This is a song about attemped suicide. More specifically, it is about a failed attempt to hang oneself.
The imagery is very clear, and very amazing.
"I faced death
I went in with my arms swinging
But I heard my own breath
I had to face that I'm still living"
He jumped off ("facing death") of whatever it is that was keeping him up, swinging (his "arms swinging").
But he's still breathing. He's still alive, and it forces him to contemplate. Death by hanging is either over very quickly (with the snapping of the neck) or very, very slowly (by asphyxiation, which can take hours).
"I'm not dead
There's no end
My face is red
My blood flows harshly"
He is slowly suffering from the effects of asphyxiation ("face is red," "blood flows harshly"). He thinks desperately about his current situation.
"My heart beats loudly
My chest still draws breath
I hold it"
Do you know the feeling whenever you hold your breath? Hearing your own heartbeats? He realizes that, awfully, he is still breathing, and he longs no longer to do so.
He wants to hold his breath to make himself asphyxiate faster.
This is a song about attemped suicide. More specifically, it is about a failed attempt to hang oneself.
The imagery is very clear, and very amazing.
"I faced death I went in with my arms swinging But I heard my own breath I had to face that I'm still living"
He jumped off ("facing death") of whatever it is that was keeping him up, swinging (his "arms swinging").
But he's still breathing. He's still alive, and it forces him to contemplate. Death by hanging is either over very quickly (with the snapping of the neck) or very, very slowly (by asphyxiation, which can take hours).
"I'm not dead There's no end My face is red My blood flows harshly"
He is slowly suffering from the effects of asphyxiation ("face is red," "blood flows harshly"). He thinks desperately about his current situation.
"My heart beats loudly My chest still draws breath I hold it"
Do you know the feeling whenever you hold your breath? Hearing your own heartbeats? He realizes that, awfully, he is still breathing, and he longs no longer to do so.
He wants to hold his breath to make himself asphyxiate faster.
But there is no end.
You got it exactly right.
You got it exactly right.