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During the laceration all you wanna do is cry
At last that realization how quickly fresh blood dries
Needs little explanation, 'sgonna take a lot of time
Ideas above our station are below the fog in my mind
When I see I see my signs
It's the same face presenting the same lie
If you keep walking sideways, if you keep changing your mind
When i see i see my signs
And obsolete your voices are
They say that silence it sometimes pays
In war silence it sometimes pays
Souls and windows stops existing
And holes where his eyes used to be
Needle and thread hold together his love for the dead
And all who sail in her
Saw the seashore, unfamiliar
The water and oil, unfamiliar
Success and toil, unfamiliar
Unaccustomed, unfamiliar
At last that realization how quickly fresh blood dries
Needs little explanation, 'sgonna take a lot of time
Ideas above our station are below the fog in my mind
When I see I see my signs
It's the same face presenting the same lie
If you keep walking sideways, if you keep changing your mind
When i see i see my signs
And obsolete your voices are
They say that silence it sometimes pays
In war silence it sometimes pays
Souls and windows stops existing
And holes where his eyes used to be
Needle and thread hold together his love for the dead
And all who sail in her
Saw the seashore, unfamiliar
The water and oil, unfamiliar
Success and toil, unfamiliar
Unaccustomed, unfamiliar
Lyrics submitted by christsizeshoes
Unfamiliar Lyrics as written by Michael James Vennart Mark John Heron
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Really like the interpretation Arkyopterix. However, somone on the Oceansize board pointed out that they felt it was more about an inner, personal struggle. And through that lense, the song makes a lot of sense.
In the last part, it alludes to the fact that everything has become 'unfamiliar.' The line preceeding ending also sets this up:
"Holes where his eyes used to be Needle and thread hold together His love for the dead"
This person is barely being held together, and is thus a different being, a changed person. Everything has become unfamiliar: water and oil, souls and windows, the seashore. Nothing is the same. This person is seeing everything differently and thus everything is unfamiliar.
There is a lot of visual references too.
"When I see I see my signs" "And it's the same face Presenting the same lie"
Given those lines, I get a confrontational image, like somone looking in a mirror ie "the same face." This person sees their face, but sees the lie that they are. The lie could well be what that person has become.
However, this is not to say he war vibe is not relevant. I think that interpretation could be on the money. Who knows, this is just a different idea. :)