Lyrics
Keep telling my heart
Expressing the act of instructing or convincing one's heart.
Telling my heart
Reiteration of the instruction or persuasion directed towards the heart.
To shut it up and shut it down, down
Desiring to silence and deactivate emotions that are overwhelming.
Feelings too loud
Emphasizing that emotions are too intense, drowning out rational thoughts.
Feelings too loud can’t hear my thoughts
Feeling torn between inner and outer experiences, suggesting inner turmoil.
I’m inside and out, out
Describing a state of vulnerability or exposure.
I always let you close enough to hurt me
Reflecting on allowing someone to get close despite the potential for emotional pain.
I’m in high speed, you’re in slow motion
Highlighting a contrast in emotional states between the speaker and someone else.
I keep on blowing things out of proportion
Acknowledging a tendency to exaggerate and magnify situations unnecessarily.
Is there no way to control it?
Expressing a desire for control over overwhelming emotions.
I wish there was an off switch
Expressing a wish for the existence of a mechanism to turn off emotions.
An off switch for my feelings
Reiteration of the desire for a switch to deactivate feelings.
An off switch
Further emphasizing the longing for an emotional "off switch."
Cause I don't wanna feel this right now
Declaring a current unwillingness to experience emotions.
Shut up, shut up, shut down
Repetition of the desire to shut down and silence emotions.
Shut up, shut up, shut down
-Shut up, shut up, shut down
-I don't wanna feel this right now
-Ahh
Repetition of the refusal to experience emotions at the moment.
I don't wanna feel this right now
-Ahh
-I don't wanna feel this right now
-Ohh
-I don't wanna feel this right now
Reiteration of the current emotional avoidance.
I think I’m too much
Acknowledging a perception of being overwhelming or excessive.
Too much but still this fear of never being enough
Expressing a fear of inadequacy despite being perceived as too much.
You’re safe in the quiet
Describing a desire for a calm and quiet state of mind.
A place I’d rather be, but I can’t manage to find it
Expressing difficulty in finding the desired state of tranquility.
I always let you close enough to hurt me
Repeating the theme of allowing emotional closeness despite potential hurt.
I’m in high speed, you’re in slow motion
Reiterating the emotional mismatch between the speaker and another person.
I wish there was an off switch
Repeating the desire for an off switch for emotions.
An off switch for my feelings
Reaffirming the longing for a switch to control and deactivate feelings.
An off switch
-Cause I don't wanna feel this right now
Repetition of the current unwillingness to experience emotions.
Shut up, shut up, shut down
-Shut up, shut up, shut down
-Shut up, shut up, shut down
-I don't wanna feel this right now
-Ahh
Repetition of the refusal to feel emotions at the moment.
I don't wanna feel this right now
-Ahh
-I don't wanna feel this right now
-Ohh
-I don't wanna feel this right now
Reiteration of the current emotional avoidance.
Why-why-why
Pose of a question expressing confusion or frustration.
Why are you sleeping?
Questioning why someone is emotionally distant or unresponsive.
I-I-I'm
Self-identification as the only one experiencing emotional pain.
The only one bleeding
Acknowledging personal emotional wounds or vulnerability.
I-I-I
Repeating the personal experience of emotional pain.
I've given too much of my heart now
Expressing the act of giving too much emotionally.
Given too much of my heart now
-I wish there was an off switch
Reiteration of the desire for an emotional off switch.
An off switch for my feelings
-An off switch
-Cause I don't wanna feel this right now
Repetition of the current unwillingness to experience emotions.
Shut up, shut up, shut down
-Shut up, shut up, shut down
-Shut up, shut up, shut down
-I don't wanna feel this right now
-Ahh
Repetition of the refusal to feel emotions at the moment.
I don't wanna feel this right now
-Ahh
-I don't wanna feel this right now
-Ohh
-I don't wanna feel this right now
Reiteration of the current emotional avoidance.
I've given too much of my heart now
Final expression of having given too much emotionally.
Given too much of my heart now
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