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Sleeping Torpor Lyrics
It did not happen in a day.
We hummingbirds said, "Father don't,
you could do the right thing.
You could turn around."
He called our names and 1, 2, 3.
We slipped into the snow boots,
stood behind the coats hanging lowest
in the closet racks.
I moved and made a sound.
The hangers jangled.
Did he hear the metal clattering?
And had I given us away?
I'd given us away.
We waited side by side.
We could hear your soles squeak,
we could feel the ground shake.
We tightly closed our eyes.
You found us, you were right this time.
How did you know?
We were curled in sleeping torpor.
We dreamed of flying up where the exhausted die.
You found us, you were right this time.
How did you know?
Pinned behind the pantry with the vacuum.
Pancaked underneath the bed means dead.
Nestled between the ladle, with the pots and pans.
My heart beats and beats
and I can hear it like a drum in my head.
We hummingbirds said, "Father don't,
you could do the right thing.
You could turn around."
He called our names and 1, 2, 3.
We slipped into the snow boots,
stood behind the coats hanging lowest
in the closet racks.
I moved and made a sound.
The hangers jangled.
Did he hear the metal clattering?
And had I given us away?
I'd given us away.
We waited side by side.
we could feel the ground shake.
We tightly closed our eyes.
You found us, you were right this time.
How did you know?
We dreamed of flying up where the exhausted die.
You found us, you were right this time.
How did you know?
Pancaked underneath the bed means dead.
Nestled between the ladle, with the pots and pans.
My heart beats and beats
and I can hear it like a drum in my head.
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Am I the only one that found the lyrics to this song vaguely dark? When I read them for the first time, I got the definite sense that the father was abusive and that the children were hiding in terror. "Father don't, you could do the right thing..." "We were curled in sleeping torpor/We dreamed of flying up where the exhausted die." "Pinned...pancaked underneath the bed means dead"
Word choices just have a darker edge to them. But it encourages me to hear people interpreting it as an innocent game of hide-and-seek...I want it to be a happy song. This is one I'd really like to ask the band about.
this doesn't sound like hide-and-seek to me at all much more like from the point of view of children who are beaten by their father...
I think one of my favorite parts is during "And had I given us away? I'd given us away. We waited side by side." How there is in the background, after each "given us away": "Oh, no!"
As I interpret the song, it tells of a game of hide and seek.
"you could do the right thing. You could turn around." He called our names and 1, 2, 3."
they ask him not to cheat and he starts counting
"We slipped into the snow boots...We waited side by side."
they hide in the closet and--after making a noise--are found out
ect, ect
@darkenedcorridor Bruh, this is clearly a song about child abuse. The children are hiding from their abusive father.
@darkenedcorridor Bruh, this is clearly a song about child abuse. The children are hiding from their abusive father.
Moths possibly?