I think there is actually a lot of symbolism on this song. For instance, on the verse:
This face in my dreams seizes my guts
He floods me with dread
Soaked to the soul
He swims in my eyes by the bed
Pour myself over him
Moon spilling in
And I wake up alone
There are a lot of words that evoke drinking/liquids (floods, soaked, swims, pour, spill). This to me suggests drinking as an escape to her pain.
The next lines:
If I was my heart
I'd rather be restless
The second I stop the sleep catches up and I'm breathless
This ache in my chest
As my day is done now
The dark covers me and I cannot run now
My blood running cold
I stand before him
It's all I can do to assure him
When he comes to me
I drip for him tonight
Drowning in me we bathe under blue light
They have a lot of words that are contradicting - some evoke movement whilst some evoke stillness, (restless, stop, breathless, run, stand), which to me suggest instability and anxiety, feelings which are exhausting and emotionally draining. These are the feelings she is having after her break-up, and I think the drinking described previously fuel these emotions and fantasies of her being with him (which in the end lead to more pain the next day when she wakes up alone).
I think there is actually a lot of symbolism on this song. For instance, on the verse:
This face in my dreams seizes my guts He floods me with dread Soaked to the soul He swims in my eyes by the bed Pour myself over him Moon spilling in And I wake up alone
There are a lot of words that evoke drinking/liquids (floods, soaked, swims, pour, spill). This to me suggests drinking as an escape to her pain.
The next lines:
If I was my heart I'd rather be restless The second I stop the sleep catches up and I'm breathless This ache in my chest As my day is done now The dark covers me and I cannot run now My blood running cold I stand before him It's all I can do to assure him When he comes to me I drip for him tonight Drowning in me we bathe under blue light
They have a lot of words that are contradicting - some evoke movement whilst some evoke stillness, (restless, stop, breathless, run, stand), which to me suggest instability and anxiety, feelings which are exhausting and emotionally draining. These are the feelings she is having after her break-up, and I think the drinking described previously fuel these emotions and fantasies of her being with him (which in the end lead to more pain the next day when she wakes up alone).