Blood Like Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Elle_B 

Cover art for Blood Like lyrics by Lovedrug

I love this song, but what is it about?

i'm not totally sure what this song means, but I get a little I think.

he's conflicted because he keeps screwing up, doing something wrong. He knows its wrong, but he keeps doing it anyways because it feels good. It feels so good it almost feels right. but he knows its not

what that wrong action actually is I don't know. Some lines to back me up: I am my own life, my own harm i'm a bad friend we all need to learn to swim anyways (I need to learn to control this?) (the first two lines)

I can't...

"Hold on, one eye eyeing my old life. Hold on"

i feel like the term blood like associates with being human, and the ideals that society of perfection that aren't achievable. it seems to me that he is embracing his mistakes, enjoying the ability to revel in something that he knows is wrong because it is a very human feeling. the people that learn to swim are the people that learn to accept this, and the people that drown are those who chase perfection forever and thus live unhappily.

as for the "one eye eyeing my old life" part, i think that is his realization and acceptance that humanity can't...