The reaction of hot water on wool is to make it shrink and become unraveled which makes sense with the lyrics and leads me to believe the song is about a love triangle and the games a girl played with his head in the course of their relationship
The song is split into 2 parts the reprise is him getting over it while the first part is him obsessing over it.
The entire first verse is about being surrounded by the people that remind him of the situation he's in and wishing he could hold on to the love he has while not being reminded of the downsides of his situation and how the dual nature of the situation inspires both love and hate both of which feel like flaws he is creating within himself
Interaction, delayed reaction- he's interacting with the situation but fighting himself on the outcome
I've got taxes and bills to pay- he wants to charge this girl for what shes doing to him so he can repay himself for the time hes lost on her and the love triangle
somethings flapping its wings at me- shes teasing him with flirting as birds often flap wings to attract a mate
someone's clapping, I guess were on tv- he can see that their situation is evident to all and feels mocked by the fact everyone can see what shes putting him through
the part where he says "waiting to see if it comes to me or if its tied to a safethat is in the sea floor" is basically him saying he wants to see if she'll change her ways and be with him he also says"maybe i'll slep for a century" as in he loves her so much he'd wait a hundred years for her
the part about the pressure point on his neck shows the pain he is being put through and the rest of this verse goes on to show his growing impatience and anger towards the situation with quotes like "my head will snap off and roll into the secret passage built for escorting the rapist to the victim" and "oh the boredom involved in patience"
At the end of the song he refers to "ripping the threads weve sewn" meaning he's finally through with the whole game shes putting him through and how he now feels so alone and how he'll never forget what it means to be the receiving end of some girls sick twisted games
i'll continue the rest of the explantion on the lyrics to the hot water on wool (reprise)
The reaction of hot water on wool is to make it shrink and become unraveled which makes sense with the lyrics and leads me to believe the song is about a love triangle and the games a girl played with his head in the course of their relationship
The song is split into 2 parts the reprise is him getting over it while the first part is him obsessing over it.
The entire first verse is about being surrounded by the people that remind him of the situation he's in and wishing he could hold on to the love he has while not being reminded of the downsides of his situation and how the dual nature of the situation inspires both love and hate both of which feel like flaws he is creating within himself
Interaction, delayed reaction- he's interacting with the situation but fighting himself on the outcome I've got taxes and bills to pay- he wants to charge this girl for what shes doing to him so he can repay himself for the time hes lost on her and the love triangle somethings flapping its wings at me- shes teasing him with flirting as birds often flap wings to attract a mate someone's clapping, I guess were on tv- he can see that their situation is evident to all and feels mocked by the fact everyone can see what shes putting him through
the part where he says "waiting to see if it comes to me or if its tied to a safethat is in the sea floor" is basically him saying he wants to see if she'll change her ways and be with him he also says"maybe i'll slep for a century" as in he loves her so much he'd wait a hundred years for her
the part about the pressure point on his neck shows the pain he is being put through and the rest of this verse goes on to show his growing impatience and anger towards the situation with quotes like "my head will snap off and roll into the secret passage built for escorting the rapist to the victim" and "oh the boredom involved in patience"
At the end of the song he refers to "ripping the threads weve sewn" meaning he's finally through with the whole game shes putting him through and how he now feels so alone and how he'll never forget what it means to be the receiving end of some girls sick twisted games
i'll continue the rest of the explantion on the lyrics to the hot water on wool (reprise)