Lyrics
Climbing a column of air that's enclosed by the stairwell
Climbing a column of air in a stairwell, possibly symbolizing the effort to reach a higher place.
Up to the place where you're living
Heading towards the living space, indicating a journey to where someone resides.
Within spitting distance
Being very close in proximity, almost within spitting distance.
One day we will be just like blood
Anticipation of a close, familial bond in the future, akin to blood relations.
Hit the air and thicken up
Air thickening up, possibly suggesting tension or a change in the atmosphere.
I will be there when your nose bleeds
Promising to be present during difficult times, like nosebleeds.
I will be there when you're lonely
Commitment to be there in moments of loneliness.
And what hearty fruits will the dirt hold
Reflecting on the potential growth and positive outcomes represented by fruits in dirt.
For you whenever you come home
Expressing readiness to provide support whenever returning home.
I will be carbon monoxide
Symbolizing constant presence, likened to carbon monoxide lingering.
I'll stick around 'til the cell dies
Commitment to stick around until the end, even when the cell dies.
I want my head on your shoulder for the whole rest of the drive
Desire to share an intimate connection during the entire journey.
But I'm scared that you'll feel a bloody mind swelling up on the inside
Fear that internal struggles might affect the relationship.
So if you fall, fall forwards
Encouraging to fall forward, emphasizing positive progress.
When was the last time you saw her?
Questioning the last encounter with someone.
I'll be your paranoid choir boy
Offering to be a protective and cautious companion.
Chaos that cradles the order
Highlighting the chaos that nurtures order, suggesting the balance in life.
I'll be thicker than water
Promising to be as strong and enduring as family bonds.
I will be the wave that remains forever cresting, never graduates
Commitment to remain constant and never graduate from a peak moment.
And it makes you feel like you are
Reflecting on feeling stuck in a certain situation.
Back at school there will always
Acknowledging the conflict between old and new truths in a school-like setting.
Be an older truth conflicting with the new
Suggesting the perpetual conflict between past and present truths.
It's easier just to invent, easier just to forget
Choosing to invent or forget rather than confront difficult realities.
Reasons that it was all fucked up
Recognizing both the messed up and perfect aspects of past experiences.
Reasons that it was just perfect
Contrasting perspectives on past events, acknowledging duality.
Do you feel like you burn a hole
Feeling the impact of one's presence on new environments.
Into every new place you go
Reflecting on the lasting effect one has on every new place visited.
What we thought a seat of feeling
Realizing that what was thought to be a seat of emotion is just a pump.
It was just a pump
Diminishing the significance of emotional experiences to a pump.
Never a great bull muscle we ever bloodied up much
Downplaying the impact of previous emotional struggles.
Everything you ever did, you did for love
Stating that all actions were motivated by love.
Cannot shake the feeling you'll never get enough
Expressing a persistent feeling of inadequacy or insufficiency.
An overreaction equal and opposing
Describing reactions as equal and opposing, perhaps indicating extremes.
I don't think I know anybody here that knows him
Uncertainty about knowing someone well in a social setting.
Lowered expectations, party's never over
Acceptance of lower expectations, implying an ongoing, never-ending celebration.
Choke the atmosphere down
Suggesting a suffocating atmosphere that needs release.
3 nights in a row here
Repetition of a scenario over three nights.
Do you feel like you burn a hole
Reiterating the lasting impact one has on places visited.
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