The way it sounds----not the lyrics, but the way it's sung----sounds like the girl is either possessed (Ghost in The Girl EP) or has a mental illness. Her speaking sounds all disjointed from her brain, raising and lowering at weird places and stressing words that usually aren't stressed.
On the other hand, the lyrics seem to suggest someone suffering, from loneliness or just from being broken. Think about it:
"Such a sad girl, screaming in your face. But you can't hear her.... You're selfish."
The girl has probably become quieter, shyer, timid, and just all around intraverted and then depressed. No one notices, though, that this is her cry for help----her silence is her loudest scream. And no one hears it, because they're too selfish to care.
"Safe when you're small.... Safe when you're small..."
If she stays like this----quiet, timid, afraid----then nothing can hurt her. If she never lets anyone in, no one can stomp on her again. So if she never really lives, she'll never really feel pain. But she's saying it like mantra---so she's obviously telling herself this is for the better, even though she hates it.
"The nights I push play and sing myself to sleep, I mother myself and I’m comforted in the thought that I am."
She's trying to soother herself, to find comfort in her loneliness. She's trying to make up for a lack of love by caring for herself, kind of like a really depressing desperate narcissism. And so she's forcing herself to be comforted by telling herself that she is.
"Is there no flattering life for this girl? No sun that might lift her... No stars that might kiss her..."
She thinks she'll never have happy ending, that she'll never feel true happiness again.
Overall, this is just an absolutely beautiful song.
This song is fantastic.
The way it sounds----not the lyrics, but the way it's sung----sounds like the girl is either possessed (Ghost in The Girl EP) or has a mental illness. Her speaking sounds all disjointed from her brain, raising and lowering at weird places and stressing words that usually aren't stressed.
On the other hand, the lyrics seem to suggest someone suffering, from loneliness or just from being broken. Think about it:
"Such a sad girl, screaming in your face. But you can't hear her.... You're selfish."
The girl has probably become quieter, shyer, timid, and just all around intraverted and then depressed. No one notices, though, that this is her cry for help----her silence is her loudest scream. And no one hears it, because they're too selfish to care.
"Safe when you're small.... Safe when you're small..."
If she stays like this----quiet, timid, afraid----then nothing can hurt her. If she never lets anyone in, no one can stomp on her again. So if she never really lives, she'll never really feel pain. But she's saying it like mantra---so she's obviously telling herself this is for the better, even though she hates it.
"The nights I push play and sing myself to sleep, I mother myself and I’m comforted in the thought that I am."
She's trying to soother herself, to find comfort in her loneliness. She's trying to make up for a lack of love by caring for herself, kind of like a really depressing desperate narcissism. And so she's forcing herself to be comforted by telling herself that she is.
"Is there no flattering life for this girl? No sun that might lift her... No stars that might kiss her..."
She thinks she'll never have happy ending, that she'll never feel true happiness again.
Overall, this is just an absolutely beautiful song.