| Sleeping At Last – Pluto Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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I listened to this song and immediately I thought about my own struggle with mental illness - and in particular, anxiety and OCD. The line that always strikes me is, "When I break pattern, I break ground / I rebuild when I break down" because, as someone with an anxiety disorder, I have to constantly be fighting my own brain. I have to constantly break the "pattern" I've developed to keep myself from panicking or else I fall back - so, "I break ground" when I manage to break out. I also "rebuild when I break down," because with mental illness, that's going to happen. I crash and burn and have to pick myself up again because that's just what I have to do. The part that makes me thing of OCD in particular is the line that says, "Still I'm pinned under the weight / Of what I believed would keep me safe." Some people with OCD perform compulsions because we feel like something bad will happen if we don't - we are, quite literally, "pinned under the weight" of the things we believe will "keep us safe." This is just an interpretation I've thought up, and it's a really personal one to me. I think you could also intemperate this song as talking about grief. The great thing about songs is that you can listen to them and take your own meaning. |
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| Sleeping At Last – Woodwork Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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(i hear your heart as it beats beneath the sound of crashing cars. as the sirens pour into every street surrounding us,) Someone's been injured in a car accident (all our love came out of the woodwork. all our strength came out of the woodwork. we only notice light when darkness crashes against it. we only notice light deep in the woodwork.) Probably about how, when an emergency happens, every petty fight / disagreement you might have with someone goes away because you are so worried. The love that you may not have expressed for a while "comes out of the woodwork" (suddenly appears) and strength you didn't realize you had "comes out of the woodwork" as well because you need to be strong to get through the trauma and panic of an accident. |
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| Sleeping At Last – East Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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