| The Delgados – Woke From Dreaming Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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"Woke from dreaming But it took convincing I was shaking screaming I was still alive" Failed suicide attempt is what I take this as. Taking convincing to wake up is one thing, but saying you're still alive sounds a lot like the person was planning on sleeping forever. The screaming and shaking part could easily refer to the pain and struggle of having woken up from an overdose, or on a hospital bed in agony. "And you were picking strangers by the side of roadways Little little let the danger unfold You can do what you do If you think you'll take it You can do what you do If you are that way inclined" Either a reference to prostitution or drug dealing (but more likely prostitution due to the verse after implying that it is hard - "take it") "Suffer with silk As the pressure's tighter You have skin pale as milk With the pressure on" Suicide by hanging? Not entirely sure about "silk" as rope isn't silky at all. Skin going paler due to pressure sounds more like this. Not entirely sure about this verse to be honest. I'll skip the rest of the song (bar a last comment) I have because either I can't frame it with suicide/prostitution or because it seems to fairly easily fit into that interpretation. "I've tried to let go but I've never had much to say Take a day take them all now" Taking a day could mean taking AWAY a day, in which case taking them all away would mean, again, killing oneself. Just my interpretation. |
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