I hate to call you wrong, since I understand the concept of taking your own interpretation of the song, but the lyrics for Scissor Lock are almost undeniably about sleep paralysis. Much of the theme of the album is sleep paralysis, as if you look through the liner notes, rather than having lyrics, they have letters written about SP experiences. But the lyrics like "I think I'm awake...I am sinking into my bed," "Buzzing white noise, sounds like 100 bees," "I too once thought the radio played," and obviously, "Let's act like children while we sleep paralyzed" are undeniably taken from descriptions of SP accounts that people have had. Many people claim that during SP experiences, they hear static, feel as though they are being pulled into their beds, and are unable to wake themselves from the experience. This might seem outlandish if you've never had the experience, but it is fairly common, some ratio of like 1/5 people has had at least one SP experience, and those who have had it tend to agree that it is among the most frightening of experiences they've ever had - This link might give you a better idea of what Gavin is singing about: http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/S_P.html
I hate to call you wrong, since I understand the concept of taking your own interpretation of the song, but the lyrics for Scissor Lock are almost undeniably about sleep paralysis. Much of the theme of the album is sleep paralysis, as if you look through the liner notes, rather than having lyrics, they have letters written about SP experiences. But the lyrics like "I think I'm awake...I am sinking into my bed," "Buzzing white noise, sounds like 100 bees," "I too once thought the radio played," and obviously, "Let's act like children while we sleep paralyzed" are undeniably taken from descriptions of SP accounts that people have had. Many people claim that during SP experiences, they hear static, feel as though they are being pulled into their beds, and are unable to wake themselves from the experience. This might seem outlandish if you've never had the experience, but it is fairly common, some ratio of like 1/5 people has had at least one SP experience, and those who have had it tend to agree that it is among the most frightening of experiences they've ever had - This link might give you a better idea of what Gavin is singing about: http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/S_P.html