Fire Escape
Embracing Forbidden Feelings: Helena Joanna's 'Fire Escape'
Lyrics
The sound when your tear
The audible result of a teardrop falling.
Touches your pillow
The tear reaches and interacts with the singer's pillow.
It's so near
Emphasizing the proximity of the tear's impact on the pillow.
The sound of a beeping
A beeping sound is mentioned, creating an auditory atmosphere.
It's so clear
The beeping sound is distinct and easily heard.
The sound of a silence I don't fear
The singer is unafraid of a particular kind of silence.
Every lie ends up to be the best goodbye
Lies ultimately lead to the most effective goodbyes.
I always have wanted to try
The singer expresses a desire to experiment with not being wrong.
Not to be the wrong
A desire not to be in the wrong or mistaken.
And I, I take the fire escape
The singer takes the fire escape, perhaps metaphorically seeking an unconventional way out.
Just to feel something
The motive for taking the fire escape is to experience something, even if it's morally questionable.
Something so wrong
Engaging in something morally wrong for the sake of feeling.
It can be true
Suggesting that something morally wrong can still be true or authentic.
Where would you go
Pondering the choice of where one would belong.
If you could choose where to belong
The singer questions where one would go if given the choice of belonging.
The forest or all covered in gold
Presents two contrasting options: a forest and a place covered in gold.
You don't feel you belong
The feeling of not belonging is reiterated.
I, I take the fire escape
Repetition of the singer taking the fire escape for a specific experience.
Just to feel something
Reiteration of seeking something wrong for the sake of feeling.
Something so wrong
Reaffirmation that engaging in something wrong can be true or genuine.
It can be true
Repeating the idea that something morally wrong can be authentic.
You have to forget me
An explicit request to be forgotten by someone.
Forget all the trust
A plea to erase all trust from memory.
Forget all the touch
A plea to forget physical connections or intimacy.
And I, I take the fire escape
Reiteration of the singer using the fire escape for a specific experience.
Just to feel something
Repetition of seeking something morally wrong for the sake of feeling.
Something so wrong
Reaffirmation that engaging in something wrong can be true or genuine.
It can be true
Repeating the idea that something morally wrong can be authentic.
You, you keep it all to yourself
Someone keeps their emotions and experiences private.
Lights up the night
Individuals keep their emotions hidden, lighting up the night with internal struggles.
With the fire
The night is illuminated with the metaphorical fire of personal conflicts.
Darker than the night before
The darkness intensifies, suggesting worsening internal struggles.
The sound when your tear
Repetition of the sound of tears impacting a pillow.
Touches your pillow
Emphasizing the nearness of the impact of tears on the pillow.
It's so near
Reiteration of the clarity of a beeping sound.
The sound of a beeping
The distinct and clear sound of beeping is highlighted again.
It's so clear
Repetition of the sound of silence that the singer doesn't fear.
The sound of a silence I don't fear
The clarity of silence is reiterated as something not feared.
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