I know this song is about Ellie's fear of the dark, but I think of it a lot differently.
"I had a way then
Losing it all on my own
I had a heart then
But the queen has been overthrown"
A person who used to be happy, but recent events have turned that around. She used to make a good impression and be an overall liked person, and now everything about her is hated. The queen has been overthrown.
"And I'm not sleeping now
The dark is too hard to beat
And I'm not keeping up
The strength I need to push me"
The dark meaning her depression or sadness. She can't manage to find the strength to push on in her life.
"You show the lights that stop me turn to stone
You shine them when I'm alone"
Someone comes into her life and shows her happiness. Although she's in such a dark place in her mind, this stuns her, or turns her to stone.
"You shine them when I'm alone" When she's alone is usually when she was most sad, so said person comes into her life when she's most in need, and makes her happy.
"And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
And dreaming when they're gone
'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home
Calling, calling, calling home"
She tries to be strong for this person, and dreams about recovery. She's finally finding herself and slowly coming away from this dark place. Finally going home. Which is reality.
"Noises, I play within my head
Touch my own skin
And hope that I'm still breathing
And I think back to when
My brother and my sister slept
In another place
The only time I feel safe"
Noises, is the voice in her head, the one bringing her negative thoughts. She touches her skin and hopes she's still breathing, because a lot of the time, while going through depression, you begin to doubt whether your alive, and whether you can feel emotion and pain. She thinks back when her family was with her, and when she felt loved by them. That's when she felt safe from herself (the voice inside her head)
I know this song is about Ellie's fear of the dark, but I think of it a lot differently.
"I had a way then Losing it all on my own I had a heart then But the queen has been overthrown" A person who used to be happy, but recent events have turned that around. She used to make a good impression and be an overall liked person, and now everything about her is hated. The queen has been overthrown.
"And I'm not sleeping now The dark is too hard to beat And I'm not keeping up The strength I need to push me"
The dark meaning her depression or sadness. She can't manage to find the strength to push on in her life.
"You show the lights that stop me turn to stone You shine them when I'm alone"
Someone comes into her life and shows her happiness. Although she's in such a dark place in her mind, this stuns her, or turns her to stone. "You shine them when I'm alone" When she's alone is usually when she was most sad, so said person comes into her life when she's most in need, and makes her happy.
"And so I tell myself that I'll be strong And dreaming when they're gone 'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home Calling, calling, calling home"
She tries to be strong for this person, and dreams about recovery. She's finally finding herself and slowly coming away from this dark place. Finally going home. Which is reality.
"Noises, I play within my head Touch my own skin And hope that I'm still breathing And I think back to when My brother and my sister slept In another place The only time I feel safe"
Noises, is the voice in her head, the one bringing her negative thoughts. She touches her skin and hopes she's still breathing, because a lot of the time, while going through depression, you begin to doubt whether your alive, and whether you can feel emotion and pain. She thinks back when her family was with her, and when she felt loved by them. That's when she felt safe from herself (the voice inside her head)