Lyrics
I can tell you wanna go
The speaker senses the desire of the listener to leave.
Getting high before the show
Preparing or consuming drugs or alcohol before performing.
I can tell you wanna live
The listener wants to experience life.
In the in-between my ribs
Wanting to reside within the emotional space close to the speaker.
I can tell you wanna feel
The listener wants to experience intense emotions, even if it means hurting the speaker.
Cut me deeper for a thrill
Desire for deeper emotional involvement, possibly at the expense of causing pain.
I can tell you wanna go
Reiteration of the listener's desire to leave or move on.
Let me tell you how I know
The speaker perceives the listener's intentions based on certain cues or behaviors.
Let me tell you how I know
A reaffirmation of the speaker's confidence in interpreting the listener's intentions.
I, I, I, I can tell you how I know
Emphasis on the speaker's ability to understand the listener's desires or intentions.
I'm in love with falling all apart
The speaker enjoys the feeling of falling apart or being emotionally vulnerable.
Locked in someone's head
Feeling trapped in someone else's thoughts or expectations.
Dancing in the dark
Enjoying moments of intimacy or connection in secrecy.
I'm in love existing in disguise
The speaker prefers to exist in a disguised or hidden manner.
Dare to love or die
Being brave enough to love deeply or face the consequence of emotional pain or death.
Only humans cry
Repetition emphasizing that only humans express emotions through crying.
Only humans cry
-Only humans cry
-Only humans cry
-Wash out all of your bloody clothes
Cleaning away evidence of emotional turmoil or difficult experiences.
Stone-cold in ways we've never known
Being emotionally detached or unfeeling in unfamiliar ways.
I swear with me you're fine
The speaker promises safety or security in their presence.
Isn't it nice
Reflecting on the pleasantness of being together.
Learning to lie
Adapting to the act of deceit or dishonesty.
Watch me become my enemy
Becoming the adversary or opposition of oneself.
Lately it's all I hear and see
The prevalence of negativity or conflict in the speaker's surroundings.
I swear with me you're fine
Reiterating the promise of safety or reassurance in the speaker's presence.
Maybe it's time
Suggesting that it might be time for the speaker to learn deception.
I learned to lie
Expressing the need or readiness to adapt and deceive.
I'm in love with falling all apart
Repeated lines expressing the enjoyment of falling apart and existing in disguise.
Locked in someone's head
-Dancing in the dark
-I'm in love existing in disguise
-Dare to love or die
Repeated emphasis that only humans cry, reiterating human vulnerability.
Only humans cry
-Only humans cry
-Only humans cry
-Only humans cry
Reinforcing the idea that crying is a distinctly human characteristic.
Care if I
Questioning if the speaker's actions or intentions cause fear or admiration in the listener.
Terrify you
-Care if I idolize you
-Care if I
-Terrify you
-Care if I idolize you
-I'm in love with falling all apart
Repeated lines describing the speaker's enjoyment of falling apart and living in disguise.
Locked in someone's head
-Dancing in the dark
-I'm in love existing in disguise
-Dare to love or die
Repeated emphasis that only humans cry, emphasizing human vulnerability.
Only humans cry
-Only humans cry
-Only humans cry
-Only humans cry
Stressing the human trait of expressing emotions through tears.
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