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I'll seek you out
Flay you alive
One more word and you won't survive
And I'm not scared
Of your stolen power
I see right through you any hour
I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You've been waiting in vain
I've got nothing for you to gain
I'm taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace
I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You've been waiting in vain
I've got nothing for you to gain
Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze
And just in time
In the right place
Steadily emerging with grace
Felling any foe with my gaze
Steadily emerging with grace
[x2]
Flay you alive
One more word and you won't survive
And I'm not scared
Of your stolen power
I see right through you any hour
I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You've been waiting in vain
I've got nothing for you to gain
I'm taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace
I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You've been waiting in vain
I've got nothing for you to gain
Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze
And just in time
In the right place
Steadily emerging with grace
Felling any foe with my gaze
Steadily emerging with grace
[x2]
Lyrics submitted by tspencer
Track duration: 05:03
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The video is set in Russia. You can see a woman who is very poor, and it appears that she works as a dancer in some sort of strip club to make ends meet. On stage at the club, the women are dressed with little clothing and very flashy headdresses. They are definitely on display.
Later, we also see this woman practicing the art of dance, most likely ballet, in a studio. She appears very powerful when practicing this type of dance.
What I see here is a woman who wants to escape not only her line of work, which objectifies the female body and presents it to a male audience, but to rise up against the patriarchal society. I don't necessarily see the woman as talking to a specific person in the song, but more speaking out from a female's perspective against the dominant, controlling male presence. She is not going to play into the male's wishes or desires any longer- "I won't soothe your pain/I won't ease your strain..."
When she practices her dance in the studio, she appears powerful and composed- "steadily emerging with grace." These two forms of dance, one leaving the woman disenfranchised and the other leaving her empowered, could simply be metaphors for the ways in which women act around men, or act under patriarchal society.
I definitely sense a deep-seated hatred within this song, which I believe is directed at men (and which I find completely understandable). However, I also fear that the woman in this song is becoming consumed by hatred, which ultimately is a weakness. My heart really aches, because I am a woman and I sometimes feel this way too. It is so depressing.
I'll seek you out
Flay you alive
One more word and you won't survive
And I'm not scared
Of your stolen power
I see right through you any hour
I sought him initially, but once I found who he really is, I could flay him alive easily. If I let loose with my words on him, he wouldn't survive. "And I'm not scared of your stolen power; I see right through you any hour." Perfection.
I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You've been waiting in vain
I've got nothing for you to gain
Well over a year ago, he broke it off with me, and is STILL holding on to see if there can be something between us. This says what I'd say exactly.
I'm taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace
And he thinks he feels bad about the con he pulled on me, about how he hurt me by making me think he was actually a nice, genuine guy, but he has yet to come to realize just what he gave up, and who. One of these days, when the time is just right, I'll play my ace, and the joke will be on him.
Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze
And just in time
In the right place
Steadily emerging with grace
I've been putting my life back together, not from the damage he caused, from things long past, feeding my flame. And I've seen it all -- there's nothing he could do that could surprise these eyes, and he can't look at them when we're in the same room. He knows I can see right through him.
Life has gone on ... for me, that is. And I'm steadily emerging from a hellish existence into life. He's only one small spec in my story of what I've had to transcend. Child's play.
Felling any foe with my gaze
Steadily emerging with grace
That sums it up. Love this song.
I'll seek you out
Flay you alive (Peel off the "skin" or "armor" that you've so carefully put up, knowing just how fragile it is but relying on it, then getting angry at someone who's good.. who's HELPING you by peeling beneath that facade.. yes, it all makes sense)
One more word and you won't survive (your lies are destroying you; your feeble *attempts* to hurt me will not only be fruitless, they only serve to hurt you.. to destroy you)
I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You've been waiting in vain
I've got nothing for you to gain (I'm the opposite of you, and will only serve to hurt your conscience the longer you hold on to me; as I've said so many times before, what you're after from me, you won't get)
I'm taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace (When the time is right for you, suddenly you'll see how weak your tactics are, and how you've been fighting against good.. against your own true nature)
Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze (Whatever evil any person has done to me, I've chosen good, which is life itself.. it's energy, it's fire in a poetic sense)
Felling any foe with my gaze (Evil cowers in the presence of power. They can put up a "tough" front.. or what they see has tough.. but if they're anywhere in proximity, they can't face something that's real)
And just in time
In the right place
Steadily emerging with grace (Emerging from "victimhood" into reality, that no one from my past or present has the power to hurt me, and that they, themselves are the victims alone)
Felling any foe with my gaze
Steadily emerging with grace
This song couldn't possibly be claimed by someone who chooses wickedness; this is a song about strength, about true power, about a clear understanding of good and evil in the world.
I'll seek you out ( when i want something/someone i always get them to fall in love )
Flay you alive ( i ruin your life )
One more word and you won't survive ( i destroy peoples feelings with words )
And I'm not scared
Of your stolen power ( when someone thinks they can win a fight with me )
I see right through you any hour ( self explaining )
I won't soothe your pain ( you fall in love and think i can make you happy and its not true )
I won't ease your strain ( same )
You've been waiting in vain ( you keep thinking ill change and love you back )
I've got nothing for you to gain ( you should give up and move on )
I'm taking it slow
Feeding my flame ( how i act when i meet someone I'm interested in )
Shuffling the cards of your game ( figure out what you like and practice )
And just in time
In the right place ( timing is everything )
Suddenly I will play my ace ( steal your heart )
Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze ( the passion will be intense )
Felling any foe with my gaze ( other girls with retreat )
And just in time
In the right place
Steadily emerging with grace ( i do all this with grace )
She sought out the Trio
She literally flayed Warren alive
The "bored now" line comes to mind, among other examples of her wanting the Trio to shut up.
She wasn't scared of Giles' 'stolen' power (his borrowed good magic)
The rest is more general, but it obviously applies to Dark Willow against the world. I stopped reading Twilight after the first book, so I can't speak to the song's relevance there. But even the tone of the song sounds a darkly mystical, and very much like music I would have put in the background of that Buffy episode.
Flay you alive
One more word and you won't survive (Edward when he first sits by Bella in class)
And I'm not scared
Of your stolen power
I see right through you any hour (Bella realizing that Edward isn't human but ignoring her fear)
song= reflection of their relationship