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I'm your Opheliac
I've been so disillusioned
I know you'd take me back
But still I feigned confusion
I couldn't be your friend
My world was too unstable
You might have seen the end
But you were never able
To keep me breathing
As the water rises up again
Before I slip away
You know the games I play
And the words I say
When I want my own way
You know the lies I tell
When you've gone through hell
And I say I can't stay
You know how hard it can be
To keep believing in me
When everything and everyone
Becomes my enemy and when
There's nothing more you can do
I'm gonna blame it on you
It's not the way I want to be
I only hope that in the end you will see
It's the Opheliac in me
It's the Opheliac in me
I'm your Opheliac
My stocking prove my virtues
I'm open to attack
But I don't want to hurt you
Whether I swim or sink
That's no concern of yours now
How could you possibly think
You had the power to know how
To keep me breathing
As the water rises up again
Before I slip away
You know the games I play
And the words I say
When I want my own way
You know the lies I tell
When you've gone through hell
And I say I can't stay
You know how hard it can be
To keep believing in me
When everything and everyone
Becomes my enemy and when
There's nothing more you can do
I'm gonna blame it on you
It's not the way I want to be
I only hope that in the end you will see
It's the Opheliac in me
It's the Opheliac in me
Studies Show...
Intelligent girls are more depressed
Because they know
What the world is really like
Don't think for a beat it makes it better
When you sit her down and tell her
Everything's gonna all right
She knows in society she either is
A devil or an angel with no in between
She speaks in third person
So she can forget that she's me
Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt
Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt
Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt I love
You know the games I play
And the words I say
When I want my own way
You know the lies I tell
When you've gone through hell
And I say I can't stay
You know how hard it can be
To keep believing in me
When everything and everyone
Becomes my enemy and when
There's nothing more you can do
I'm gonna blame it on you
It's not the way I want to be
I only hope that in the end you will see
But never doubt
You know the games I play
And the words I say
When I want my own way
You know the lies I tell
When you've gone through hell
And I say I can't stay
You know how hard it can be
To keep believing in me
When everything and everyone
Becomes my enemy and when
There's nothing more you can do
I'm gonna blame it on you
It's not the way I want to be
I only hope that in the end you will see
I've been so disillusioned
I know you'd take me back
But still I feigned confusion
I couldn't be your friend
My world was too unstable
You might have seen the end
But you were never able
To keep me breathing
As the water rises up again
Before I slip away
You know the games I play
And the words I say
When I want my own way
You know the lies I tell
When you've gone through hell
And I say I can't stay
You know how hard it can be
To keep believing in me
When everything and everyone
Becomes my enemy and when
There's nothing more you can do
I'm gonna blame it on you
It's not the way I want to be
I only hope that in the end you will see
It's the Opheliac in me
It's the Opheliac in me
I'm your Opheliac
My stocking prove my virtues
I'm open to attack
But I don't want to hurt you
Whether I swim or sink
That's no concern of yours now
How could you possibly think
You had the power to know how
To keep me breathing
As the water rises up again
Before I slip away
You know the games I play
And the words I say
When I want my own way
You know the lies I tell
When you've gone through hell
And I say I can't stay
You know how hard it can be
To keep believing in me
When everything and everyone
Becomes my enemy and when
There's nothing more you can do
I'm gonna blame it on you
It's not the way I want to be
I only hope that in the end you will see
It's the Opheliac in me
It's the Opheliac in me
Studies Show...
Intelligent girls are more depressed
Because they know
What the world is really like
Don't think for a beat it makes it better
When you sit her down and tell her
Everything's gonna all right
She knows in society she either is
A devil or an angel with no in between
She speaks in third person
So she can forget that she's me
Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt
Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt
Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt I love
You know the games I play
And the words I say
When I want my own way
You know the lies I tell
When you've gone through hell
And I say I can't stay
You know how hard it can be
To keep believing in me
When everything and everyone
Becomes my enemy and when
There's nothing more you can do
I'm gonna blame it on you
It's not the way I want to be
I only hope that in the end you will see
But never doubt
You know the games I play
And the words I say
When I want my own way
You know the lies I tell
When you've gone through hell
And I say I can't stay
You know how hard it can be
To keep believing in me
When everything and everyone
Becomes my enemy and when
There's nothing more you can do
I'm gonna blame it on you
It's not the way I want to be
I only hope that in the end you will see
Lyrics submitted by Sparkle_motion, edited by Shalott
Track duration: 05:34
"Opheliac" as written by Emilie Autumn
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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If you've been blessed to not have a mental illness, be happy for that. People should not pretend to have one or even identify themselves as suffering from depression for feeling down for a week.
