this song's lyrics are completely beautiful and haunting... i'm in awe of Julia for it.
i'm going to take a shot at some of the lines. if there are others you don't understand, maybe i could help with those too. the only ones i don't fully understand are "I'm not coming out of this box / 'Til everyone's forgotten me / This ought to be a welcome vacation / ... / My thoughts will be secluded elations". i mean, i understand the lines themselves but don't get how they fit into the meaning of the song.
here i go:
Well it's close to home by blood or block
-- blood = "close to home", as in, close to your heart, ie blood. block = "close to home", as in, literally near where you live. "it" being death.
I hate the bed and I hate the dock
-- this is a guess, but maybe it's 2 ways of dying... bed = peacefully, dock = tragic accident ie drowning...
This loss of life is killing me
Affecting unexpectedly
-- kind of an irony / play on words. it's neat.
But what's one more?
Yeah, let me go
Let me suffer nice and slow
-- "one more" dead
I'll take ignorance over being so scared
-- i'd rather ignore that death has to come than worry about when it's coming.
![Cover art for Welcome Vacation [Album Version] lyrics by Julia Nunes](../../../images/art-default.webp)
this song's lyrics are completely beautiful and haunting... i'm in awe of Julia for it.
i'm going to take a shot at some of the lines. if there are others you don't understand, maybe i could help with those too. the only ones i don't fully understand are "I'm not coming out of this box / 'Til everyone's forgotten me / This ought to be a welcome vacation / ... / My thoughts will be secluded elations". i mean, i understand the lines themselves but don't get how they fit into the meaning of the song.
here i go:
Well it's close to home by blood or block -- blood = "close to home", as in, close to your heart, ie blood. block = "close to home", as in, literally near where you live. "it" being death.
I hate the bed and I hate the dock -- this is a guess, but maybe it's 2 ways of dying... bed = peacefully, dock = tragic accident ie drowning...
This loss of life is killing me Affecting unexpectedly -- kind of an irony / play on words. it's neat.
But what's one more? Yeah, let me go Let me suffer nice and slow -- "one more" dead
I'll take ignorance over being so scared -- i'd rather ignore that death has to come than worry about when it's coming.