Slinky
Ethereal Dreams and Drunken Mess: King Krule's Slinky Revelations
Lyrics
See, I have not seen
Expresses a lack of recent social interaction
Another person for days
Describes a period of isolation
You're the only one
Addresses the only person present
Who's held our gaze
Acknowledges sustained eye contact
And everyone must have left
Suggests others have left the scene
I used to walk through the strange cold depths
Recalls walking in a cold and unfamiliar place
Of the crane's cold stretch
References a specific location with crane imagery
That haven't seen the face
Addresses an absence of facial recognition
I dreamt I was here before
Shares a dream of familiarity or déjà vu
Above wet pavements
Describes a dream involving wet pavements
Across deep blue skies she was sore
Depicts a person in pain against a serene backdrop
Leaving her engravement
Refers to leaving a lasting mark or memory
And everything sunk its stress
Describes the impact of everything sinking in
But for my drunken mess
Reflects on a personal state during intoxication
And if the pain compress
Suggests that pain alleviates with compression
Then it's something less to explain
Implies a reduction in the need for explanation
I felt this fear before
Expresses familiarity with fear
I miss my best ailment
Nostalgically yearns for a comforting ailment
Bruising on my right side feels so
Addresses physical bruising on the right side
With thoughts of her displacement
Associates thoughts with displacement
And if there was nothing left
Suggests a scenario with nothing left
But for this strange deep rest
Describes a deep and strange rest
And the screams from my chest
Refers to intense emotional distress
Well, this heart's got no escape
Expresses a feeling of being trapped with no escape
And it all falls back into place
Describes a resolution or return to normalcy
The prisoner's skull
Introduces a metaphorical prisoner's skull
The prisoner's brains
Expands on the metaphor with the prisoner's brains
Were beat to a pulp
Describes violence inflicted on the prisoner
The dreams told them all
Indicates that dreams reveal the truth
I dreamt I was here before
Repeats the dream theme, emphasizing familiarity
I dreamt I was here before
Repeats the dream theme for emphasis
A clouded view
Describes a clouded perspective or unclear vision
I dreamt I was here before
Repeats the dream theme, reinforcing familiarity
I dreamt I was here before
Repeats the dream theme, emphasizing recurrence
Must have dreamt I was here before
Suggests uncertainty about the reality of the dream
Dreamt I was here
Repeats uncertainty about the dream's reality
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