[Verse 1]
Another sun is born while another star goes black
And the world keeps spinning around
Another disease is cured while another bomb is dropped
And the world keeps spinning around
Somebody's tragedy is somebody's victory
And the world keeps spinning around
And the world keeps spinning around
[Chorus]
My heart can't take it anymore
I'm like a burned out cigarette
Wish the world would just stop spinning for a minute
No safe place in a civil war
The meaningful and the meaningless
Wish the world would just stop spinning for a minute
[Verse 2]
The bullet that slayed was the same bullet that saved
And the world keeps spinning around
The blood of thousands spilled
The greatest nations built
And the world keeps spinning around
And the world keeps spinning around
[Chorus]
My heart can't take it anymore
I'm like a burned out cigarette
Wish the world would just stop spinning for a minute
No safe place in a civil war
The meaningful and the meaningless
Wish the world would just stop spinning for a minute
Just stop spinning for a minute!
[Bridge]
I don't know if I can handle your answers
to the questions I have inside my heart
So just hold me in the chaos
Hold me while the world keeps spinning out of my control
[Chorus]
My heart can't take anymore
I'm just a used up cigarette
Wish the world would just stop spinning for a minute
No safe place in a civil war
The meaningful and the meaningless
Wish the world would just stop spinning for a minute
[Outro]
My heart can't take it anymore
I'm just a brain dead silhouette
Wish the world would just stop spinning for a minute
Would just stop spinning for a minute
Just stop spinning for a minute
Spinning
Song Meaning
Disciple pairs opposites in the same breath rather than choosing a single mood in "Spinning" — "another sun is born while another star goes black... another disease is cured while another bomb is dropped" — and "somebody's tragedy is somebody's victory" names the world's constant contradiction directly.
"My heart can't take it anymore, I'm like a burned out cigarette, wish the world would just stop spinning for a minute" answers the verse's overwhelming list with plain exhaustion rather than an argument. "No safe place in a civil war, the meaningful and the meaningless" refuses to sort the world's chaos into clean categories.
"The bullet that slayed was the same bullet that saved" extends the opening pattern of paired opposites into violence itself, and "the blood of thousands spilled, the greatest nations built" names history's cost without excusing it. The bridge shifts from observation to direct address — "I don't know if I can handle your answers to the questions I have inside my heart, so just hold me in the chaos" — asking for presence rather than explanation, and the closing variations on the chorus, trading "burned out cigarette" for "used up" and finally "brain dead silhouette," let the exhaustion visibly wear down the singer's own words the longer the world keeps turning.