I agree with what everyone else has already posted, but i have a few things i'd like to interject.
"I am wasted losing time.
I'm a foolish fragile spine.
I want all that is not mine.
I want him, but we're not right."
-The singer is expressing her discontent with how she has handled her relationship that has failed. she is saying she is a waste of being if she is not with him, and that she is running out of time to get him back. She was foolish not to take better care of their relationship, and to give him some space. and now she wants him but he doesn't want her.
"In the darkness I will meet my creators.
They will all agree that I'm a suffocator"
-ch3rryx did a really good job at explaining this, so you should go look at his/hers. She is expressing how guilty and alone she feels about how this has all turned out, and that she accepts full blame for being a 'smotherer'.
"I should go now quietly.
For my bones have found a place to lie down and sleep."
At this part, she is saying that she should just go away without anybody noticing her parting, so as not to hurt any more people. She says she just wants to go away and rest, recover.
"So all my layers can become reeds.
All my limbs can become trees."
-She wants to leave so that she can eventually become a better, more beautiful person.
"All my children can become me.
What a mess I leave. To follow."
-She is saying that her whole life has been a torturous mess, and her children will likely follow in this destructive path.
The chorus repeats again.
"Oh love.
I'm sorry if I smothered you.
I'm sorry if I smothered you.
I sometimes wish I stayed inside my mother.
Never to come out."
This I believe is the focus of the song (Obviously because it has the title in it). This verse is full of regret and sorrow at coming to the understanding that she drove him away, by relying too much on him and smothering him. She then comes to some borderline suicidal thoughts saying she wishes she had never been born.
I agree with what everyone else has already posted, but i have a few things i'd like to interject.
"I am wasted losing time. I'm a foolish fragile spine. I want all that is not mine. I want him, but we're not right." -The singer is expressing her discontent with how she has handled her relationship that has failed. she is saying she is a waste of being if she is not with him, and that she is running out of time to get him back. She was foolish not to take better care of their relationship, and to give him some space. and now she wants him but he doesn't want her.
"In the darkness I will meet my creators. They will all agree that I'm a suffocator" -ch3rryx did a really good job at explaining this, so you should go look at his/hers. She is expressing how guilty and alone she feels about how this has all turned out, and that she accepts full blame for being a 'smotherer'.
"I should go now quietly. For my bones have found a place to lie down and sleep."
"So all my layers can become reeds. All my limbs can become trees." -She wants to leave so that she can eventually become a better, more beautiful person.
"All my children can become me. What a mess I leave. To follow." -She is saying that her whole life has been a torturous mess, and her children will likely follow in this destructive path.
The chorus repeats again.
"Oh love. I'm sorry if I smothered you. I'm sorry if I smothered you. I sometimes wish I stayed inside my mother. Never to come out." This I believe is the focus of the song (Obviously because it has the title in it). This verse is full of regret and sorrow at coming to the understanding that she drove him away, by relying too much on him and smothering him. She then comes to some borderline suicidal thoughts saying she wishes she had never been born.