Lyrics
You could have rubbed me out and filled in the blanks
You could have erased me from existence and filled in the empty spaces.
You're the one that wants to be the one to thank
You are the one who wants to be credited or acknowledged.
But my body up and left me while I was waiting to be filled in
My physical presence left me while I was anticipating being completed or fulfilled.
I'm someone else,
I have transformed into someone else.
I'm not myself, I'm someone else,
I no longer recognize myself; my identity has changed.
I'm not myself, I'm someone else,
Continuing the theme of a changed identity, feeling disconnected from oneself.
I haven't been seen so I'm not myself
Because I haven't been noticed or acknowledged, I feel disconnected from who I am.
A lightbulb went off in my head
An idea or realization occurred to me.
Suddenly I'm none of the things you said
I suddenly do not embody the qualities or characteristics you ascribed to me.
Did my body up and leave me?
Raising the question of whether my physical self has abandoned me.
Or did somebody finally fill me?
Alternatively, did someone finally complete or fulfill me?
I still feel like a fake
Despite external appearances, there is a persistent sense of being fraudulent or insincere.
I still have to lie
There is still a need to deceive or misrepresent.
I still [feel] like a fake
Reiterating the feeling of being fake or not authentic.
Like I could disappear before your eyes
Expressing the fear of disappearing or ceasing to exist in front of others.
You could have rubbed me out (x4)
Repetition of the idea that someone could have erased the speaker.
The muscle in your handshake
The strength or force in your handshake.
Puts the punchline to your jokes
The punchline or the humorous aspect of your jokes.
But your voice don't fill your throat
Your words lack sincerity or genuine emotion.
And I won't fall to pieces like you think
Asserting resilience, refusing to fall apart as others might expect.
You can't cure me
No remedy or solution can fix me.
Or write me off with a wink
You cannot dismiss me casually or with a gesture.
Can't even catch me
Even if you try to catch or control me, you can't.
But I've been drawn in disappearing ink
Despite attempts to erase me, I've been marked or recorded in disappearing ink.
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