Wave Like Home
Whispers of Home: Future Islands' Enigmatic Tale Unveiled
Lyrics
Gray eyes link these sharp dawns
Describing the connection between someone's gray eyes and the beginning of new days.
Bird-chested
Having a small or thin chest resembling that of a bird.
These cornered arms
Feeling trapped or constrained, as if arms are cornered or restricted.
Half-lit, mirthless, marksman
Feeling incomplete or not fully illuminated, skilled but without joy, like a skilled shooter without happiness.
O'bending chute and charm
Referring to a bending path or a flexible route combined with charm or attractiveness.
I took your portrait from the wall
Removing a portrayal or representation of someone from a wall, possibly indicating taking down memories or symbols.
And your picture at the window
Taking away an image of someone from a window, suggesting the removal of a vision or perspective.
Sucked your lemon dry and wept
Metaphorically consuming or exhausting all positivity from a situation (sucked your lemon dry) and feeling sorrowful (wept).
Deep in the hall
Feeling deep emotions, possibly sadness or grief, in a hallway.
Who would swallow my life?
Expressing vulnerability by questioning who might take away or consume their life.
And leave me as a child
Feeling left vulnerable or helpless, akin to being reduced to a childlike state.
In the whale I can see the bone
Metaphorically seeing the structure or essence (bone) within a larger entity or situation (whale).
And the muscle in dim-light
Perceiving the strength or essential components (muscle) within a situation that's not fully illuminated (dim-light).
Who would swallow my life?
Reiterating the vulnerability and questioning who might consume or take away their life.
And leave me here to die
Feeling abandoned or left to perish in a situation or circumstance.
In these arms I can feel my home
Feeling comfort or belonging within one's own vulnerability or breakdown.
Breaking from inside
Sensing the internal collapse or disintegration of what's considered as 'home.'
In these arms I can feel my home
Reiteration of feeling at home even amidst internal breakdown.
Breaking from inside
Emphasizing the sense of 'home' breaking down or disintegrating from within.
Who would swallow my life?
Repetition of the vulnerability and questioning of who might consume or take away their life.
And leave me here to die
Feeling forsaken or abandoned to face one's demise.
In these arms I can feel my home
Comfort or familiarity in one's own vulnerability or breakdown.
Breaking from inside
Reiteration of the internal collapse or disintegration of what's considered as 'home.'
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