The lyrics and their meaning.
Explain to me how it's not.
Alright let me do this as I literally haven't heard this song in a long time.
I'm going to listen to it once without lyrics then with lyrics.
First issue: Guitar is upbeat.
Second issue: Bells in the background.
Third: Dragging out the singing isn't exactly depressing.
Fourth: It feels like it lacks any raw emotion.
Fifth: ******** bells.
Sixth: First buildup is what the ********.
Seventh: Focus on the violin and ignore that guitar/bells for that "emotional" part
Eighth: Stop cheapening the violin.
Ninth: Violin goes "happy"
Tenth: Really dull buildup with no emotion.
Eleventh: The guitar is really really really unpleasant.
Twelve: The "sad" parts are done so poorly that it makes me upset
Thirteen: The crescendo is pbb
Fourteen: I'm supposed to be ignoring the lyrics but all I hear is killer
Alright. Now to move on to the lyrics.
First: Cut like you want me to?
Second: Cut that little child?
Third: Inside of me I'm such a part of you?
Fourth: Bad wailing
Fifth: I used to be a little boy so old in my shoes? What the ********?
Six: What I choose is my choice
Seventh: What's a boy supposed to do
Eight: The killer in me is the killer in you
Ok I paused because I have serious issues already.
First it feels really scatterbrained.
Cutting
Burning
Old
Past Issues
Killing?
Lyrics don't really mean as much what they are but what you think they are and even then I still hear the same thing.
Nine: Leave you like they left me here?
Ten: The bitterness of one whos left alone?
Eleven: I send this smile to you?
What the ********?
The song feels like it doesn't have anything honest or raw to it and instead is left will a whole bunch of random emotions and feelings thrown together without any coherency or actual thought process. While the violin could be a star in this and crescendo used properly they cheapen it with a different change of sound and adding bells to it makes it even worse.
Ignoring the fact that the song is a measly 3 minutes long it feels rushed and like it just wants to get this over with.