By and Down

I think this song could be about narcissistic abuse and how the abuser sold the person in question down the river like the pied piper the rats. A narc will have put this person on a pedestal as in the "the weight of adoration"

Bloated carcass could refer to the how the abused was inflated through the adoration by the narc but has been left feeling dead from the abuse. Searching your eyes for humility explains how dead the narc is as a narc develops a fake persona and has no humility or empathy.

The word elocution in the song could describe how well and skilled the narcs are at manipulating people by using the correct words and saying the right things to hook their victims.

The light could represent the mask falling off of the narc and veil of deception being uncovered.

Here are the actual lyrics from APC website as most lyrics I have read online are incorrect on a few places.

Moving in and out of the shadows. It’s no easy mission holding on to how I picture you.

Showing only bits and pieces Till the light betrays you, And your empty elocution.

Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace of humility. Searching your eyes for the saint is an act of futility. Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace. I’ve been Searching your eyes for humility. Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace. I’m still searching, searching.

Showing only bits and pieces, Till the tide betrays you, And your empty elocution.

Float the Piper by and down the river. Carcass crippled underneath The pounding waves of adoration.

Pied Piper float on down the river. Bloated carcass, crippled ‘neath The weight of adoration.

Moving in and out of the shadows. It’s no easy mission holding on to how I picture you.