my mother once told me
she walked into the ocean
didn’t want to die
just couldn’t tell where the horizon was
wanted to have a closer look
why is this costume weighing me down?
and my head hurts
it's there it sails down
tired of being it all
trying to rest and I don't wanna get up
error lies in hopin'
when I'm walking and my dear is running
lines, lines on the back of my hand
why does love keep letting me down?
my head hurts
it's there it sails down
write the lines with the back of my hand
why does love keep letting me down?
why does love keep letting me down?
letting me down
she walked into the ocean
didn’t want to die
just couldn’t tell where the horizon was
why is this costume weighing me down?
it's there it sails down
trying to rest and I don't wanna get up
error lies in hopin'
when I'm walking and my dear is running
lines, lines on the back of my hand
why does love keep letting me down?
it's there it sails down
why does love keep letting me down?
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These are the lyrics as I heard them but any edits or additions are welcome
Headache” is about grief, but also survival and resilience. “I’m Clean Now” finds an appreciation of failed love by re-describing it as landscape, without judgment. Not a celebration of loss, more pagan / feral; an acknowledgement of its power. Wind passing through a valley, shaking heads of wild flowers.