Maybe this is just because I'm going through this right now...but this song made me identify with low self-esteem. Even the first lines, "I'm stuck in this bed you made, alone with a sinking feeling." And the "secrets you've been keeping." "Suffocate in the mess you've been making." "You push it back down."
A person with low-self esteem has a skewed perception. They think that they are worthless and that they ruin things rather than make them better/contributing.They think people hate them when really they don't. They think they aren't talented. But that isn't the reality of the situation. Hence the line: "blood in your eye."
So this voice in their head that fuels the low self-esteem works on lies. It works on making sure that any little positive thing that has happened is brushed away as 'luck' or an 'unexpected coincidence.' It isolates them from people who really do care about them. Because of the false threat of hatred.
"No remorse for the trust you're breaking" could refer to how low-self esteem can manifest and ruin any credibility you have in yourself and even that others have in you. Then this voice....builds on that gain and grows stronger in the manipulation. "You push it back down" refers to the actual person's efforts to fight against the low self-esteem. By questioning the logic or just flat out ignoring it.
By the end of the song (when it slows down) the actual person has beat this demeaning voice in their head. "The future gazing out the past to overwrite." And they are now in the process of healing. The "we've been waiting to collect" parts probably refer to a more third-person group point of view...where these people want to understand what this one person went through in their time of low self-esteem.
Wow...sorry this is so long. But I really wanted to share this with you guys (opened an account to do it :D) Thoughts, anyone???
Maybe this is just because I'm going through this right now...but this song made me identify with low self-esteem. Even the first lines, "I'm stuck in this bed you made, alone with a sinking feeling." And the "secrets you've been keeping." "Suffocate in the mess you've been making." "You push it back down."
A person with low-self esteem has a skewed perception. They think that they are worthless and that they ruin things rather than make them better/contributing.They think people hate them when really they don't. They think they aren't talented. But that isn't the reality of the situation. Hence the line: "blood in your eye."
So this voice in their head that fuels the low self-esteem works on lies. It works on making sure that any little positive thing that has happened is brushed away as 'luck' or an 'unexpected coincidence.' It isolates them from people who really do care about them. Because of the false threat of hatred.
"No remorse for the trust you're breaking" could refer to how low-self esteem can manifest and ruin any credibility you have in yourself and even that others have in you. Then this voice....builds on that gain and grows stronger in the manipulation. "You push it back down" refers to the actual person's efforts to fight against the low self-esteem. By questioning the logic or just flat out ignoring it.
By the end of the song (when it slows down) the actual person has beat this demeaning voice in their head. "The future gazing out the past to overwrite." And they are now in the process of healing. The "we've been waiting to collect" parts probably refer to a more third-person group point of view...where these people want to understand what this one person went through in their time of low self-esteem.
Wow...sorry this is so long. But I really wanted to share this with you guys (opened an account to do it :D) Thoughts, anyone???