The song is about an avoidant attachment style, which is caused by childhood emotional neglect. The "you" is referring to the primary caregiver who failed to instill enough security and warmth in the person growing up. As a result, someone will want to withdraw emotionally from romantic relationships, especially when they feel vulnerable. In this state avoidantly attached will feel literally nothing and appear cold to their love interest.
Line-per-line:
"The tears dead in my eyes [...] freeze until I'm blind"
-> The freezing up of emotions.
"The eyes a gift from you"
-> Direct reference to a parent, whose eyes we proverbially inherit, as the attachment style they instill in us.
"The scratches on my face will never be erased by someone else's warmth"
-> Withdrawing emotionally from someone else espousing their love the avoidant.
"The winter feeds my heart while summer blows and burns my disappearing youth"
-> The sense never to open fully up to love leading to sense of missing out during life.
"I'll never bleed again. The agony of pain will never bruise or start"
-> The reason for the attachment style, namely to avoid painful emotions related to vulnerability in love.
The song is about an avoidant attachment style, which is caused by childhood emotional neglect. The "you" is referring to the primary caregiver who failed to instill enough security and warmth in the person growing up. As a result, someone will want to withdraw emotionally from romantic relationships, especially when they feel vulnerable. In this state avoidantly attached will feel literally nothing and appear cold to their love interest.
Line-per-line: "The tears dead in my eyes [...] freeze until I'm blind" -> The freezing up of emotions.
"The eyes a gift from you" -> Direct reference to a parent, whose eyes we proverbially inherit, as the attachment style they instill in us.
"The scratches on my face will never be erased by someone else's warmth" -> Withdrawing emotionally from someone else espousing their love the avoidant.
"The winter feeds my heart while summer blows and burns my disappearing youth" -> The sense never to open fully up to love leading to sense of missing out during life.
"I'll never bleed again. The agony of pain will never bruise or start" -> The reason for the attachment style, namely to avoid painful emotions related to vulnerability in love.