Trapdoor By Richard Tyler

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The song “Trapdoor” features emotions like feeling all alone like nobody's out there to help you. “Throws on a mask that will alter his face” (lines 2 and 42) , the insecurity of the mind. Tyler expresses the things he feels and the things that go on in his mind, he feels all alone and being alone helps him deal with his depression and anxiety of being “a waste of life” (21,25,39,52 and 57) he just is giving an SOS , by saying”Take me out and finish this waste of a life” (21,25,39,52, and 57) he’s basically talking about how he thought that he was worth nothing and is all alone and falling through the trapdoor of his mind. I connect with this because I feel like there is never a silver lining to something bad I suffer from severe anxiety and

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