Even though I know this isn't what the song is about, I interpret it as being about me and my friends from my old school.
You and I
Began slowly
You thanked me
Like everything's easy
And the bed light held out
When we first became friends, we didn't hang out all the time straight away, it happened slowly. When we did things for each other, like wait for one another at lunch, or help each other with homework, we'd thank each other, and it was all so easy. I was happy then.
You and I
Were divided
By a flight case
Or a floodlight
It's painless as it numbs us
However, slowly we drifted apart over time. We were divided. I didn't want to be here anymore ( 'flight case' like what you take on an airplane) and I didn't want to be around people anymore ('floodlight' like what lights things up so everyone can see them). It stopped upsetting me when none of them seemed to care that I no longer hung out with them.
I tried to tell you
Again and again
As a warning
You never listened
And nothing and no one
Could keep back
My traveling arm
I had tried to tell them that I was sinking fast. At first I hinted at it a lot, then I just bluntly told one of my friends what had been going on for me. None of them got the hint, or maybe they did and just didn't care. The friend I told wasn't bothered either. 'And nothing and no one could keep back my traveling arm' I interpret as self harm, because I self harm a lot, and was doing it a lot then as well.
You and I
When we were thirteen
Shared the same dreams
Like changing seasons
I tricked you with my sad eyes
When we were thirteen, around the age we all first met, we all had the same dreams. You know: do well in school, have fun, have good friends, go to college, do what we enjoy, all that. But over time, like 'changing seasons' I became different, and for a while, no one knew, which is how I interpret 'I tricked you with my sad eyes'.
You and I
You and I
Again, I know Lyla Foy doesn't sing a song about me and friends past, but this is just how I interpret the song personally.
Even though I know this isn't what the song is about, I interpret it as being about me and my friends from my old school.
You and I Began slowly You thanked me Like everything's easy And the bed light held out
When we first became friends, we didn't hang out all the time straight away, it happened slowly. When we did things for each other, like wait for one another at lunch, or help each other with homework, we'd thank each other, and it was all so easy. I was happy then.
You and I Were divided By a flight case Or a floodlight It's painless as it numbs us
However, slowly we drifted apart over time. We were divided. I didn't want to be here anymore ( 'flight case' like what you take on an airplane) and I didn't want to be around people anymore ('floodlight' like what lights things up so everyone can see them). It stopped upsetting me when none of them seemed to care that I no longer hung out with them.
I tried to tell you Again and again As a warning You never listened And nothing and no one Could keep back My traveling arm
I had tried to tell them that I was sinking fast. At first I hinted at it a lot, then I just bluntly told one of my friends what had been going on for me. None of them got the hint, or maybe they did and just didn't care. The friend I told wasn't bothered either. 'And nothing and no one could keep back my traveling arm' I interpret as self harm, because I self harm a lot, and was doing it a lot then as well.
You and I When we were thirteen Shared the same dreams Like changing seasons I tricked you with my sad eyes
When we were thirteen, around the age we all first met, we all had the same dreams. You know: do well in school, have fun, have good friends, go to college, do what we enjoy, all that. But over time, like 'changing seasons' I became different, and for a while, no one knew, which is how I interpret 'I tricked you with my sad eyes'.
You and I You and I
Again, I know Lyla Foy doesn't sing a song about me and friends past, but this is just how I interpret the song personally.