I am my mother's only one
It's enough

I wear my garment so it shows
Now you know

Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she's the moon

I am my mother on the wall, with us all
I move in water, shore to shore
Nothing's more

Only love is all maroon
Lapping lakes like leery loons
Leaving rope burns
Reddish rouge

Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she's the moon


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Flume Lyrics as written by Justin Deyarmond Edison Vernon

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    I am my mother's only one It's enough

    • he's saying this because he was abandoned/betrayed by people close to him

    I wear my garment so it shows Now you know

    • he's naked and vulnerable. now you know what it looks like to see him without his masks.

    Only love is all maroon

    • maroon is the color of dried blood. not only does love hurt, but it doesn't quite look as glorious after it's done with you.

    Gluey feathers on a flume

    • pieces of himself left behind as he parted ways...

    Sky is womb and she's the moon

    • womb is new birth. he's journeying down the flume. moon- could be guidance. he's still attached to whatever he left behind.

    I am my mother on the wall, with us all '

    • mother on the wall is a photograph of someone who passed away. she is not "with us all". neither is he.

    I move in water, shore to shore; Nothing's more

    • again, he is wandering down the river/stream..

    Lapping lakes like leary loons

    • feeling so alone it's driving him mad. same idea implied with the moon.

    Leaving rope burns Reddish rouge

    • rope burns don't happen unless he tried to hold on... he did. it hurt. he had to let go. now he's wounded reddish rouge.

    that's how I understand it. - Stefan

    stefansuarezon July 02, 2012   Link

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