❤❤

@tenzero5274

Thank you so much!

@davidkarenkyriekayden

great help! thank you so much!

@danielzumbado6564

Thank you so much!!

@ssj4zaku

Appreciate you. Got this on my first try thanks to this vid

@lesliel.6260

Awesome video, thank you so much

@come_on_munster

That was excellent, thank you

@andrewbeecroft6509

Very helpful. Thank you

@toallin5146

Thank you for this, no way I would have had the patience to do it otherwise

@friedshrimp934

Got it. Thank you!

@FelipeTormentor1

You sir, are a legend!

@jdmoney2g

5w↑1

Great guide. I actually ended up using the fury ring from the musclehead colosseum battles to get auto berserk as it helps to break the boxes faster. I thought about trying hermes shoes with autohaste as well but I ultimately didn't need it. I completed it following your guide with 20 seconds to spare!

@jcbj7

Followed this route and achieved rank 3 at first try, thank you so much!

@dom4099

Cheers bro, saved me 10 attempts, just working out the layout

@kagekun1198

You sir, are a gift!

@bluescout511

Thanks a LOT !!!

@spontaneousJei

Thank you!!!

@aidanklobuchar1798

First half of the guide got me a 58000 as the clock struck zero. Thanks!

@JaCKyL3gZ

Awesome walk through, dude. I managed a perfect score first try after watching this

@keanu7318

great guide thanks man

@xangbar

Bless guides like this. I had two 50 boxes clip off the map and were floating midair and I couldn't get them so ended with 59900

@Christina-lh1mp

Thank you!

@cearlach32

This was very helpfull after seeing how to start i was able to complete the rest on mybown

@user-cj5fq9uf3u

The 500 he forgot was the very beginning of the video after he got the time box he ran past the first 50x10 stacks

@gangaim08

One thing to help people the hold square/x for the 50 boxes is much quicker to hit the whole stack of them at once with out chasing them around

@ryuuotaku35

Thanks! 😊

@hotramengaming4545

5w↑1

Got my final set of Dark Matter to open up Genji, thanks!!

@SweetJohnnyCage

Nice! I'm about to start hard mode myself and get going on all the genji pieces.

@davidhunter1555

Used this and got 60,000 with 7 seconds to spare on the first try. Killer.

@unvergebeneid

Man, hard mode is much less forgiving than easy but I got a perfect score despite doing some dumb shit thanks to this guide! 😄

@Eric-yt7fp

Thank you so much for this! I managed to finish with 59650 points and 46 goddamn seconds left where I was just trapped on that top platform. This was so much easier than Yuffie's Materia Maven box crusher game.

@emmam-rr8qe

Thank you so much this was fantastic got 59,450 with 20 seconds to spare ❤

@SleckGaming7

Great video, I have managed to perfect this one with 60,000 points but I got to the end so many times and found myself missing a box or 2, I swear sometimes when you hit the bundles of smaller boxes they end up teleporting into another dimension :)

@revit4909

My god Youre amazing dude

@drmb4394

Can confirm, perfect score is 60,000 on the nose, if need be I can upload a screenshot as I just achieved it myself with the help of this guide

@bobtillich8306

thank you! able to get a perfect 60,000 on my second try - with like a minute left too

@mangomariel

TIP: You can combo cancel by dodging, saves you a lot of time if you see a combo does nothing (hits air for example) just dodge out of it and move on.

@Daniel-San-Kenobi

First thing I gotta say is I love that user name. Johnny Cage is the G.O.A.T. Second thing I'll say your narration is so spot on. Some guides on here are done in a way where I'll be watching them while doing the thing I am stuck on making sure I don't make any errors. I simply watched this a few times before the attempt and I remembered every step. Well done and thank you very much. Also I don't know if I'm lucky but element - lightning seemed to negate the wire sparks. Thanks again Mr Cage

@christophermalone6313

5w↑1

Heck yeah! Perfect 60K. Thanks.

@chincemagnet

The way this is set up is ridiculously convoluted

@Aztarun

This video made the challenge a breeze.

@UchiGang

Best guides on YouTube Lfg

@jeremychampion8564

Thanks guy

@stewscum

Does strength stats or any stats matter in this mini game or the cactus ones?

@SweetJohnnyCage

I don't believe so. The damage required to break boxes and kill cactuars is minimal, and the game even removes your ability to use spells and even certain abilities to normalize the challenge.

