I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Seems you created your own illusion
Fuelled by an image of me
Well I couldn't stay at your side
It wouldn't be right
A picture that I just don't see
Why do you have to make it so complicated
Can't it just be beautiful
I don't want to stifle your flight
I didn't mean to fall in love
Always in pursuit of the perfect people
Oh and I can see that it shows
But there's just an innocence in you I wanna wring out
I know it could be beautiful
But I don't want a part of some situation
I don't want to be in that boat
I don't want to stifle your flight
I didn't mean to fall in love
Seems you created your own illusion
Fuelled by an image of me
Well I couldn't stay at your side
It wouldn't be right
A picture that I just don't see
Fuelled by an image of me
Well I couldn't stay at your side
It wouldn't be right
A picture that I just don't see
Why do you have to make it so complicated
Can't it just be beautiful
I don't want to stifle your flight
I didn't mean to fall in love
Always in pursuit of the perfect people
Oh and I can see that it shows
But there's just an innocence in you I wanna wring out
I know it could be beautiful
But I don't want a part of some situation
I don't want to be in that boat
I don't want to stifle your flight
I didn't mean to fall in love
Seems you created your own illusion
Fuelled by an image of me
Well I couldn't stay at your side
It wouldn't be right
A picture that I just don't see
Lyrics submitted by lotamilka
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I would imagine this song is about a relationship he feels need to end. She's created some disillusioned idea of their relationship, probably thinking about the future too soon, "a picture that I just don't see"; the relationship was going well, so why is she expecting even more ("Why do you have to make it so complicated / Can't it just be beautiful"? He was in love, but now, it's just not the same. He can't remain with her knowing that she's expecting something he can't give her. He'd rather end it now so as to preserve the goodness of what they had.
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I think this song is about a relationship, he's in love with the girl but he breaks up with her because she has a distorted and superficial idea of him.
I love this song
This song is about how he wants to get in some girls pants and have a good time. She wants to have him as her boyfriend. They aren't seeing eye to eye.
It confuses me how it says ''I didn't mean to fall in love'', I interpreted as he just wants to have a good time, but now he's falling for her...or something like that. Anyhoo, I love this song, it makes me feel summery and want to dance!
I was thinking this song was about a girl having high ambitions for her future and he feels like he's bringing her down. She wants the perfect person and a perfect life, and he's not part of it. He says "I didn't mean to fall in love" because he knows that he's not that perfect guy that she believes that she'll find. That's just me though.
It reminds me so much of a guy that I talk to on MSN messenger. He's got this illusion in his head of someone like me that's a million times better and nicer and more interesting and prettier. And basically just perfect, which I am most certainly not.
here's what i think - she created an illusion of his personality by his appearance - she jumped in with expectations, setting herself up for major disappointment because he wasn't what she had imagined, in turn, making him feel bad about himself because he fell in love. she is "always in pursuit of the perfect people", always expecting, having high standards, and he wonders why she has to make it so complicated in this way, instead of spontaneous and beautiful.
Always in pursuit of the perfect people - he doesn't fit in with or wants to become like those people she want him to ( probably egotistical high society)
Oh and I can see that it shows -Knowing she has to live up to this act .
But there's just an innocence in you I want to wring out I know it could be beautiful - he knows deeply better than anyone else in her life and wants her to be her true self.
But I don't want a part of some situation- he doesn't want part to be part of a circus of society fake people etc. I don't want to be in that boat - it's not his scene. He knows what people are really like.
I don't want to stifle your flight- he's not controlling and won't stop her from what she wants.
I didn't mean to fall in love- he didn't know or expect to fall in love realising he can't become the person she wants him to be . He won't change for her even though the love he has for her .
Always in pursuit of the perfect people - he doesn't fit in with or wants to become like those people she want him to ( probably egotistical high society)
Oh and I can see that it shows -Knowing she has to live up to this act .
But there's just an innocence in you I want to wring out I know it could be beautiful - he knows deeply better than anyone else in her life and wants her to be her true self.
But I don't want a part of some situation- he doesn't want part to be part of a circus of society fake people etc. I don't want to be in that boat - it's not his scene. He knows what people are really like.
I don't want to stifle your flight- he's not controlling and won't stop her from what she wants.
I didn't mean to fall in love- he didn't know or expect to fall in love realising he can't become the person she wants him to be . He won't change for her even though the love he has for her it's not compatible with the illusion of the world she expects from him