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Little Victories Lyrics
I press your hand in mine however cautiously, I keep a smile right to myself
And I lapse into the grasp of an overriding obsession
And I get sick as I watch my interests fall into suspension
This Winter
So cold, Creeping down your arm
Stealth soldiers, Creeping around your palm
It's hard, hard to understand
Little victories won creeping around your hand
The sickness has taken hold through violent, blurted syllables
Escape my mouth under my breath
The voice of pricking dread is whispering insistent in my ear
My paranoia galvanised by your gaze, so austere
This Winter
So cold, Creeping down your arm
Stealth soldiers, Creeping around your palm
It's hard, hard to understand
Little victories won creeping around your hand
I pinned your crest to my chest, hoping it might start to look right
There was hushed talk of young boy's corpse lying face down in some river
His hands used to move like mine
I can't stand myself this morning, i am practically that boy
No strength to endure, Ghostly insecure, Pallid through lack of choice
This Winter
So cold, Creeping down your arm
Stealth soldiers, Creeping around your palm
It's hard, hard to understand
Little victories won creeping around your hand
And I lapse into the grasp of an overriding obsession
And I get sick as I watch my interests fall into suspension
So cold, Creeping down your arm
Stealth soldiers, Creeping around your palm
It's hard, hard to understand
Little victories won creeping around your hand
Escape my mouth under my breath
The voice of pricking dread is whispering insistent in my ear
My paranoia galvanised by your gaze, so austere
So cold, Creeping down your arm
Stealth soldiers, Creeping around your palm
It's hard, hard to understand
Little victories won creeping around your hand
There was hushed talk of young boy's corpse lying face down in some river
His hands used to move like mine
I can't stand myself this morning, i am practically that boy
No strength to endure, Ghostly insecure, Pallid through lack of choice
So cold, Creeping down your arm
Stealth soldiers, Creeping around your palm
It's hard, hard to understand
Little victories won creeping around your hand
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i think it's about being used by some girl. i.e. he's just one of her little victories, and even though he's obsessed with her, she'll just throw him away like the last boy.
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i think this is about a soldier thinking about the one he loves and hes really scared great song
i don't think it's about an actual soldier, that's a little too literal.
i think it is an expression for the authors regret,shame, and hatred for his own unintentional hypicratical fellings. (one who laughs about emos but hides the fresh wounds 'round his own wrist)
I thought it was just Faris putting a morbid twist on something as simple as holding hands.
The stealth soldiers are obviously fingers right?
I think this song is about being with someone and not knowing what to do with yourself. I think the boy in the song has doubts about the girl that he's with and by holding her hand he has "little victories". In other words by being with her he feels better about their relationship.
I think it is about a man probably Faris, beginning a relationship with someone he knows is perhaps the sort of person that loves the chase, moving on from boy to boy and Faris knows that he will one day be that boy with his corpse lying face down in some river i.e used, and broken hearted. However he still enjoys the "little victories" to do with the beginning of the relationship, while it lasts. This could be a reflection of his relationship with Peaches Geldof.