Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
It must have been hard; staying in line
Knowing your influences insisted all the time
It must have been strange; living in blue
And see me shut down as though
It was an easy thing to do
But you could tell where I had been
By the way I held my gun
Trying to write anything
While being mocked by an off beat drum.
But I was not honest
I was not healthy
I was not honest, honest
You did the right thing
Covered your scars
Challenged your faith
And closed your eyes driving cars
For all that they knew
You were safe home
But you went through hell
Whenever you were left alone
But you could see where I had been
From the pictures that they took
I tried to look positive at things
Faced myself but didn't look
That was not honest
I was not healthy
I am not honest, honest
I wish you could see
Yourself through my eyes
There's no need to cling
To unnecessary lies
The voice in your head
Whose spirit you stole
Left you for dead
But you dug the hole
And I can tell where you had been
From the marks around your wrists
The red water washed around your sins
But are you as pure as this?
No, you are not honest
You are not healthy
You are not honest, honest
No, you are not honest
You are not healthy
You are not honest, honest
Knowing your influences insisted all the time
It must have been strange; living in blue
And see me shut down as though
It was an easy thing to do
But you could tell where I had been
By the way I held my gun
Trying to write anything
While being mocked by an off beat drum.
But I was not honest
I was not healthy
I was not honest, honest
You did the right thing
Covered your scars
Challenged your faith
And closed your eyes driving cars
For all that they knew
You were safe home
But you went through hell
Whenever you were left alone
But you could see where I had been
From the pictures that they took
I tried to look positive at things
Faced myself but didn't look
That was not honest
I was not healthy
I am not honest, honest
I wish you could see
Yourself through my eyes
There's no need to cling
To unnecessary lies
The voice in your head
Whose spirit you stole
Left you for dead
But you dug the hole
And I can tell where you had been
From the marks around your wrists
The red water washed around your sins
But are you as pure as this?
No, you are not honest
You are not healthy
You are not honest, honest
No, you are not honest
You are not healthy
You are not honest, honest
Lyrics submitted by underdrama
Internal Dialogue Lyrics as written by Arvid Wam Solvang Maria Mena
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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,,songs like this make me wonder.. is honesty really what we want?..
I think:
"knowing your influences insisted all the time" must be "knowing your influences DID all the time"
She herself said that after her second (?) album she got really depressed and was under much pressure. So this line would refer to her idols/influences who she thinks never had these problems of lack of confidence. They always stayed in line and became successful.
All in all i thinks the song is not only about her eating disorder but her being so much under pressure in general.
Ah and "The red water washed around your sins" sounds more like "The red water washed away your sins"
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Does no one notice that she stole the whole "shut down as though it was an easy thing to do" thing from Ray LaMontagne?
For starter, we don't know when each person wrote there song. Also, i've heard that phrase in songs from the 70's to now. It's a pretty common saying. She didn't steal anything.