Lyric discussion by noodlepan 

Objectively, this song sounds like it's about signing onto a record label and going on tour, and falling in love with it yet not finding fulfillment from it or having doubts about long-term stability perusing it. However, this song reminds me of being manic and having a depressed girlfriend.

We matched at an opportune time as they don't go out that much. I would manically send them my thoughts and they would take it seriously. There was the moment where I revealed my affections to them, and they told me straight that their depression makes them unreliable. So there was in this moment an exchange of "are you ready for this life?"

Tracing eights on ice in skates is like balancing my mental health, and if the relationship should break to my mania it would be my mistake. I like the foreshadowing to infinite trust that the figure eight represents.

Something inside me not sleeping well really suits my dance with mania. Between the thrills of mania, I get down and reclusive.

They gave me white clothes when I was an inpatient at a behavior health clinic. I vibed with that setting pretty well. I would write down a lot and interact with the other spiritually minded folk there.

Since that experience I've been balancing my mental health pretty well.

@noodlepan all this makes more sense to me now. It's bothered me a long time what it means. Reddit has some comments that it's about a relationship that goes south because of Piss Poor Planning and another saying they used PPP as a 'placeholder' and couldn't come up with a name. I lean towards the going south theory.

Like tracing figure eights on ice in skates Oh well And if this ice should break it would be my Mistake (my mistake)

What if tracing figure eights (8) is not completed (p)

@carlos1105 3 years is a lot of time to get back to this one hahaha. I had a similar experience trying to find some story to this song. Reading back on my interpretation, it's far too specific.

I listen to these lyrics as about a relationship-changing event. They share an experience of doubt while struggling with their own uncertainties.

I think PPP stands for three types of Passion that are conflicting throughout the song. Like the popular saying about how "we each have three faces".

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