Revival

Tragic Endings

Eminem

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

23

End

170

Internal

66

Multi

218

Slant

8

Chain

Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Chorus: Skylar Grey]
It's like I'm drowning✦ at sea
Hoping✦ that you reach for me
I know you're there, but I can't see
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic✦ endings✦
I'm dying to breathe
And all you do is strangle me
Such a beautiful✦ relief✦
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic✦ endings✦
Drunk off tragic✦ endings✦
[Verse 2: Eminem]
In my moments of weakness, I openly✦ admit✦ the shit I wouldn't normally✦
I'm extremely self-conscious and enormously insecure✦
And she uses✦ it to torture✦ when she torments me
It only✦ turns to ammunition✦ for her
In this war, when she gets goin' she don't stop
When I'm up she's like a downer✦
When I found her, it was love at first encounter✦
But somehow she musta✦ took the carton✦ of eggs off the counter✦
Cracked 'em and placed✦ all the shells on the ground for
Me to walk on when I'm around✦ her
But there's✦ just some 'bout her
That makes✦ me not able to function✦ without her
How can I get out of it when I don't know how to?
I'm a doubter, I'm a pessimist, make a believer out of me
And show me the way now or stay the fuck out of my cloud of rain
'Cause I'm going straight down the drain, I'm drownin'
[Chorus: Skylar Grey]
It's like I'm drowning✦ at sea
Hoping✦ that you reach for me
I know you're there, but I can't see
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic✦ endings✦
I'm dying to breathe
And all you do is strangle me
Such a beautiful✦ relief✦
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic✦ endings✦
Drunk off tragic✦ endings✦
[Refrain: Skylar Grey]
Now I'm the one thing
You couldn't hate more
But you're the one thing
That I would die for
[Verse 3: Eminem]
It took a while for me to get it, but I think I figured it out
She don't want me, she just don't wanna✦ see me with someone else
The idea✦ of seeing me happy✦ destroys her in itself✦
To see me fallin'✦ to pieces✦ brings her joy and brings her health
But it annoys her to see me get the strength to say, "Screw her!"
I threw up on myself,✦ I'm dumb sick, I'm addicted to her
She's tryna✦ block the door, so here's✦ how I do her
Since I'm manure,✦ she's a sewer✦
And this time this piece of shit's running through her
I can see the light, now I'm runnin'✦ to it
What the fuck? Shoulda knew it!
Who would think she'd actually✦ have the balls to do it?
As soon as I hopped✦ in it, she doused✦ the car with lighter✦ fluid
She's standin' there with a rag, 'bout to put the lighter✦ to it
Lit the fuckin'✦ thing on fire, then she threw it
[Chorus: Skylar Grey]
It's like I'm drowning✦ at sea
Hoping✦ that you reach for me
I know you're there, but I can't see
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic✦ endings✦
I'm dying to breathe
And all you do is strangle me
Such a beautiful✦ relief✦
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic✦ endings✦
Drunk off tragic✦ endings✦

Technical Breakdown

7.8
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm8.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control7.5

Performance and control

Computed Score7.84

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Eminem utilizes a conversational, mid-tempo delivery to mask the technical complexity of his internal rhyme schemes, though the lyrical content relies heavily on metaphor rather than complex double entendres.

B+
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
8.5
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
5
Wordplay
7.5
Delivery
Multisyllabic internal rhymingExtended metaphorAssonance-heavy cadencesConversational cadence variation
Rhyme Architecture: The verse relies on a dense web of internal multi-rhyme chains (e.g., normally/enormously/insecure/torment me/ammunition) that bridge lines to maintain momentum.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"When I'm up she's like a downer"

① A person who brings emotional sadness or ruins the mood.② A reference to 'downer' drugs, implying she acts as a depressant or sedative to his emotional state.

"Carton of eggs... cracked 'em and placed all the shells on the ground for me to walk on"

① A literal description of a difficult, fragile situation.② A play on the idiom 'walking on eggshells,' representing the extreme caution and anxiety present in his toxic relationship.

High level of technical consistency in rhyme placement

Effective use of conversational flow to enhance emotional vulnerability

Coherent thematic consistency

Lack of high-level wordplay or sharp double entendres

Metaphorical imagery is somewhat literal and predictable

Reliance on standard relationship tropes

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