Lyrics
Be still, my heart
Expressing a desire for emotional calmness.
Be tripping and falling down
Experiencing stumbling and falling in emotions.
Be putting me underground
Feeling overwhelmed and pushed into emotional depths.
Where I belong
Desiring to be in a familiar or comfortable emotional state.
Please understand
Requesting understanding from others.
I've got a disorder, man
Acknowledging a personal disorder or emotional instability.
Brings order to nothing then
Highlighting the disorder's impact on order and decision-making.
It orders me to leave
Feeling compelled to leave due to the disorder.
When you're looking out for somebody
Discussing the challenges of caring for someone unfamiliar.
But no one you've ever heard
Encountering unfamiliar situations or people.
You're wearing modern fashions
Wearing fashionable items that evoke feelings of inadequacy.
But they make you feel like a nerd
Experiencing self-perceived social awkwardness.
You might just make it now
Expressing hope for success in the present moment.
Or now
Reiterating the urgency of the current moment.
You're one and done
Referring to a singular opportunity or chance.
Be still my friend
Encouraging emotional stillness in a friend.
Be please my something more
Asking for a deeper emotional connection.
No I couldn't ask for more
Expressing contentment and lack of desire for more.
No I can't talk at all
Inability to communicate verbally.
Let's talk about
Suggesting a conversation about common topics.
Things people talk about
Encouraging courage in discussing personal matters.
Get braver and spit it out
Emphasizing a private conversation between two individuals.
Just you and me
Highlighting the exclusivity of a shared experience.
When you're looking out for somebody
Similar to line 9, expressing challenges in caring for someone unknown.
But no one you've ever known
Encountering unfamiliar individuals.
And you're breaking all your habits
Breaking away from established habits, except for the fear of dying alone.
Except for dying alone
Expressing a potential chance for success despite fears.
We might just make it now
Reiterating the potential for success.
Cause now it's all but done
Confirming the completion of a task or situation.
This is with less of sinking like stone
Describing a situation with a reduced sense of sinking or failure.
This is with more of bringing you home
Describing a situation with an increased sense of bringing comfort.
This is with less of making that face
Reducing negative facial expressions or reactions.
You probably can't stand anyways
Refusing to create a mess or difficulty.
This is the mess I refuse to make
Avoiding actions that cause confusion or surprise.
Making the silence double take
Creating a sense of surprise or amazement in silence.
These are the clothes I suppose we wore
Referring to past experiences and choices in clothing.
Sunshine vampires on the floor
Describing individuals who thrive in sunlight but are metaphorically on the floor.
Be still my heart
Reiterating the desire for emotional calmness.
Be still my number one
Expressing the importance of a specific person in the speaker's life.
Let's never repeat that fun
Desiring to avoid repeating an unusual or uncomfortable experience.
Of being strange again
Reflecting on the experience of being unconventional or different.
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