Neptune
Navigating Depths: Bryce Dessner, Sufjan Stevens, James McAlister, Nico Muhly
Lyrics
What's right and what's wrong?
Questioning the distinction between right and wrong
Don't you hold me too lightly
Asking not to underestimate or disregard
To words as I've rounded them off
Referring to expressing thoughts or feelings in a simplified manner
To the nearest of ten
Expressing the approximation or rounding off of ideas or concepts
For I gathered your body
Describing a possessive or intense connection with someone's body
In envious capture
Feeling covetous or jealous of someone else's capture or achievement
In envious thought
Envy towards certain thoughts or ideas
Oh forgive me, oh gods
Seeking forgiveness from higher powers or fate
Or forgive me in fortune
Requesting forgiveness in luck or circumstances
Forgive me in feeling it out for myself
Seeking forgiveness while exploring personal emotions and experiences
As I ought to have feelings for something
Recognizing the need for emotions towards something as significant as a deity
As great as thou art
Acknowledging something as immense or grand
Some great white rose
Symbolizing purity, beauty, or innocence
Of youth, your pleasure
Linking someone's pleasure or joy with personal emotions
Gives of my own heart
Sharing or giving parts of one's heart generously
Generous portions, wisely
Wisely distributing emotions or sentiments
Breaks of my own heart
Experiencing emotional pain or heartbreak
I felt the arm's length
Feeling a distance in a relationship or connection
While I've gone on my own way
Choosing an independent path or direction
Conserve me, strange waters
Asking unusual or unfamiliar forces or circumstances to preserve
Come and obey me, strange waters
Requesting obedience or compliance from strange or unknown forces
Have it your own way
Accepting an unconventional course of events or actions
So if you won't hold me
Being okay if not held or supported
I have no objections
Expressing acceptance in the absence of objections
So if you won't please me
Being fine if not pleased or satisfied
I make no commands
Not demanding or making requests if not willing
So if you don't trust me
Accepting mistrust and suggesting it's better to be away
It's best if I drown
Suggesting it's preferable to face consequences than distrust
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