Tower
Up in the Tower: A Journey Through Illusions and Introspection
Lyrics
White pills
Introduction to medication or substances
High signal to noise
High level of information amid interference
I'm holding on tight to an illusion of choice
Clutching onto a sense of choice that might be deceptive
Hit me with all five fingers
Request to face the impact with full force
Strike pressure points
Targeting vulnerable points with force
Found my sea legs at the top of the bridge
Discovering stability in a challenging situation
And I'm jumping for joy
Expressing joy in a risky endeavor
If those boots could talk, they would tell me off
Imagining disapproval from a pair of boots
If those looks could kill, need to write my will
Feeling threatened by intense looks, contemplating mortality
Fell in love on the third rail
Falling in love in a dangerous or forbidden situation
The fifth step
Referring to a specific step, possibly significant
Took another, said your name with my last breath
Mention of uttering someone's name before death
Shields up
Preparing for defense
I should be stronger
Desiring increased strength
If I'm not back soon
Requesting patience if absent, suggesting an extended absence
Please wait longer
Encouraging creative freedom, emphasizing its fragility
Make any shape you want
Everything is transient, like powder
Cause it's all made of powder
Reference to constructing memories in a palace
In your memory palace
Positioned high above in a tower
I'm up in the tower
Repetition of being in the tower
I'm up in the tower
-I'm up in the tower
-I'm up in the tower
-I'm up in the tower
-Shields up
Repetition of previous themes, reinforcing the message
I should be stronger
-If I'm not back soon
-Please wait longer
-Make any shape you want
-Cause it's all made of powder
-In your memory palace
-I'm up in the tower
-This is the last time
-I let you go
-Grab hold, cause I found what I'm looking for
-Some part of my parietal knows
-Intermittent strikes
-At random intervals
-Keeps us on our toes
-The system in us stays highly susceptible
-To overlooking faults
-But we like the unpredictable
-Default mode is nobody's fault, no
-Hands in the right spot
-Playing the wrong notes
-Even if the good ones quit
-We missed the mark but only by a little bit
-Just a little bit in love but I'm all in
-Lead me back off the route that I got lost in
-Shields up
-I should be stronger
-If I'm not back soon
-Please wait longer
-Make any shape you want
-Cause it's all made of powder
-In your memory palace
-I'm up in the tower
-I'm up in the tower
Reiteration of being in the tower, suggesting permanence
Shields up
-I should be stronger
-I'm up in the tower
-I'm up in the tower
-I'm up in the tower
Final affirmation of being in the tower
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