Untouchables
Untouchable Depths: Sinking Ships and Unspoken Truths
Lyrics
How deep can you go down
Reflecting on the depth of emotional experience or commitment.
Before you feel the need to come up for air?
Wondering how long one can endure before needing a break or emotional release.
'Cause this ship is sinking
Metaphorically stating that a situation or relationship is in decline.
And you're in it
Highlighting personal involvement in a problematic situation.
Yeah you're in it
Emphasizing continued participation despite difficulties.
I can't write these words
Expressing difficulty in articulating feelings.
All insecure and indifferent
Refusing to express vulnerability and apathy.
I only fear that you are not
Expressing a fear that the other person is not being truthful.
Telling me the truth
Challenging the honesty of communication.
This isn't competition
Rejecting the idea of a competitive relationship.
Chutes and Ladders just won't do
Dismissing simple solutions and suggesting a need for complexity.
And I don't think I'm asking a lot
Asserting reasonable expectations without demanding too much.
Not asking for the world.
Clarifying that the speaker isn't seeking grand gestures or unrealistic things.
No I don't think I'm asking for the world, no
Reiterating the modest nature of the speaker's expectations.
No I don't think I'm asking for the world
Emphasizing a lack of extravagant demands.
It's not important if I
Suggesting that waking up terrified next to someone is not important.
Wake up screaming
Describing a nightmarish scenario of waking up frightened.
Next to you
Implying that being close to someone doesn't alleviate fears.
'Cause you're untouchable
Referring to the other person as unattainable or beyond reach.
and I can't make this any better
Expressing a sense of helplessness in improving the situation.
The fluid fills my lungs my tendencies arrest
Describing a physical sensation related to emotional suffocation.
Questions you ask yourself
Pondering introspective questions about one's state of mind.
Or are you just asleep?
Questioning if the other person is truly aware or conscious.
Is that you breathing?
Confirming the presence of the other person.
How come you're not breathing?
Expressing concern about the other person's well-being.
It's not important if I
Repeating the theme of waking up terrified next to someone.
Wake up screaming
Reiterating the experience of waking up frightened.
Next to you
Connecting fear with the presence of the untouchable person.
'Cause you're untouchable
Emphasizing the untouchable nature of the person.
and I can't make this any better
Expressing the inability to improve the situation with the untouchable person.
You wear that smile so well
Complimenting the other person's ability to appear happy.
What's behind I will never know
Expressing uncertainty about the true emotions or motives of the other person.
And I won't sleep easy tonight
Acknowledging difficulty in finding peace or reassurance.
No not tonight.
Stating a challenge in finding peace specifically on the current night.
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