Hysterical Strength

I've been hearing "no, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't on you" for the last part.

I'm not sure but it sounds like a story about a husband/father leaving and the aftermath of it.

"Hey it's your blood That makes my veins run It's true, so I tried to give it back to you"

Here she's pointing out that it's her father's blood that makes her veins run. family... blood relative, but she doesn't want to be related to him.

"Young one, look at me It's not your beast to leash Oh don't hold more than you can stand to carry"

This is either her talking to a younger sibling or her mom telling her that it's not her problem and she shouldn't worry about it. "it's not your beast to leash... don't hold more than you can stand to carry"...

"Must have been the case Hysterical strength To stand up while the room moved off its axis"

Here she's saying she didn't listen. It "must have been the case" that she held more than she could stand to carry, because it took a lot of strength to stand up with her world turned upside down (off it's axis).

"Old man look at me Through the teeth of your grief Oh don't grab more than you can stand to carry"

And here she talks to her father, and sarcastically tells him the same advice. "Please, don't go out of your way to take this burden on"

"'Cause you went off to see what no one else could see And left more than we could stand to bury"

And here she tells the old man why she hates him. He went off to live a life without them and left them with all these problems that they aren't able to rid them selves of.

I could be wrong... but that's what i hear.

I think she's referring to a suicide on this one.

On the first part the person is talking to a relative (a parent) "it's your blood and I tried to give it back to you"

On the second she's talking to a younger version of herself, as if trying to warn her of the mistakes she made "don't hold more than you can stand to carry" maybe she means of repressed feelings being too heavy a load.

She then describes something that people who has suffered of depression can relate to. Sometimes just standing up, getting yourself out of bed, just keeping the routine requires some of that 'hysterical strength'

The last lines could be a last message to someone she blames for her despair. Someone who kept pushing her, and trying to control her life (maybe the same guy she sang about on Marrow) and she blames him for getting her to that point of misery.

I'm not very articulate, but there's my two cents.

I think I have a few corrections... Hey it's your blood that makes my veins run.

Young one, look at me.

Cause you went off to seize what no one else could see

Oh baby hate it, hate it, day to day to day oh no? Not sure if that last part is right.