| Sneaker Pimps – 6 Underground Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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| Sneaker Pimps – 6 Underground Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Haunting and beautiful song. First off, the lyrics as posted here are incorrect. This song is about being in love with someone who is messed up and can’t love you back. Here are the correct lyrics, followed by my interpretation. I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... Take me down Six underground The ground beneath your feet I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... Laid out low Nothing to go Nowhere a way to meet I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... I've got a head full of drought Down here So far from losing out Round here Overground Watch this space I'm open To falling from grace I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... Calm me down Bring it round Too way high off your street I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... I can see Like nothing else In me you're better than I wanna be I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... Don't think 'cos I understand I care Don't think 'cos I'm talking We're friends Overground Watch this space I'm open To falling from grace Talk me down Safe and sound Too strung up to sleep I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... Wear me out Scream and shout Swear my time's never cheap I fake my life like I bleed Too much I'll take whatever you're giving Not enough Overground Watch this space I'm open I fake my life like I bleed Too much I'll take whatever you're giving Not enough Overground Watch this space I'm open To falling from grace I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... This song is about a girl who is in a messed up relationship that is breaking her heart. We've all been there, right girls? I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... *A poker reference, but a description of how it feels when you are off kilter - angry - upset. Acting out because of the overwhelming emotions coursing though you.* Take me down Six underground The ground beneath your feet *This is her saying that their relationship is bringing her down. It is making her "tilt" and as such, she is in a state of chaos and upset. He brings her down with his inability to love. Perhaps he is cold... or maybe he cheats. Maybe he’s on drugs. Either way, the experience of loving this man is dragging her down into a place that feels like death/destruction.* I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... Laid out low Nothing to go Nowhere a way to meet *Try as they might, they can't have a "meeting of the minds" or any accord. The discord is laying her out - making her exhausted and sad all the time. She recognizes that there's no way to fix it.* I've got a head full of drought Down here *Her mind is filled with the dry, loveless nature of their union. She is obsessed with thoughts of his inability to love her. It's like being in the dessert with no water - the liquid she needs is his love, but he can't give it.* So far from losing out Round here *She isn't ready to let go of the relationship even though it's killing her.* Overground Watch this space I'm open To falling from grace *She will allow herself to hit bottom because she loves him too much to leave him... even though he is hurting her so deeply. How many times have we been here - a place where we recognize the pain and the hopelessness, but aren't ready yet to break free?* I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... Calm me down Bring it round Too way high off your street *She knows she is healthier than him emotionally - thus she is "higher than his street." But at this juncture, it doesn't matter - she's still trying to get through to him and can’t let go yet — most likely be cause she has never loved anyone this strongly.* I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... I can see Like nothing else In me you're better than I wanna be *She makes him better by loving him (she is the good in him), but his dearth of love (or inability to share real love with her) is strangling the good in HER. She is sacrificing who she is for their relationship - she doesn't even want to be a better person anymore because to do so would be to close the chapter on this relationship.* I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... Don't think 'cos I understand I care Don't think 'cos I'm talking We're friends *Here she is echoing his words or attitude toward her. He is not able to be her friend or put her first. He is too caught up in his own decline/misery. In her anger and resentment, she too becomes an enemy... unable to be HIS friend anymore because she is too angry and resentful. Yet she is still trapped by the intensity of her love for him.* Overground Watch this space I’m open To falling from grace Talk me down Safe and sound Too strung up to sleep *Could be a reference to drugs, which could certainly explain why he isn't able to be a healthy partner to her, but you could also be stung out (or "strung up") on the negative emotions you are feeling in a chaotic and miserable relationship. It's easy to imagine that you would not be able to sleep at night when you feel so strongly for someone who is treating you like crap. Perhaps HE is on drugs and she is referring to him getting wired and lying next to her at night not sleeping - caught in his addiction. Or - maybe she is doing drugs with him... this is open to interpretation.* I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt, I'm on tilt... Wear me out Scream and shout *They fight a lot. The fighting is wearing her out.* Swear my time's never cheap *There's a huge price to be paid for the time she spends trying to work on the relationship. Her heart is breaking... suffocating. These are the wages of her addiction to him." I fake my life like I bleed Too much *She's pretending she's OK - she's faking it. The reference to her bleeding is speaking to her pain. It's too much to bear.* I'll take whatever you're giving Not enough *Again - she's too in love to walk away, so she's sentenced herself to taking whatever he's giving her emotionally, though it is clearly not enough.* |
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