#resident yapping

that overall sense of anger, despair, bitterness and disillusionment these songs convey? chef's kiss.

here are some lyrics that can be associated with his character, too (in my humble opinion).

you're my cover, you're my shelter / you, you're my mask / you're the one who's blamed / do, do my work / do my dirty work, scapegoat

— sad but true

well, well if this isn't how being screwed over not only by your own peers, but by a whole rotten, corrupted institution feels like... witnessing first hand how far the US military is willing to go to cover up the atrocities they condone and that you refused to commit, were unable to stop and got thrown under the bus for.

trust i seek and find in you / everyday for us something new / open mind for a different view / and nothing else matters

— nothing else matters

billy meeting rebecca and finding someone to rely on, who comes to see him for who he is, over what his rap sheet painted him to be. the both of them growing not only to trust, but also to genuinely care for one another. surviving this night together being the only thing that matters, above self-preservation or duty.

and my ties are severed clean / less i have, the more i gain / off the beaten path i reign / rover, wanderer / nomad, vagabond / call me what you will

— wherever i may roam

post-re0 billy becoming a fugitive and hitting the road after parting ways with rebecca. walking out of here as a free man, but at the cost of leaving his whole life and identity behind.

veteran, former death row convict and zombie apocalypse survivor ptsd-induced sleeping troubles much?

dreams of war, dreams of liars / dreams of dragon's fire / and of things that will bite, yeah / sleep with one eye open / gripping your pillow tight

— enter sandman