Arm's Length
Love's Dichotomy: Embracing and Resisting, Family of Light's 'Arm's Length' Reveals
Lyrics
Was it known
Reflecting on whether the situation was known or understood.
Maybe make believe
Suggesting a sense of uncertainty or imagination associated with the experience.
It was new
Describing the experience as new.
But was it real
Raising the question of the authenticity or genuineness of the experience.
Never yours
Indicating that the experience was never truly possessed or owned.
Keep an arms length away
Suggesting a deliberate effort to maintain distance or avoid closeness.
It was wrong
Acknowledging that the experience was morally wrong.
But felt so good
Expressing conflicting emotions, acknowledging that the wrong action felt pleasurable.
Bled mentally
Describing emotional suffering or pain on a mental level.
Bled physically
Describing physical suffering or pain.
Erased your voice
Indicating a desire to forget or eliminate the influence of someone's voice.
I told myself I'd stay away
Committing to stay away from the source of temptation or conflict.
Felt my needs wanting more
Expressing a sense of unfulfilled desires, wanting more than what is experienced.
Arm's length please
Requesting to maintain a distance, possibly both physically and emotionally.
Are we diseased
Pondering whether the relationship or situation is unhealthy or harmful.
Just you and me
Acknowledging the existence of a connection between two individuals.
But no one knows
Highlighting the secrecy or privacy surrounding the relationship.
Bled internally
Describing internal emotional suffering or pain.
Bled externally
Describing external physical suffering or pain.
Tilted in the wrong direction
Suggesting a deviation or misalignment from the right path or course.
Shameless with our own affection
Admitting to being shameless in expressing affection, possibly in a non-conventional way.
Tilted in the wrong direction
Reiterating a deviation or misalignment in expressing affection.
Shameless with our own affection
Re-emphasizing the shamelessness in expressing affection.
Bled mentally
Repeating the description of emotional suffering on a mental level.
Bled internally
Repeating the description of internal emotional suffering.
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