| The Pretty Reckless – Under The Water Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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My interpretation is that its about being raped by her father "Lay my head, under the water Lay my head, under the sea" she wants to kill herself "Excuse me sir, am I your daughter? Won't you take me back, take me back and see?" She isn't the same girl she used to be "There's not a time, for being younger And all my friends, are enemies" This kind of thing makes you grow up fast "And if I cried unto my mother No she wasn't there, she wasn't there for me" Her mom didn't care, maybe her father was abusive and her mother was afraid "Don't let the water drag you down (Don't let the water drag you down) Don't let the water drag you down" Don't let the depression get to you, don't kill yourself "Broken lines, across my mirror Show my face, all red and bruised And though I screamed and I screamed, well no one came running" It was a violent rape and nobody heard her screams "No I wasn't saved, I wasn't safe from you" again, no one came to help "Don't let the water drag you down (Don't let the water drag you down) Don't let the water drag you down Don't let me drown, don't let me drown in the waves, oh" again, don't let her kill herself "I could be found, I could be what you had saved Saved, saved, saved" She is asking for help "Lay my head, under the water Aloud I pray, for calmer seas" she hopes this will pass "And when I wake from this dream, with chains all around me No, I've never been, I've never been free No, I've never been, I've never been free No, I've never been, I've never been free" She is never free from the memory of sexual abuse |
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