In the second verse, the lyrics are pretty clearly:
"Light hits, breaks MY face apart..." and
"I love anyone but me, SO I TIP IT SUBTLY, AND it's all in who you see, endless sea..."
and at the end it's:
"stoney eyes never stop bleeding, if YOU saw what we saw, snakes out sex stealing, what about the DRAW..."
I believe the "So I tip it subtly" part is referring, as others have said, to how women tend to adore another woman's looks but subtly tip the scales by which they judge another when judging themselves. I.e. a woman looks at another woman and thinks "she's beautiful," but then looka in the mirror, sees the same characteristics she just appreciated and thinks negatively about herself.
This song, to me, is about the darker side of attraction--how men and women both are routinely fostering a predatory sexual mindset, with men and women both constantly objectifying women.
In the second verse, the lyrics are pretty clearly:
"Light hits, breaks MY face apart..." and "I love anyone but me, SO I TIP IT SUBTLY, AND it's all in who you see, endless sea..."
and at the end it's: "stoney eyes never stop bleeding, if YOU saw what we saw, snakes out sex stealing, what about the DRAW..."
I believe the "So I tip it subtly" part is referring, as others have said, to how women tend to adore another woman's looks but subtly tip the scales by which they judge another when judging themselves. I.e. a woman looks at another woman and thinks "she's beautiful," but then looka in the mirror, sees the same characteristics she just appreciated and thinks negatively about herself.
This song, to me, is about the darker side of attraction--how men and women both are routinely fostering a predatory sexual mindset, with men and women both constantly objectifying women.
Elizabeth has said as much in this interview: http://www.qromag.com/interviews/interviews/elizabeth_powell_of_land_of_talk_:_q&a,_part_ii/