Protected In Foil
Unveiling the Haunting Tapestry of Resilience in 'Protected In Foil' by Headless Mary
Lyrics
Can you concentrate
Expressing a need for focus or attention.
Thoughts Like tea
Comparing thoughts to tea, possibly indicating the need for reflection and time.
Just let it steep
Suggesting the idea of allowing thoughts to develop and mature.
Staring at the same four walls
Feeling stuck, possibly in a challenging situation.
Thinking the same four thoughts
Repetition emphasizing a monotonous or repetitive state of mind.
This too will someday fade
Assuring that difficult times will eventually pass.
Trauma left holes in my brain
Referencing emotional scars or damage from traumatic experiences.
And a heart that only aches
Describing a heartache likely caused by emotional pain.
And aches
Emphasizing the enduring nature of the heartache.
And aches
-I just wanted to dream
Expressing a desire or longing to dream, possibly representing aspirations or escape.
I just wanted to
-I just wanted to dream
-I just wanted to
-I just wanted to dream
-I just wanted to
-I just wanted to dream
-I just wanted to
-When the wires that crossed
Describing the impact of intense experiences on the mind, using the metaphor of burning wires and folding inward like origami.
Started burning my brain
-Left looking for refuge
-No emotion to face
-Folding inwards
-origami paper
-In the hopes of becoming something new
-You can too
Encouraging transformation and renewal after difficult experiences.
I just wanted to dream
Reiteration of the longing to dream, suggesting a persistent yearning.
I just wanted to
-I just wanted to dream
-I just wanted to
-I just wanted to dream
-I just wanted to
-I just wanted to dream
-I just wanted to
-Watch it all break
Anticipating a breaking point, possibly acknowledging fragility.
Delicate and damaged
Describing something delicate and damaged, possibly referring to the self.
Wings of a butterfly
Using the metaphor of butterfly wings to convey a lost ability to navigate through challenges.
That Once flew through the storm
-No more
Expressing a sense of finality, indicating that something is irreversibly gone.
No more
-Protected in foil
Describing the act of protecting oneself emotionally, possibly by building barriers.
built my heart a cage
-Protected in foil
-pent up all my rage
-I just wanted to dream
Repetition of the desire to dream, highlighting its importance.
I just wanted to to
-I just wanted to dream
-I just wanted to
-I just wanted to dream
-I just wanted to
-I just wanted to dream
-DREAM
Repeated emphasis on the concept of dreaming.
DREAM
-DREAM
-DREAM
-haunted by the ghosts of living people
Concluding with a haunting experience of being tormented by the memories of the living.
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