Paper House
Crumbling Reflections: Paper House Meaning
Lyrics
I'm glossy
I have a shiny or polished appearance
I'm benign
I am harmless or not harmful
I dance on silver lines
I move gracefully along silver lines, possibly metaphorical paths or experiences
Barbed wire in my eyes
I have obstacles or difficulties represented by barbed wire in my eyes
There's never been a bluer sky before
There has never been a bluer sky, suggesting an unusually positive or beautiful moment
It's bright
The sky is bright
It's clean
The sky is clean
Got a fig bar from the vending machine
I obtained a fig bar from a vending machine
Paper weights on the tops of my feet
I have paper weights on the tops of my feet, possibly symbolizing feeling grounded or weighed down
Our conversations never really meant that much to me
Conversations with someone did not hold much significance for me
(It's really happening
Expressing a realization or event happening, possibly with a touch of surprise or disbelief
It's really happening
-It's really happening to me)
-So I go up north but I end up south
I travel north but end up south
(You're there)
A reference to someone being present
Hate you so I turn around
Expressing hatred towards someone, resulting in turning away
You let me go
Someone let me go
You hate when I'm around
The person dislikes my presence
But you were slippery anyhow
The person was elusive or hard to hold onto
(It's really happening
Repetition of the realization or event happening
It's really happening
-It's really happening to me)
-Tie your finger with a red string
Tying a finger with a red string, a symbolic act
Light a candle and then blow it out
Lighting a candle and blowing it out, another symbolic act
Find yourself inside of everything
Finding oneself inside of everything
And then you'll crumble like a paper house
The consequence is crumbling, likened to a paper house
I'm ugly
I consider myself unattractive
I'm a lie
I am living a lie
Never really seem to be anyone's type
I don't fit the preferences of anyone
Everyone here is extremely high
Everyone around me is very intoxicated
So I make my exit by the borderline
I leave the situation at the border or limit
I see the world as kind
I perceive the world as kind
I see the world
I see the world shining
It shines
The world is kind to me
I see the world is mine
I realize the world is mine
How could I have been so blind before
I was previously blind to this realization
Tie your finger with a red string
Repetition of the symbolic acts with a red string and a candle
Light a candle and then blow it out
Repeating the act of lighting a candle and blowing it out
Find yourself inside of everything
Repeating the idea of finding oneself inside everything
And then you'll crumble like a paper house
Repeating the consequence of crumbling like a paper house
Ashes, ashes
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down, invoking the nursery rhyme suggesting an inevitable downfall
We all fall down
Asking for reassurance to feel safe and secure
Could you make me feel safe and sound
Expressing regret for the day someone approached
I rue the day you come to me
Reflecting on the transient nature of relationships
They never stay
People don't stay
They always leave
People always leave
Ashes, ashes
Repetition of the nursery rhyme, emphasizing the inevitable downfall
We all fall down
Expressing a desire to escape the artificial or unreal environment
Take me out of this paper town
Feeling cursed and wanting to escape the constructed reality
I am the curse she put on you
Self-awareness of being a curse to someone
I curse your name
Expressing anger or resentment by cursing someone's name
I curse them too
Extending the curse to others
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