Follow your heart he said
Your heart will take you there
Swallow your pride he said
For pride is anything but rare
So I walked into your eyes without a raincoat on
And in the salty sea, I find you're all but gone
Take my hand, you're treading water
I feel I am slipping away from underneath my toes
Nobody knows
Where is it she goes?
Looked in the bathroom stall
Your back against the wall
Cold tiles beneath your fall
Your body broke your fall
Spitting into your own reflection glazing back
Inside your porcelain fists, your palms being to crack.
To me, this song is raw emotion. I can actually taste "the salty sea" of tears Michaelson sings of, and I get shivers from the "cold tiles" beneath my knees. I love these lyrics because the imagery used allows me to close my eyes and disappear into the world they create.
These three versus take me back to September 2007 when I ended my relationship with my boyfriend of 2 and a half years. This was one of the emotional times in my life not only because of that, but other difficult obstacles I was facing in my life. It was a weak and depressing time for me. Michaelson refers to weakness and disparity as porcelain fists, and as she sings, mine did "begin to crack".
I feel like Michaelson does a phenomenal job at encompassing what it feels like to give up on something or someone. These lyrics are tragically beautiful, vividly stimulating and simply special.
1 comment:
Some songs mark the beginnings of relationships; others mark the endings. This sounds like a good "ending" song.
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