Formaldehyde Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sirenne 

Cover art for Formaldehyde lyrics by Editors

Just my thoughts:

Would you butcher my love To understand it To know where it lies? Cut a hole in my heart Fill a hole in your life

I'm yours to dissect Now, does every heartbeat Burn white heat in your blood?

(He is saying she analyzes everything to death, dissecting his feelings and reading into everything he does just to find out if he really loves her)

Formaldehyde (He is calling her this, as if she is keeping him in this state of being disembodied and not feeling whole.)

The tissue and bones my soul has on loan Aches to be near you Are you listening carefully? Then we shall begin

(It doesn't matter how many times he tells her he loves her, she doesn't belief him)

Now does every heartbeat Burn white heat in your blood?

(this is what she wants...him to be infatuated with her)

I hope it doesn't matter I hope we swim up out of this flood

(but he hopes they get out of this rut)

Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go) Formaldehyde (until the end of time) Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go) Formaldehyde (oh formaldehyde)

(because he does love her)

Smother my love, entertain it My mind's gonna wander Are you listening carefully? Then we shall begin

(He's saying that if she smother's him so much, he's gonna loose interest in her)

Oh

Now does every heartbeat Burn white heat in your blood? I hope it doesn't matter I hope we swim up out of this flood Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go) Formaldehyde (until the end of time) Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go) Formaldehyde (oh, Formaldehyde)

I'm lost to a love that's a mile wide Drowning in a bath of formaldehyde

(he can't seem to leave her, even though he knows this relationship is not healthy)

Now does every heartbeat Burn white heat in your blood? I hope it doesn't matter I hope we swim up out of this flood

Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go) Formaldehyde (until the end of time) Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go) Formaldehyde (Oh Formaldehyde)

I'm lost to a love that's a mile wide Drowning in a bath of formaldehyde