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Passion Pit – Little Secrets Lyrics 16 years ago
I believe it's about amphetamines and keeping it a secret, even from your friends. Here's why:

when i came down the dawn poured into me = up all night and coming down when the sun came up
my fists kept trembling with these salty wounds = amphetamines are a mix of salts and make you jittery
my stolen gold inside the emperors tomb = the drug is like gold to him

now painting rainbows on my ugly face = get creative but might not do rational things
i built this cardboard neighborhood's disgrace ----> (see rest of my interpretation)
but i ascend and serve my feverish need = he gets high and scratches the itch
within the confines of such chemistry = drugs are chemicals

its the way i see
everything i need
its no way to be = it's a way of life, but it's not pretty

let this be our little secret
no one needs to know were feeling
higher and higher and higher = no one really knows he's high but himself or the person he's high with

but i feel alive and i feel it in me
up and up i keep on climbing
higher and higher and higher = he's getting higher and feels the drug's euphoria

my face blew up at such a casual sight = he spotted a cop, but since he's high it's startling
the smattered colors of ecstatic fright = cop lights behind him are scary, but the high intensifies
the rush above me to oblivion = the rush he gets is so intense
outlining wet sidewalks in halogen = car headlights bulbs are halogen, and it's lighting up the sidewalks

oh have you ever felt so strong = the drug makes you feel invincible
how come it takes some people so damn long = his high has a quick onset
he tried to squeeze the lemon juice to rain
the citrus drawing out the seasons stains = cop tried to get him to admit he's high

watch the basin drain = he's caught
as your life lines wane = there's only a few people to reach out to
and you cant explain = he can't explain why he wanted to do the drug to begin with
as your friends complain = they are pissed he was driving high and didnt tell them

youve caused all this pain
and you proudly shame
your whole families name = his arrest or penalty is public

mother i can tell what youve been thinking
staring at the stars on your ceiling
thinking once there was a power that you were wielding = thought she had control over her son's actions
and now ive hit the mark = he finally got found out
staring at the dark = nowhere left to go
and i cannot help but ignore the people staring at my scars = forgetting the past and ignoring people that hold it against him (scars might be literal if he's talking about injecting the drug)


This is just my perception. I don't know if these guys are into drugs or not.

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