Dare a Smile Lyrics

Lyric discussion by satansaiddance 

Cover art for Dare a Smile lyrics by Jeremy Enigk

everything you've said seems accurate. "kick and feed on this rope, oh no" makes me think of an umbilical cord, like he wants to crawl back into the womb (like you said, the simplistic, the beginning, etc.) where he is safe ("can i run back to you?"). literally or metaphorically or both.