| Boy & Bear – Back Down the Black Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think it's about depression. People with depression often have a friend whom they rely on. The one person that they need through the bullshit to find love and acceptance. "Cause your hurting I can tell by the way that you move" "Head on your chest" physical appearance "Chest in your mouth" that feeling you get when you feel so Ill because of the way you feel in your chest And he's scared because your scared and your not supposed to be. Your supposed to be the strong one but your not this time It goes on to say "and I'll scream out won't you get out of my way" becauses he's scared that he might have to be the strong one because Even though the friend helps they hurt too. They make you face reality they help you see but they can also hold you back And as we go into the chorus he continues to say that these days he's got the "beast" or the depression on a leash these days and he expresses his need for his friend to be strong because "you taught me to much to sit back and watch you this way" In the second voice he uses metaphores to describe death (the raven) and innocence (the child in the car shivering ) And his friend sheppards him home, lights up the moon again. At which point he comes back to the chorus repeating that he's got help well on it's way but he has been "back down to the black before and he cant watch you this way" This is where the song changes to be less intence and more sad it shows exceptance of the weight of the he takes from his friend "His body aches to take the weight that's been thrown down onto him. |
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