Buried Alive
Resurrection Lyrics


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Buried alive
I can't breath
Hear my cry's
Feel my screams
Where I am
I can't see
Buried alive
Help me
The panic
The fear
What am I doing here
Darkness

The cold
Left here alone
I'm fading away
So afraid
Loosing my mind
Don't let me die
Lost between
Death and reality
Let me die
Take my life
Buried alive
Help me

It covers me
Beneath the ground
Concealing me
Can I be found
Defining
Are the sounds
Dark, cold
Suffocating

Pain it breaks me down
The sound of my heart pounding
Heavy to my core
It breaks me down
The thoughts in my head as I lay here left for dead
Take me now
The panic and fear overcome by sense of calm
Crying out
One last time while I make my peace

It covers me
Beneath the ground
Concealing me
Will I be found
Defining
Are the sounds
Dark, cold
Suffocating

It covers me
Beneath the ground
Concealing me
Can I be found
Defining
Are the sounds




Dark, cold
Suffocating

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Buried Alive by Resurrection chronicle the experience of being buried alive. The singer is trapped and unable to breathe, crying out for help but no one can hear them. They are consumed by panic, fear, and darkness. The finality of death is juxtaposed with a sense of hopelessness as the individual struggles to hold onto life. They feel alone and forgotten, the physicality of death closing in on them until they break down mentally and emotionally. The song is heavy in sound and lyric, capturing the desperation of the subject, making the listener feel their pain and emotions.


The lyrics vividly depict the claustrophobia and terror of the thought of being buried alive. This song is not just a metaphor for a mental state, but it roots from very real human phobia known as Taphophobia or Fear of Being Buried Alive. The song's heavy instrumental, particularly the guitar riffs, creates an increasing sense of unease and tension, echoing the lyrics that describe the singer's increasing panic and psychological breakdown. The feelings of helplessness and the reality of facing death before one's time is the basis of this song.


Line by Line Meaning

Buried alive
Trapped underneath the ground


I can't breath
Struggling to breathe inside the confined space


Hear my cry's
Listening to my desperate appeal for help


Feel my screams
Sensing my anguish and terror


Where I am
Unaware of my location inside the darkness


I can't see
Unable to perceive anything in the absolute blackness


Buried alive
Trapped underneath the ground


Help me
Asking for assistance to escape from this predicament


The panic
The rising feeling of terror and anxiety


The fear
The overwhelming emotion of terror and dread


What am I doing here
Questioning the reason for ending up in this perilous situation


Darkness
Complete absence of light and visibility


The cold
Feeling the chill of the surrounding soil and air


Left here alone
Abandoned in this suffocating confinement with no one around


I'm fading away
Gradually losing consciousness and life


So afraid
Trembling with fear and dread of dying this way


Loosing my mind
Becoming disoriented and losing sanity due to the prolonged isolation


Don't let me die
Pleading for survival and rescue from this grave-like entombment


Lost between
Confused and indecisive between death and living reality


Death and reality
The two contrasting states of existence that currently overpower my thoughts


Let me die
Desiring a quick and merciful death instead of the slow agony of suffocation


Take my life
Willing to sacrifice my existence as a way to end this suffering


Buried alive
Trapped underneath the ground


Help me
Asking for assistance to escape from this predicament


It covers me
The surrounding soil is closing in on me


Beneath the ground
Trapped underneath the earth's surface


Concealing me
Hiding my existence from the living world


Can I be found
Questioning the possibility of ever being rescued


Defining
Characterizing and identifying the current state of struggle


Are the sounds
The noises adding to the feeling of hopelessness


Dark, cold
The bleak and oppressive environment that I am trapped in


Suffocating
Not able to breathe normally and feeling the life draining out of me


Pain it breaks me down
Suffering and torment of the situation is making me weak and helpless


The sound of my heart pounding
The only audible sound in this suffocating silence is the thumping of my own heartbeat


Heavy to my core
The emotional and physical weight of this entrapment is dragging me down


It breaks me down
My will and spirit are shattered under the strain of this confinement


The thoughts in my head as I lay here left for dead
Thinking about my life and inevitability of death as I am left to perish underground


Take me now
Begging for a swift and painless death to end the prolonged agony


The panic and fear overcome by sense of calm
The initial panic and fear are being replaced by a resigned acceptance of fate


Crying out
Screaming for help one last time


One last time while I make my peace
Saying a final prayer or reconciling myself with my mortality as I wait for death to take me




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