A girl he cares about has told him she was abused when she was little, and he’s confronting the person who did it, even though he’s never met them before, and he is really pissed off. I think the song is about him (wanting to) taking revenge on the person who hurt her, tracking them down when they are not expecting it and ignoring their self-serving apologies.
The ‘hold your breath until it’s over’ makes me think of the little girl closing her eyes and holding her breath until the abuse was over, and the ‘there’s something left under water’ could mean the something left unresolved in the past, the abuse that has been buried in the memories of the girl and never brought out.
This also supports ‘you’ve been quiet, there are some things you do not speak of’ meaning the little girl, who learnt never to talk about what happened. ‘but if you stay gone a little longer your keys won't work’ makes me think the abuse has really been mentally torturing this girl all these years, and if she continues to deny it, it could end up really harming her/ making her lose her mind.
A girl he cares about has told him she was abused when she was little, and he’s confronting the person who did it, even though he’s never met them before, and he is really pissed off. I think the song is about him (wanting to) taking revenge on the person who hurt her, tracking them down when they are not expecting it and ignoring their self-serving apologies.
The ‘hold your breath until it’s over’ makes me think of the little girl closing her eyes and holding her breath until the abuse was over, and the ‘there’s something left under water’ could mean the something left unresolved in the past, the abuse that has been buried in the memories of the girl and never brought out.
This also supports ‘you’ve been quiet, there are some things you do not speak of’ meaning the little girl, who learnt never to talk about what happened. ‘but if you stay gone a little longer your keys won't work’ makes me think the abuse has really been mentally torturing this girl all these years, and if she continues to deny it, it could end up really harming her/ making her lose her mind.