I Need It
Chasing Shadows: Jack and the Other's Poetic Quest for a Precious Rush
Lyrics
I don't wanna go but the rush is just too precious
I am reluctant to leave, but the thrill is too valuable.
I been dyin nice and slow trading moments in for seconds
I've been gradually dying, exchanging meaningful moments for fleeting seconds.
Oh i sacrifice my soul for a moment in the presence
I'm willing to give up my soul for a brief moment in a significant presence.
Of the all consuming glow that I beg and plead to lessen
Desiring relief from the overwhelming and all-encompassing intensity.
The pain I've come to know
Referring to a known pain that cannot endure.
That can't remain
This pain cannot stay.
The river's flow
Describing the unstoppable flow of life.
Too fast to stay too strong to go
Life moves too quickly to linger but possesses a strength that prevents departure.
And my highs fade
My moments of happiness fade rapidly.
Quicker than they came
They disappear faster than they arrive.
(need it)
Expressing a strong need for something, willing to sacrifice anything to experience it.
(need it)
-(give up anything just to feel it)
-Oh I need it
-Oh i need it
-I’d give up anything just to feel it
-Cause I need it
-Yeah I need it
-Give up anything just to feel it
-Oh I need it
Reiterating the intense desire for the unspecified "it."
I don't wanna know how the rest of earth is turnin’
Uninterested in the state of the world.
Everytime i take a pull I feel infinitely certain
A sense of certainty and fulfillment when indulging in a particular action.
That my parts don't form a whole and and I'm less and less a person
Feeling fragmented as an individual, losing a sense of self.
But with more and more control or at least some fadin version
Gaining control but becoming a faded or altered version of oneself.
Enough for me to run
Having enough control to escape from past losses and actions.
From what I lost from what I've done
Running away from personal losses.
Without the cost i've grown so numb
Avoiding the emotional cost, resulting in emotional numbness.
And my highs fade
Similar to lines 10-11, describing the fleeting nature of happiness.
Darker every day
The fading happiness becomes darker with each passing day.
I need, i need it
Repeated expression of an intense need for something, willing to give up anything to obtain it.
I’d give up anything just to feel it
-Cause I need it
-I need it
-I’d give up anything just to feel it
-Cause I need it
-Oh i need it
-I need it, I need it
Further emphasis on the intense need and willingness to sacrifice for it.
I need anything just to feel it
-Hey! Hey! I need it!
-Hey! Huh! I need it!
-Uh uh, give up anything just to feel it!
-Give up anything just to feel it!
-(repeats)
Repetition for emphasis.
Enough for me to run
Reiteration of escaping losses, growing numb, and the darkening of happiness.
From what I lost from what I've done
-Without the cost i've grown so numb
-And my highs fade
-Darker every day
-Every day
-Every
Emphasizing the daily nature of the described experiences.
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