This is the one song that I feel was written for me. I always interpret this song to be about extreme anxiety.
The woman has extreme social anxiety that the guy tries to help her cope with, though he cannot truly understand what it is she is going through, which he expresses in saying "but I can't see anything". They are in a situation where they have to do something that she is extremely anxious about (I always interpret it as a family social gathering). When her anxiety reaches extreme levels, she becomes in a seasick like state of near insanity "swaying over pointing overboard" with any sound or movement being very significant where it would otherwise be unnoticed. She tends to make a big deal out of things that people without anxiety problems wouldn't think much of. So she keeps her head up and tries to hide her emotions, because if they knew they would not be able to understand, and possibly think she is insane. "If you only knew trying to do trying to do keep my head high remain upright remain upright".
This perfectly describes how I feel every single day that I walk out of my house. I am constantly on the verge of being crippled by social anxiety and literally stumbling my way through my life while trying to remain calm and give the appearance that I have everything together, when I really just want to disappear.
This is the one song that I feel was written for me. I always interpret this song to be about extreme anxiety. The woman has extreme social anxiety that the guy tries to help her cope with, though he cannot truly understand what it is she is going through, which he expresses in saying "but I can't see anything". They are in a situation where they have to do something that she is extremely anxious about (I always interpret it as a family social gathering). When her anxiety reaches extreme levels, she becomes in a seasick like state of near insanity "swaying over pointing overboard" with any sound or movement being very significant where it would otherwise be unnoticed. She tends to make a big deal out of things that people without anxiety problems wouldn't think much of. So she keeps her head up and tries to hide her emotions, because if they knew they would not be able to understand, and possibly think she is insane. "If you only knew trying to do trying to do keep my head high remain upright remain upright". This perfectly describes how I feel every single day that I walk out of my house. I am constantly on the verge of being crippled by social anxiety and literally stumbling my way through my life while trying to remain calm and give the appearance that I have everything together, when I really just want to disappear.