My face is falling
My face is falling off
My face is falling
My face is falling off (4x)

Don't look at me, when I'm coming down
My face has fallen on the ground
Ice in my head is spinning around
Snakes in my skin to take me back
Take me back I'm not going back

Take me back I'm not going back

My face is falling
My face is falling off
My face is falling
My face is falling off (4x)

Don't look at me, when I'm coming down
My face has fallen on the ground
Ice in my head is spinning around
Snakes in my skin to take me back

Take me back I'm not going back
Take me back I'm not going back
Take me back I'm not going back

My face is falling
My face is falling off

Don't look at me, when I'm coming down
My face has fallen on the ground
Ice in my head is spinning around
Snakes in my skin to take me back
Take me back I'm not going back

Take me back I'm not going back

My face is falling
My face is falling off
My face is falling
My face is falling off (4x)

Don't look at me, when I'm coming down
My face has fallen on the ground
Ice in my head is spinning around
Snakes in my skin to take me back

Take me back I'm not going back
Take me back I'm not going back

Take me back I'm not going back


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    i was recommended to listen to this artist by my tattoo artist today after we started talking about Crystal Castles - here are my thoughts after a single listen-through of the track's chorus: "my face is falling, my face is falling off" which will serve as my interpretation of the entire song's underlying meaning

    i believe this to be the most unsettling component of the song and is what stood out most to me from the entire track - if we are assuming the storyteller's face isn't literally falling off (hopefully 🙏), i think this is a very crepuscular/abstract way the storyteller is trying to convey that they are losing their ability to display themself in a presentable way to others, or they want to not be seen by others in their current state (physical/emotional/other) - i believe this because a face is an extremely unique characteristic that a person possesses, and likely everyone they will encounter in their lives will think of your face when they think of you so it is essentially a metaphor for representing their entire being - with the face also being possibly the most expressive part of your body that the owner has a massive amount of control of many aspects of how others interpret it (smiling, mouthing something under your breath, whatever) and is the most prominent physical part of a person's body someone else will use to make quick character judgements about that person

    that was a lot of digression and random tangents, but i think the storyteller repeats these lines so much throughout the song to convey that she is losing her ability to control herself due to very complex emotions being experienced

    tl;dr: this song is an extreme cry for help from a person who is experiencing immense pain(s), so immense that they are causing her an inability to even express what she is experiencing

    capybaraon January 14, 2024   Link

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