Better Numb
Unlocking Minds: Blood Orange's 'Better Numb' Reveals the Choice to Break Free
Lyrics
Save your eyes
Encouragement to protect your vision or be cautious in what you see/experience
You learn to choose to free your mind
Encouragement to make deliberate choices that liberate your thoughts
She's not right
Suggesting someone or something is incorrect or not in the right state
You really think it's just the times
Questioning if someone truly believes current circumstances are solely due to the era
And does your mother know you cry?
Questioning if the person's emotional vulnerability is known to their mother
Choosin' what you live for
Choosing what gives life purpose or meaning
It's never what you make your life
Suggesting that what one prioritizes may not align with what truly shapes their life
Save your eyes
Repetition of advice to safeguard your vision or be cautious in what you see/experience
Learn to choose to free your mind
Encouragement to consciously make choices that liberate thoughts, echoing earlier lines
She's not right
Suggesting someone or something is incorrect or not in the right state, echoing an earlier line
You really think it's just the times
Questioning if someone truly believes current circumstances are solely due to the era, echoing an earlier line
And does your mother know you cry?
Reiterating the question about emotional vulnerability and maternal awareness
Choosin' what you live for
Choosing what gives life purpose or meaning, echoing earlier lines
It's never what you make your life
Suggesting that what one prioritizes may not align with what truly shapes their life, echoing an earlier line
Time we know
Suggesting familiarity or repetition in the passage of time or circumstances
Everything is said before
Implying that everything being expressed has been mentioned or experienced previously
She's not right
Suggesting someone or something is incorrect or not in the right state, echoing earlier lines
You really think it's just the times
Questioning if someone truly believes current circumstances are solely due to the era, echoing an earlier line
And does your mother know you cry?
Reiteration of questioning emotional vulnerability and maternal awareness
Do you ever think, boy?
Pondering if the person ever contemplates deeply or just prefers solitude
Or does it just feel better alone?
Asking whether being alone feels more comforting or preferable
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