@koheikyouji

Awesome guide. Got 59k with a full minute to spare thanks to you

@alfredozavala7441

Does having bigger attack stat affect the speed the boxes are broken??

@SweetJohnnyCage

I don't believe so.

@moh234043

Thank you I got full score 60k

@steveozone4910

Would blade beam be more useful that braver in some situations? Especially if there's a few boxes ahead of you in a straight line.

@SweetJohnnyCage

5w↑1

Hmmm. Very possible. I admittedly never used that ability here.

@steveozone4910

@@SweetJohnnyCage I'm just about to try this challenge so I'll let you know 🤣

@steveozone4910

Eh triple slash is better lol. I have a tip for 3D battler though, use the pause button lol

@TheGreatAmarant72

So, watched the first minute of the video….and realised you could use abilities….queue me sitting at the end for over a minute having crushed the goal..so much time wasted just hitting the 1500 boxes😂

@Entusiasta1958

Muchas gracias por tu ayuda.

@vizioax2

This is needed for platinum? Im never getting it then if hard mode mini games are required.

@SweetJohnnyCage

4w↑1

Yea there's a meta trophy for completing all the hotel trophy shelves, so you need all the mini games on normal and hard

@bnie3822

60k with 40 seconds on the clock. Thank you!

@dukenukem7043

woah i scored a 59,250!! thanks for guide

@Faroukassault

The boxes you forgot were right at the beginning

@What.99

Thank you so much for this guide, especially the commentary. I skipped the section of time boxes like you recommended and got to the final area with 25 seconds to spare at 57,000 points, so I must have unintentionally skipped another section and not realized it. My score was high enough though so I wasn’t going to do this minigames again. Rebirth has the worst minigames I’ve ever seen. But again, THANK YOU!

@chesteradams7423

"Rebirth has the worst minigames I’ve ever seen."

No incel.

@Santino6

I was able to get 60,000 which is the max and had 8 seconds to spare. It’ll clear once you get all the points and say Perfect.

@NoHairD0ntCare

I am following this to the letter and at one point you have 45 seconds more than me. Idk what I am doing wrong.

@ekaba5073

You missed a stack of 50 point boxes at 0:23 right at the start

@bumbelb263

The ones you missed were right at the start 😂

@SweetJohnnyCage

What, where?!

@tonylee8784

you just need to know the route
thanks

@chincemagnet

I keep getting stuck on invisible walls and I fell off the map into an area you can’t get out of twice🤦🏼

@SweetJohnnyCage

Whoa! Any chance you have a clip?

@chincemagnet

@@SweetJohnnyCageI uploaded a clip of it to to my YouTube for you, it’s pretty brief since it was the 2nd time it had happened so I was like 🤦🏼 and immediately restarted, but I’d bet you could easily replicate it. Activate punisher mode in that spot and start attacking, you’ll probably fall off 😂

@chincemagnet

@@SweetJohnnyCage https://youtu.be/jatA5CEUO2U?si=y89jQjfW5gOvxnKc

@chincemagnet

@@SweetJohnnyCagetried to post a link, youtube doesn’t allow it

@SweetJohnnyCage

3w↑1

Dude that is so weird! The game is really strict about not letting you fall off, but then that just plops you down there. Thanks for uploading that!

@iLLGetAlongWithYou

thank you. 59600

@jacoba6983

missed 50

@TheErtybgh

I ended with 59900 so there's prob 60000

@BLAZEVII

5w↑2

04:24, you should edit this out man. If it is pointless picking them time boxes up why even show them. Followed your guide step by step and yes listened but still followed the same path and now I have to restart this shit. I mean who loads a video guide up and shows parts while commenting "I recommend do NOT do this." Just edit it out. #constructivecriticism

@SweetJohnnyCage

5w↑4

Fair point, but then the other side of that coin is people asking "how do I get those boxes?" and "hey you missed those, this guide isn't complete". So I figured showing how to get them, and still having time to spare was the most complete thing to do.

@dice5709

5w↑1

I followed his guide section by section and had more than a minute left. There's no way its his fault and the boxes are worth it if you struggle with movement otherwise its just your skill issue mate.

@UltimaMan

5w↑1

Nailed it. Thank you. Moving on.

@nathanlehman6368

Thanks a lot man! I got 60k and had a bunch of time left. It ended the game right then and said perfect.

Nothing extra rewarded btw if anyone is wondering.

Cheers!

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