I know it's hard to understand, but those with these actual illnesses have to fight themselves every single day. Every day starts with trying to find a reason to live and to keep going on. That might sound easy to some, but if you're bi-polar or actually suffer from depression, it is hard to remember anything good that has not been twisted in some way or another. Your own happy memories become rotten caricatures so that you're only left with the worst things you've experienced. Try going through life only feeling the worst the world has to offer? These things are lifelong, you don't just one day get better. There is no break, there is no cure, there is only enduring and taking a lot of pills.
So when I hear the line:
There's nothing more you can do
I'm gonna blame it on you
It's not the way I want to be
I only hope that in the end you will see
It's the Opheliac in me
I don't see some mean girl lashing out for no reason, I don't see some manipulative person, I don't see any malice at all. I see someone who is fighting for their life, sees that they are doing wrong to someone, but can't find a way to prevent that while living. It's an apology, and one with a full explanation, not an excuse.
She is in love with someone that is always by her side and she feeld guilt that she can't be normal for him. Sometimes she is depressed and he tries to keep her up or she is maniac and blames him for everything but he is still there though he can't truly "keep her breathing", keep her happy... She knows that she would never truly hurt him but she is afraid that he will leave her for believing that, that's why she says "It is the opheliac in me", I only destroy myself, not others...
A touching story that makes you see through the heart of a mentally ill in love
It's supposed to be about a girl who pretty much got ruined by her last relationship (i.e. her apparent shitastic ex boyfriend) and it's an advanced apology to the next guy to come around.
She said it was rather sympathetic in nature...
Idk, just saying what it said.
I love this line, because the lines preceding..
"Don't think for a beat it makes it better
When you sit her down and tell her
Everything gonna be all right
She knows in society she either is
A devil or an angel with no in between"
...leads you to believe she's talking about something else, but she's just a depressed girl trying to forget that she's herself.
I thought it was cute, in a morbid sense. XD
So she can forget that she's me."
Lol! I
i feel that its about a girl whos depressed. all her friends are her enemies so she feels like shes living in hell. " you know how hard it can be to keep believing in me when everything and everyone becomes my enemy." shes drowning in sadness, and the people who love her don't want her to be sad and are trying to help her. but she won't let them because shes drowning herself and its hard to swim back up. " Weather i swim or sink, thats no concern of yours now. how could you possibly think, you'd have the power to know how to keep me breathing as the water rises up again, before i slip away..." she says that this is the opehliac in her. maybe the madness in her? something inside of her that causes her to be like this. she must contemplate life a lot and think about the negativity of life a lot. " Studies show intelligent girls are more depressed because they know what the world is really like. don't think for a beat that whens you says everythings gona be better that every things gona be alright. she knows in society shes ether a devil or an angel with no inbetween, she speaks in third person so she can forget she is me."
it's about an internet stalker
The whole album is testament to psychological dissonance, confusion, manipulation and self-loathing as well as self-loving. When looking at it like this, the term Opheliac could be used to describe the host of problems that she has, acting together to make her insane, something that she cannot escape and through this album, the music, she is crying out for help. A kleptomaniac cannot help but steal, someone with OCD cannot help but do certain things over and over and over again, and like these disorders, she can't help but manipulate, lie, deceive, and harm herself.
Like StickityWicket said, it isn't/shouldn't be an anthem for girls (or guy for that matter, let us not be sexist here), more of a way to give people an approach/understanding of some of the craziness and chaos in the world, or in your own head. Musically the song is captivating and different, lyrically is a masterpiece, but not something that one wants to identify with too easily.
Just my 2 cents on the matter.