| The Front Bottoms – Twin Sized Mattress Lyrics | 4 months ago |
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I don't believe this is about a gay guy at all. This is for the lions living in the wiry broke down frames of my friends' bodies (his friends struggle with their mental health) When the floodwater comes, it ain't gonna be clear, it's gonna look like mud (floodwater looks clear but is mud references to being fooled things are gonna get better) But I will help you swim, I will help you swim, I'm gonna help you swim (his friends gonna be there regardless) This is for the snakes and the people they bite For the friends I've made, for the sleepless nights (snakes being crappy people doing crappy things to his friends) For the warning signs I've completely ignored There's an amount to take, reasons to take more (him not realizing how mentally done his friend is. Amount to take is a prescription but to feel something or not feel anything at all his friend has reasons to take more) It's no big surprise you turned out this way When they closed their eyes and prayed you would change (blaming friends parents for how he ended up) And they cut your hair and sent you away You stopped by my house the night you escaped (his friend was sent somewhere either to get help for his depression or to get help if he was acting out due to his mental health) With tears in my eyes I begged you to stay You said "Hey man, I love you, but no fucking way" (he knew his friend was going to commit suicide) I'm sure that we could find something for you to do on stage Maybe shake a tambourine, or when I sing, you sing harmonies (he's trying to include his friend in what he's got going on, make him not feel left out and want to live) This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and dumb on a drunken night And it shoulda felt good, but I could hear the Jaws theme song on repeat in the back of my mind (they are having fun at the lake but he knows its a matter of time before his friend goes) Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face (a reference to his friend about to break his heart by leaving and how it feels selfish ) There are lessons to be learned, consequences for all the stupid things I say And it is no big surprise you turned out this way (not totally sure. He feels guilty for something) The spark in your eyes, the look on your face, I will not be brave (more feeling angry his friend is going to abandon him. Many people who CS tend to be full of life and happiness in their final moments. Could be a reference to the spark in his eyes like he knows its about to happen). I'm sure that we could find something for you to do on stage. Maybe shake a tambourine, or when I sing, you sing harmonies. I wanna contribute to the chaos, I don't wanna watch and then complain Cause I am through finding blame. That is a decision that I have made (hes accepted the situation and wants to make the best out of it) She hopes I'm cursed forever to sleep on a twin sized mattress In somebody's attic or basement my whole life Never graduating up in size to add another And my nightmares will have nightmares every night, oh every night, every night (I think his suicidal friend was a female, and I think he was in love with her and feels anger she left him all alone in life). |
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