We Don't Belong
Belonging, Broken Hearts, and Brave Risks: Decoding Luke Sital-Singh's 'We Don't Belong'
Lyrics
Fire eating now you're burning up inside
Expressing intense passion or emotion, likened to a consuming fire.
Water breathing
Mentioning the contrasting element of water, implying emotional suffocation and surprise at the drowning feeling.
So you drown, surprise, surprise
Highlighting the unexpectedness of the emotional drowning experience.
How much of your real life
Questioning the authenticity of one's actions in their real life.
Are you gonna fake? Clifftop diving
Metaphorically referencing risky behavior with the notion of clifftop diving.
You believed that you could fly
Recalling a past belief in one's ability to achieve the impossible.
Only human, a broken heart and severed spine
Describing human vulnerability, a combination of emotional pain (broken heart) and physical injury (severed spine).
Just look around, you can't be
Encouraging self-awareness by observing the surroundings and realizing others may share similar feelings.
The only one who's lonely
Acknowledging that loneliness is a common human experience.
Yeah you don't belong
Asserting the feeling of not fitting in or being out of place.
Ooh we don't belong together oh oh oh oh
Repeating the idea that there is a lack of belonging when together.
Yeah you don't belong
Reiterating the sense of not belonging in a relationship.
Ooh we don't belong together oh oh oh oh
Continuing to emphasize the disconnect in the relationship.
Face it naked
Encouraging honesty and vulnerability by facing situations without concealment.
When there's nothing left to hide
Describing a state where everything has been revealed, leaving no more to hide.
Bearing wearing everything you hid inside
Wearing the burden of one's true self and experiences.
Don't look away too quickly
Advising against avoiding difficult truths too hastily.
I know it's hard to stop faking
Acknowledging the challenge of stopping pretense but suggesting it's a necessary risk.
But it's a risk worth taking
Stating that taking the risk of being genuine is worthwhile.
Yeah you don't belong
Repeating the sentiment of not belonging.
Ooh we don't belong together oh oh oh oh
Reiterating the idea of not belonging when together.
Yeah you don't belong
Continuing to emphasize the disconnect in the relationship.
Ooh we don't belong together oh oh oh oh
Emphasizing the lack of belonging.
Yeah you feel alone
Acknowledging a sense of isolation and aloneness.
But we can feel alone together oh oh oh oh
Suggesting the possibility of shared loneliness in a relationship.
Kill the lights breath held tight
Describing a moment of intense emotional experience, possibly involving a risky situation.
You and I yeah you don't belong
Repeating the idea of not belonging in a relationship.
Ooh we don't belong together oh oh oh oh
Reiterating the sense of not belonging when together.
Yeah you don't belong
Continuing to emphasize the disconnect in the relationship.
Ooh we don't belong together oh oh oh oh
Emphasizing the lack of belonging.
Yeah you feel alone
Acknowledging a sense of isolation and aloneness.
We can feel alone together oh oh oh oh
Suggesting the possibility of shared loneliness in a relationship.
Yeah you don't belong
Repeating the sentiment of not belonging.
Ooh we don't belong together
Continuing to emphasize the disconnect in the relationship.
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