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Down by your side
Watch the dreary light
Illuminates your sleeping skin
I reach my cold arm across the bed
You make no move
You never do
Own these dire nights
Own their seething lies
Own my damage, own my scars
They paint a broke life's shattered art
And time won't turn
My wretched world
Down by your side
Watch the dreary light
Illuminates your sleeping skin
I reach my cold arm across the bed
You make no move
You never do
Own these dire nights
Own their seething lies
Own my damage, own my scars
They paint a broke life's shattered art
And time won't turn
My wretched world
My wretched world
My wretched world
My wretched world
(to stand in your shadow is to be home)
Watch the dreary light
Illuminates your sleeping skin
I reach my cold arm across the bed
You make no move
You never do
Own these dire nights
Own their seething lies
Own my damage, own my scars
They paint a broke life's shattered art
And time won't turn
My wretched world
Down by your side
Watch the dreary light
Illuminates your sleeping skin
I reach my cold arm across the bed
You make no move
You never do
Own these dire nights
Own their seething lies
Own my damage, own my scars
They paint a broke life's shattered art
And time won't turn
My wretched world
My wretched world
My wretched world
My wretched world
(to stand in your shadow is to be home)
Lyrics submitted by ianstraightedge, edited by Crimsoon
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this is really interesting. i like the ambiguity of it all, like the line break between "you never do" and "own these..." like i'm assuming that he's asserting that the person he's addressing never responds to his touch, but is he saying that the person it's addressed to never "owns" these dire nights etc meaning that they never directly invest in their relationship with the speaker or take any responsibility for the relationship, or is it more of an imperative command to this person, or both? either way, i read this as describing a kind of loveless or non-reciprocal relationship, one that the speaker puts more work into than the other party, possibly one that the speaker feels trapped in. i read the last line as saying that although the relationship isn't fulfilling for the speaker, it's comforting for him and he doesn't want to let it go.
@nedologist Damn, you really hit it on the head. I'm not saying that this is the only way of interpreting the song but this interpretation unfortunately makes the most sense to me; I hate being in my toxic loveless relationship. I should just cut contact because its not even comforting anymore.