""Hey you Somewhere in the mirror What happened today with your face Your eyes Sank in their hollows And the ocean of your disgrace It's no shame You haven't done what you were supposed to And did what you didn't want to 1-UP! The amount of self-deception Slowly starts killing you Inside You're faced With a new decision Between the dawn and the day Melting Between the life you got used to And something you don't understand I know It demands an effort And the pills to get rid of this pain Not a chance I'm sorry Birdy I'm your favourite voice inside your head Hey you Rise and shine! You must learn to stand your ground How long can you hold your breath under the pillow? You kept yourself to yourself Day by day Growing delusions in the blue flowerpots Your filter bubble On the touchscreen display Has recommended to you What you should want While you've been watching too much daytime TV Dreaming on demand Your \""from tomorrow\"" just became \""yesterday\"" Made you crawl again Under the bed covers Hey you Rise and shine! You must learn to stand your ground How long can you hold your breath under the pillow? How long can you hold your breath under the pillow? How long can you hold your breath under the pillow?""


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Under The Pillow Lyrics as written by Michal Lapaj Mariusz Duda

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    My Interpretation

    I guess it's about struggle in liquid modern world.

    felipe1001on August 18, 2017   Link
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    The song is about struggling to find motivation and procrastinating. It makes me think of people addicted to social media turning to technology to get a quick dopamine hit and neglecting other aspects of their life.\n\n"You haven\'t done what you were supposed to\nAnd did what you didn\'t want to"\n\n"The amount of self-deception\nSlowly starts killing you"\n\nLying to themself about how they\'ll get everything done later, but never getting round to it\n\n"It demands an effort\nAnd the pills to get rid of this pain\nNot a chance\nI\'m sorry, Birdy\nI\'m your favourite voice inside your head"\n\nThey have poor mental health but don\'t have the motivation to seek help.\n\n"Your filter bubble on the touchscreen display\nHas recommended to you what you should want"\n\n"While you\'ve been watching too much daytime TV\nDreaming on demand\nYour \'from tomorrow\' just became \'yesterday\'\nMade you crawl again under the bed covers"\n\nThey make no decisions for themself, just watching whatever the algorithm recommends and putting real life off for another day.\n\n"Hey you\nRise and shine!\nYou must learn to stand your ground\nHow long can you hold your breath under the pillow?"\n\nThey stay in bed as long as they can to put off having to get up and face the world.

    ben1118006on November 23, 2021   Link
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    My Interpretation

    Dude the fuck did this do to my formatting lol?

    ben1118006on November 23, 2021   Link

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