Lyrics
Time is a medicine
Time is a healing force.
And I think we overdosed
Suggesting an excessive exposure or reliance on time as a remedy.
Recalled you as a rush of blood
Recalling someone as a surge of emotions.
But you still feel like home
Despite changes, the person still feels familiar and comforting.
I was dying just to find me a mirror
The search for self-understanding and identity.
To see the way you see me
Desiring to perceive oneself as the other person does.
We've been trying to turn ourselves into strangers
Attempting to become strangers, suggesting a strained relationship.
And make believe it's working
Faking a successful transformation.
Bath in the water
Symbolic bathing, possibly in shared experiences or memories.
Hush away the feeling
Suppressing emotions or sensations.
Say that you want to
Expressing a desire for mutual understanding.
Still meet me where you sleep
Suggesting a meeting place in dreams or intimacy.
I went looking for a past life
Searching for a past life to alleviate loneliness.
That'll make you feel alone
The past life doesn't fulfill the need for connection.
Found somebody with the same words
Finding someone with similar experiences but lacking authenticity.
But she couldn't match your tone
Highlighting the uniqueness of the person being missed.
And I've been listening
Attentively listening to the surroundings or memories.
Bath in the water
Symbolic repetition of the bathing motif.
Hush away the feeling
Reiterating the need to suppress feelings.
Say that you want to
Expressing a desire for mutual understanding.
Still meet me where you sleep
Suggesting a connection in dreams or intimacy.
You are everywhere that I will go
Emphasizing the omnipresence of the missed person.
Everywhere that I've been
Highlighting the pervasive influence of the person in the narrator's life.
You are everything I left ashore
The person is a significant part of the narrator's history.
Come floating back to me
Imagining the return of memories or emotions.
Bath in the water
Repetition of the symbolic bathing, perhaps emphasizing its importance.
Hush away the feeling
Reiterating the need to suppress emotions.
Say that you want to
Expressing a desire for mutual understanding.
But you won't release me
Acknowledging the unlikelihood of being released from the emotional connection.
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