In Between
In Between: Embracing Life's Depths and Shores
Lyrics
Water rushing around me, body's weighed down
Feeling surrounded by rushing water, a sense of heaviness in the body.
Looking out, sky's red, eyes sodden
Observing a red sky and having tear-filled eyes, possibly indicating a bleak or emotional atmosphere.
With doom
Expressing a feeling of impending doom.
No submarine savior can save me now
No hope of salvation from a submarine or any external source.
Deaths sticking to my clothes like stale
Deaths or difficult experiences clinging to the speaker like a persistent scent.
Perfume
Metaphorically comparing the weight of negative experiences to the lingering scent of stale perfume.
Too young to feel this old
Feeling a paradox of being too young but burdened by the weight of age.
Too old to crash it off and move along
Unable to easily shake off or ignore the burdens due to a sense of being too old.
Some octopus goddess with a hundred arms
Imagining a protective figure, an octopus goddess with numerous arms, symbolizing a desire for safety.
Wraps herself around me
Feeling enveloped or controlled by the imagined protective figure.
"I'll keep you safe from harm" ...she says
Receiving assurance of safety from the octopus goddess.
Can she feel me slip from her grasp
Questioning the effectiveness of the protection and a sense of slipping away from safety.
So much to see, don't need this trap
Expressing a desire to explore life and not be confined by perceived safety measures.
Too young to feel this old
Reiteration of feeling too young for the burdens carried, yet too old to easily move past them.
Too old to crash it off and move along
Continuation of the paradoxical feelings of age and burden.
Sands shifting beneath my feet, look to the sea
Sensing instability, with the ground shifting beneath, and looking towards the sea for answers.
Jokers stalk the shore, comforts in between
Mentioning jesters or deceptive figures on the shore, finding comfort in the in-between moments.
What's the harm in losing what's to be lost
Pondering the harm in letting go of what can be lost.
Sink below the waves, ignore the cost
Contemplating sinking beneath difficulties and ignoring the potential consequences.
Too young to feel this old
Reiteration of the conflicting feelings of youth and age.
Too old to crash it off and move along
Continuation of the struggle with age-related burdens.
Just need a sister or a dried rose
Expressing a need for a supportive figure or a symbol of fleeting beauty.
To skip me like a stone
Desiring to be carried forward smoothly, like a skipping stone.
A kitchen dance, A tender hand
Yearning for simple, comforting experiences like a kitchen dance and a tender hand.
A romance, a happenstance
Reflecting on the unpredictability of romance and chance encounters.
Too young to feel this old
Reiteration of the struggle with feeling too young for life's challenges yet too old to easily overcome them.
Too old to crash it off and move along
Continuation of the internal conflict between youth and the weight of experience.
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