Okay, so I saw a lot of long-winded and kinda odd explanations and I just wanted to put in my two cents.
So, the first verse:
In the morning light let my roots take flight
Watch me from above like a vicious dove
They don't see me come, who can blame them?
They never seem to catch my eye but I never wondered why
This suggests to me that the narrator is an underdog in this situation. "They don't see me come, who can blame them?" is a reference to the fact that no one cares about him and what he has to contribute to the world.
The chorus:
Hey yeah, don’t let 'em know we’re coming
Hey yeah, tiptoe higher
Take some time to simmer down, keep your head down low
Hey yeah, tiptoe higher
This sounds like there's now a second underdog in the mix. Whoever the narrator is talking to, they have the same issues as the narrator. And the narrator is telling him, "Don't let 'em know we're coming," as in, We're the underdogs already so why let them know that we're going to come up on them and be greater than them? The line "Tiptoe higher" goes back to the line "Don't let 'em know we're coming" but it also would mean, Be as good as you want, show off, be better and do well.
Then the next verse:
From your slanted view see the morning dew
Sink into the soil, watch the water boil
They won’t see me run, who can blame them?
They never look to see me fly, so I never have to lie
This is going back to the underdog thing. I don't know exactly what the first two lines mean, but the second one is essentially: They don't pay attention and see me getting better, but I never had to tell them about my plans to be better than them one day.
Then the rest of the song either repeats this or goes back to these meaning.
Okay, so I saw a lot of long-winded and kinda odd explanations and I just wanted to put in my two cents.
So, the first verse:
In the morning light let my roots take flight Watch me from above like a vicious dove They don't see me come, who can blame them? They never seem to catch my eye but I never wondered why
This suggests to me that the narrator is an underdog in this situation. "They don't see me come, who can blame them?" is a reference to the fact that no one cares about him and what he has to contribute to the world.
The chorus:
Hey yeah, don’t let 'em know we’re coming Hey yeah, tiptoe higher Take some time to simmer down, keep your head down low Hey yeah, tiptoe higher
This sounds like there's now a second underdog in the mix. Whoever the narrator is talking to, they have the same issues as the narrator. And the narrator is telling him, "Don't let 'em know we're coming," as in, We're the underdogs already so why let them know that we're going to come up on them and be greater than them? The line "Tiptoe higher" goes back to the line "Don't let 'em know we're coming" but it also would mean, Be as good as you want, show off, be better and do well.
Then the next verse:
From your slanted view see the morning dew Sink into the soil, watch the water boil They won’t see me run, who can blame them? They never look to see me fly, so I never have to lie
This is going back to the underdog thing. I don't know exactly what the first two lines mean, but the second one is essentially: They don't pay attention and see me getting better, but I never had to tell them about my plans to be better than them one day.
Then the rest of the song either repeats this or goes back to these meaning.