This song is about a stagnant relationship. The singer is still invested in it even though she knows it's not going anywhere.
I know this will mess things up tonight
But god it feels so good to close my eyes
I'll say that I've been trying to move on
We both know I'm not
(It's that point where you choose to close your eyes and go to sleep instead of staying up all night working on the fight. She says she wants to move on but she really doesn't.)
It may be different now but the pattern won't wash out
Covers up our eyes, leaves us knots and severed ties
We follow new lines
(Though they try to change things, they stay the same. Their situation blinds them and causes them to sever ties. They can't see they're moving in different directions.)
I would trade this sleep for you in a heartbeat
But this weather will not lift
It leaves us shouting into cliffs without an echo
Each day you come closer
So close I can almost feel your breath on my shoulders
But I know if I turn around you might run away again
(She wants to stay up all night and work things out but she knows the clouds of their relationship won't lift. Shouting into cliffs represents putting things in but not getting anything back, even though you should. Each day seems like they're getting closer but when she lets her guard down her love starts pushing away again.)
Stuck like those prehistoric mammoths in the ice
Thaw me out and I won't close my eyes
Stuck like those prehistoric mammals in the ice
Thaw me out and I won't go to sleep tonight
(They're stuck, frozen in this relationship. She's asking for her love to give her hope, to thaw her out because if he does she'll do anything to work it out.)
This song is about a stagnant relationship. The singer is still invested in it even though she knows it's not going anywhere.
I know this will mess things up tonight But god it feels so good to close my eyes I'll say that I've been trying to move on We both know I'm not (It's that point where you choose to close your eyes and go to sleep instead of staying up all night working on the fight. She says she wants to move on but she really doesn't.)
It may be different now but the pattern won't wash out Covers up our eyes, leaves us knots and severed ties We follow new lines (Though they try to change things, they stay the same. Their situation blinds them and causes them to sever ties. They can't see they're moving in different directions.)
I would trade this sleep for you in a heartbeat But this weather will not lift It leaves us shouting into cliffs without an echo Each day you come closer So close I can almost feel your breath on my shoulders But I know if I turn around you might run away again (She wants to stay up all night and work things out but she knows the clouds of their relationship won't lift. Shouting into cliffs represents putting things in but not getting anything back, even though you should. Each day seems like they're getting closer but when she lets her guard down her love starts pushing away again.)
Stuck like those prehistoric mammoths in the ice Thaw me out and I won't close my eyes Stuck like those prehistoric mammals in the ice Thaw me out and I won't go to sleep tonight (They're stuck, frozen in this relationship. She's asking for her love to give her hope, to thaw her out because if he does she'll do anything to work it out.)