Lyrics
I told myself I wouldn't get close with you
The speaker initially decided to keep a distance from someone.
Now my lungs are burning and your heads blue
The speaker is experiencing physical and emotional distress in the relationship, suggested by burning lungs and a blue-headed person.
But I was lying to myself
The speaker admits to self-deception, acknowledging that they lied to themselves.
Mushrooms in your basement, they were speaking to me
The mushrooms in the basement are personified, implying they conveyed insights to the speaker.
Told me all my problems would come in threes
The mushrooms predict that troubles will come in threes for the speaker.
You me and
Continuation of the mushrooms' message, hinting at a problematic trio involving the speaker, the person, and "We."
We
Reiteration of the problematic "We" introduced in the previous line.
We're a problem
Declaring that the collective "We" is a problem.
You never even said you're sorry
The person never apologized for their actions.
You're a Psychedelic cemetery
Describing the person as a place of psychedelic experiences and dark associations.
You got homicidal tendencies
Suggesting that the person has dangerous tendencies, possibly violent.
But I will still call you my baby
Despite the person's flaws, the speaker still refers to them affectionately as "my baby."
Temporary eternity
Describing the relationship as a temporary eternity, highlighting its paradoxical nature.
Temporary eternity
Repetition of the idea that the relationship is both temporary and eternal.
I laughed while you were crying and it hurt your feelings
The speaker took pleasure in the other person's pain, causing emotional harm.
You set up the rope that's hanging from my ceiling
Reference to a self-destructive act involving a rope and a ceiling.
I wore
Shift in perspective, narrating the experience of wearing a tie.
The tie
Continuation of the tie imagery, suggesting a connection to the earlier mention of the rope.
And you left me there
The person left the speaker in a vulnerable or dangerous situation.
Pretty boy had me convinced that I was lovely
Someone attractive deceived the speaker into believing they were lovely.
What I told him bout me was A fabled story
Admission that the speaker fabricated stories about themselves.
I always
The speaker acknowledges a tendency to lie.
Lie
Revelation that the person also lies.
But you do too so
Despite mutual deception, the speaker sees the situation as uncomplicated.
Not a complicated situation
Comparing the situation to common themes seen on television.
Seen it many times on television
Assertion that both the speaker and the person are doomed.
You're a goner and I am too
Expressing a desire to face the inevitable end together with the person.
But I want to be gone with you
Reiteration of the paradoxical nature of the relationship as a temporary eternity.
Temporary eternity
Repetition of the idea that the relationship is both temporary and eternal.
Temporary eternity
Closing statement emphasizing the contradictory and enduring nature of the relationship.
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