Agony
The Effection Lyrics

Did you ever wonder why When the whole world is sleeping, you're awake?
Have you ever pondered the reason you're up when the rest of the world is sound asleep?

And you're lying there in the harshness of silence all alone Did you ever wonder why When the whole world is calling, you're not there? You're off into a momentary lapse of life, and they all go on living, but you just stare
You lay there in deafening silence, questioning why you're missing when everyone else is present - lost in the moment when time is fleeting, and people continue to live without realizing your absence.

Maybe life is just a novel novelty, I just can't say Maybe ignorance is bliss, and we're all better off this way Or maybe there's a sublime subtext, hidden history That I just can't see in a life of agony
Perhaps existence is nothing but a mere “fashionable item” that can't be explained; dumbness is euphoria, and it’s superior to be oblivious to the truth. Or maybe there's a hidden meaning behind everything that we don't realize because of our miserable lives.

Did you ever wonder why When the universe haunts you like a ghost In your head a hundred million voices blare? They're talking about nothing much at all
Have you considered why everything feels like a haunted instant from the past that won’t go away, with incoherent voices louder than your own thoughts? Because they're not saying anything significant.

And when the sky glows gold in summer afternoons, that hint of haze And gold has been the reason that so many wars are waged The irony, it burns me like the sunlight on my face I just can't say in this life of agony
On bright afternoons, when the sky appears golden, a haze of nostalgia suspends in the air. The commodity of gold has led to countless wars, and this irony is unbearable, it's just like the blazing sun searing my exposed face. The artist is speechless due to the agony of their life.

Whatever happened to the satellite we knew That spins around a flame, a star that has no name? Well, they demanded we learn that with desire we burn Then promise us eternal flame, but did you ever wonder why
What became of the old satellite we knew spiraling around an anonymous shooting star? People demand that passion must be the essence of life, but they forget to mention how it takes its toll. They promise us a lifetime of warmth, but have you thought about the reason it doesn't last forever ?

Mother Mary, matriarch, pleads with her children "do no cry" While the figureheads of state create the reasons young men die? If I have to leave this place, please understand why I can't stay Because I have to get away from this life of agony
Mary, the Mother of Christ, maternally asks her children to cease fire, all while the people in power are the ones who disregard them. If the singer must leave this world, they'll have to leave because the agony is too much to bear.

This life is agony
This life is torture.