My Better Self

I agree with Nutinbutluv2giv's lyric corrections, but I have a different take on it. It feels like a love lost situation, where things have dissolved and this is about the acceptance of it. Where leaving things unsaid and really relying on 'symbols' (something senseless, with a purposely function, that cannot be met) or the implied had kept things together at that point but actual words led to something that was once there, to go. Perhaps learning their respective meanings were completely different.

Correct lyrics:

My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is innate? I do not know But meaning comes and it goes

Each and every attempt A bit of substance spent Despite the effort I have planned You seem to lose what I've meant

If I don't use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs Symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purpose in function That cannot be met

Those who created know There is an ebb and flow Only the value given shows That meaning comes and goes

My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is innate? I do not know But meaning comes and it goes

If I don't use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs But symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purpose in function That cannot be met

If I don't use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs But symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purpose in function That cannot be met

My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is innate? I do not know But meaning comes and goes

~Such a cool song. I think it's just about how true meaning is really carried by the things we can't put into words. As she says, we need words to communicate ideas, but in order to understand the real meaning behind those ideas we need to rely on nonverbal symbols and the values that others put on them. That's why we can have miscommunications and the things we say can be taken the wrong way even when we use the right words to say them. It definitely implies some sort of struggle to relate to someone and the frustration of realizing there's no way to get across to that person when they can't understand the meaning behind what you're saying.

These are the most correct lyrics I have found so far:

My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is innate? I do not know But meaning comes and it goes

Each and every attempt Of bitter ? (This line isn't clear) Despite the effort I have planned You seem to lose what I’ve meant

If I don’t use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs Symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purpose in function That cannot be met

Those who created know A reason ? Only the value given shows That meaning comes and goes

My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is innate? I do not know But meaning comes and it goes If I don’t use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs But symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purpose in function That cannot be met

If I don’t use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs But symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purpose in function That cannot be met

My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is innate? I do not know But meaning comes and goes

*A bit of substance spent

I think this song means that people are blind to the signs that you try to send them and that the only way anyone will know how you feel is to speak!

My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is it made? I do not know But meaning comes and it goes

Each and every portent Of bitter substance spent Despite the effort I have planned You seem to lose what I’ve meant

If I don’t use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs Symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purposely function That cannot be met

Those who created know Air is in man and blow Only the value given shows That meaning comes and goes

My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is it made? I do not know But meaning comes and it goes If I don’t use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs But symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purposely function That cannot be met

If I don’t use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs But symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purposely function That cannot be met

My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is it made? I do not know But meaning comes and goes

~To me, this song means that words only make sense if they mean something, and that everyone interprets them differently. It seems to mean that sometimes you understand what is said, and sometimes you don't. (I'm not really sure yet; just guessing, this was my first time hearing the song today.)