I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream he said
The one that makes me laugh he said
And threw his arms around my neck
Show me how you do it
And I promise you, I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed his face and I kissed his head
And dreamed of all the different ways
I had to make him glow
"Why are you so far away?" He said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you?"
That I'm in love with you
You, soft and only
You, lost and lonely
You, strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream
You're just like a dream
Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe his name
I opened up my eyes
I found myself alone, alone
Alone above the raging sea
That stole the only boy I loved
And drowned him deep inside of me
You, soft and only
You, lost and lonely
You, just like heaven
You, soft and only
You, lost and lonely
You, just like heaven
The one that makes me scream he said
The one that makes me laugh he said
And threw his arms around my neck
Show me how you do it
And I promise you, I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed his face and I kissed his head
And dreamed of all the different ways
I had to make him glow
"Why are you so far away?" He said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you?"
That I'm in love with you
You, soft and only
You, lost and lonely
You, strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream
You're just like a dream
Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe his name
I opened up my eyes
I found myself alone, alone
Alone above the raging sea
That stole the only boy I loved
And drowned him deep inside of me
You, soft and only
You, lost and lonely
You, just like heaven
You, soft and only
You, lost and lonely
You, just like heaven
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i find this song to be superficial and metaphorical
i think its talking about a strictly sexual relationship and later finds out that they both are in love
while they are still in love he finds out that she is dead and that he is still in love with her
(it is reported that ones of roberts smith girlfriend did drown and die)
THATS MY INTERPRETATION OF THE SONG. IM NOT HERE TO ARGUE JUST TO GIVE MY OPINION
JUST GIVE ME FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU THINK OF MY OPINION
None of Robert's girlfriends drowned and died. He only ever had one girlfriend, to whom he is married currently. Otherwise, your interpretation is good.