Looking Too Closely Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jamlad 

Cover art for Looking Too Closely lyrics by Fink

I just heard this on Suits, and I loved it.

Seems to be a song about heartbreak and cheating. About not looking to closely at the details because you don't want to hurt yourself.

Blood underneath fingernails implies scratching, either defensive or sexual in nature.

@jamlad I feel like blood under the finger nails mean you can't get it out . The truth is like blood stuck under your fingernails. Something you can't get off can't wash away .

@jamlad : Same situation (first listened in Suits) here. I like to imagine the song was written for that very episode of Suits.

For me, looking to closely at your blind spot is dangerous because you might find out that you are meeting your own high moral standards. The inner voice therefore tells you not to look to closely pretending this song was about somebody else though it is not. It is about the cross everyone bears to have done things he or she would prefer to not have done.

In that episode the song can be applied to every of...