Little Secrets Lyrics

Lyric discussion by wilburthemagi 

Cover art for Little Secrets lyrics by Passion Pit

I believe it's about amphetamines and keeping it a secret, even from your friends. Here's why:

when i came down the dawn poured into me = up all night and coming down when the sun came up my fists kept trembling with these salty wounds = amphetamines are a mix of salts and make you jittery my stolen gold inside the emperors tomb = the drug is like gold to him

now painting rainbows on my ugly face = get creative but might not do rational things i built this cardboard neighborhood's disgrace ----> (see rest of my interpretation) but i ascend and serve my feverish need = he gets high and scratches the itch within the confines of such chemistry = drugs are chemicals

its the way i see everything i need its no way to be = it's a way of life, but it's not pretty

let this be our little secret no one needs to know were feeling higher and higher and higher = no one really knows he's high but himself or the person he's high with

but i feel alive and i feel it in me up and up i keep on climbing higher and higher and higher = he's getting higher and feels the drug's euphoria

my face blew up at such a casual sight = he spotted a cop, but since he's high it's startling the smattered colors of ecstatic fright = cop lights behind him are scary, but the high intensifies the rush above me to oblivion = the rush he gets is so intense outlining wet sidewalks in halogen = car headlights bulbs are halogen, and it's lighting up the sidewalks

oh have you ever felt so strong = the drug makes you feel invincible how come it takes some people so damn long = his high has a quick onset he tried to squeeze the lemon juice to rain the citrus drawing out the seasons stains = cop tried to get him to admit he's high

watch the basin drain = he's caught as your life lines wane = there's only a few people to reach out to and you cant explain = he can't explain why he wanted to do the drug to begin with as your friends complain = they are pissed he was driving high and didnt tell them

youve caused all this pain and you proudly shame your whole families name = his arrest or penalty is public

mother i can tell what youve been thinking staring at the stars on your ceiling thinking once there was a power that you were wielding = thought she had control over her son's actions and now ive hit the mark = he finally got found out staring at the dark = nowhere left to go and i cannot help but ignore the people staring at my scars = forgetting the past and ignoring people that hold it against him (scars might be literal if he's talking about injecting the drug)

This is just my perception. I don't know if these guys are into drugs or not.

This is my interpretation: I think he is talking about earth "earths voice"

when I came down the dawn poured into me <---- creation I shook 'em up the walls came crumbling <----earthquakes and distruction my thin skin trembling with these salty wounds <----the fiery surface
my stolen gold inside the emperor's tomb <--- not too sure

now painting rainbows on my ugly face <---- The earth still not formed the way of today I built this cardboard neighborhood's disgrace <------not sure but I ascend and serve my feverish need <----the perseverance of earth coming from...

you must not know anything about drugs if you think this song is about amphetamines. also, there is no reference to trouble with the cops in this song. if you knew anything about hallucinogens, it would be obvious to you that he's describing his trip. i've fucked with plenty of amphetamines, and i promise you it's nothing like this song.

I agree with everything, but i think its E and not meth. Great analysis though