As we fall into sequence
-Our lives are governed by many tightly controlled systems so "falling into sequence" could also mean falling into line and following the mores of society.
And we're eating our young
-Doing something shameful, but we don't notice because it's considered "normal" or choose not to notice.
Remain silent and still for modesty
-Our silence on the shameful things we do in our systems could be racked up to modesty in our debased ways.
When the splints have been broken
-Perhaps splints could be considered teachers and parents who taught us these systems, but rejecting these systems you have rendered them useless (broken splints).
And they can't help you now
-Self explanatory.
Do you pray with your eyes closed naturally
-Do you close your eyes for the shame of what you've done as you pray?
Follow me to nowhere
-As an atheist, this resonates with me, because though I've found my "truth" it leads me nowhere, the same as religious thought.
Woven with the utmost care
-The framework we use to apply meaning to our lives is woven with the utmost care, because the basic truth, whatever that is to you, is a very fragile thing and can be undone easily.
If I'm lost please don't find me
If I drown let me sink
-Our subjective truths can be so important to us that we prefer to stay "lost" and drown with them as opposed to change it
We descended from no one
With a wink
-From an atheists point of view this could be a rejection of the god concept and the wink implies that we were clever to use religion as a salve for the lack of meaning in life.
When it's cold outside hold me
Don't hold me
When I choose to rest my eyes coax me
Don't coax me
-I think the song lyrics lack the proper inflection to discern the different meanings of hold and possibly of coax. Hold me as in embrace me and hold me as in imprison me. Coax could be the difference between physically and emotionally coaxing.
Have they cleansed you with chloride
And scrubbed behind the knees
-"They" are the others outside ourselves who apply hard and soft force to "clean" you. Those what this cleansing meant to Alice Glass will probably be mystery to us.
Has your body been hollowed by the breeze
-This could be taken to mean that the "cleansing" has a negative effect that leaves you rotted and empty inside. A shell of who you really could have been if "they" hadn't "cleansed" you.
My take:
As we fall into sequence -Our lives are governed by many tightly controlled systems so "falling into sequence" could also mean falling into line and following the mores of society.
And we're eating our young -Doing something shameful, but we don't notice because it's considered "normal" or choose not to notice.
Remain silent and still for modesty -Our silence on the shameful things we do in our systems could be racked up to modesty in our debased ways.
When the splints have been broken -Perhaps splints could be considered teachers and parents who taught us these systems, but rejecting these systems you have rendered them useless (broken splints).
And they can't help you now -Self explanatory.
Do you pray with your eyes closed naturally -Do you close your eyes for the shame of what you've done as you pray?
Follow me to nowhere -As an atheist, this resonates with me, because though I've found my "truth" it leads me nowhere, the same as religious thought.
Woven with the utmost care -The framework we use to apply meaning to our lives is woven with the utmost care, because the basic truth, whatever that is to you, is a very fragile thing and can be undone easily.
If I'm lost please don't find me If I drown let me sink -Our subjective truths can be so important to us that we prefer to stay "lost" and drown with them as opposed to change it
We descended from no one With a wink -From an atheists point of view this could be a rejection of the god concept and the wink implies that we were clever to use religion as a salve for the lack of meaning in life.
When it's cold outside hold me Don't hold me When I choose to rest my eyes coax me Don't coax me
-I think the song lyrics lack the proper inflection to discern the different meanings of hold and possibly of coax. Hold me as in embrace me and hold me as in imprison me. Coax could be the difference between physically and emotionally coaxing.
Have they cleansed you with chloride And scrubbed behind the knees -"They" are the others outside ourselves who apply hard and soft force to "clean" you. Those what this cleansing meant to Alice Glass will probably be mystery to us.
Has your body been hollowed by the breeze -This could be taken to mean that the "cleansing" has a negative effect that leaves you rotted and empty inside. A shell of who you really could have been if "they" hadn't "cleansed" you.
My two cents..