LYRICS:

On and on I sell myself
On and on I sell myself away
Won't forgive me
On and on I sell myself away
Can't forgive me

On and on I sell myself
On and on I sell myself away
Won't forgive me
On and on I sell myself away
Won't forgive me

Yea

On and on I go for forgiveness' sake
On and on I try for forgiveness' sake
On and on I sell myself
On and on I sell myself away

Won't forgive me
On and on I sell myself away
Can't forgive me
Yea

On and on I go for forgiveness' sake
On and on I try for forgiveness' sake

Words I never spoke in my mind
Bring me down
Words I never spoke in my mind
Bring me down

Bring me down
Bring me down
Bring me down
Bring me down
Bring me down
Down
Down


SONG MEANING:

This reflects my intended meaning behind the song, but the song is still open to individual interpretation.

The song centers on guilt, self-worth, forgiveness, and being weighed down by a negative internal psychological world.

“On and on I sell myself / On and on I sell myself away” suggests repeatedly compromising or giving pieces of yourself away, whether for acceptance, survival, or because of a damaged sense of self-worth. “Won’t forgive me / Can’t forgive me” carries both an external and internal meaning: another person may refuse forgiveness, but the speaker may also be unable to forgive himself.

“On and on I go for forgiveness’ sake / On and on I try for forgiveness’ sake” gives the song its spiritual center. “On and on I go” means the speaker continues living for the sake of forgiveness—trying to live in a way that seeks, gives, and practices forgiveness. It also points toward the example of Jesus: continuing to forgive, even when it is difficult. “On and on I try” carries the idea of continually serving that principle of forgiveness rather than treating it as a one-time act.

The repetition of “on and on” therefore becomes important. The speaker is caught in a cycle of guilt and self-loss, but he also keeps moving forward through the effort to forgive and to live for forgiveness.

“Words I never spoke in my mind / Bring me down” points toward thoughts or messages that do not fully feel like the speaker’s own. They may come from outside influences that have entered the mind, or from deeper wordless thoughts that eventually shape behavior and action. Either way, they contribute to a negative psychological ecosystem within the speaker and continually pull him downward.

By the end, the song becomes about the tension between being psychologically and spiritually weighed down while continuing to live according to forgiveness anyway. The speaker carries internal negativity and self-loss, but keeps going, keeps trying, and keeps returning to forgiveness as the way forward.