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Surviving California: Once Around's Emotional Journey
Lyrics
So the hills want me to burn out
The hills metaphorically represent pressure or expectations urging the speaker to exhaust themselves.
Live and die in California
Expresses a desire to live life fully in California, even if it means facing challenges.
Got them laughing with me drowning in a glass of paranoia
Despite appearing happy, the speaker feels overwhelmed by paranoia and feels isolated.
Don’t you askifimOK
Directly asking not to inquire about their well-being, possibly indicating a struggle.
I just shut out all my friends and told my baby girl to wait
The speaker has distanced themselves from friends and asked their partner to wait, possibly due to personal issues.
Because when I’m back I’ll bring you our escape
Promising to return with a plan or means to escape their current situation.
See that this desert and thrills cannot heal when a family breaks
Realizing that the excitement of a desert or thrills cannot fix a broken family.
I have built my walls I have split my death in threes
The speaker has erected emotional barriers and is contemplating their mortality.
I just tell myself I’m fine, I keep it all inside when I give up, I get so caught up in me
Concealing emotions and troubles, pretending to be fine but feeling overwhelmed when they give up.
I just tell myself I’m fine, I tell myself that I'm OK
Repeating the self-assurance of being okay but possibly not believing it.
I’ve been holding my heart in the palm of my hands
Metaphorical holding of emotions or vulnerability.
I’ve been searching for an answer I can comprehend
Seeking an understandable solution or answer to their situation.
I just gotta get out gotta get out now
Feeling the urgency to escape or break free from current circumstances.
It’s easy to look back and turn the page
Reflecting on the ease of leaving the past behind but acknowledging the difficulty of accepting faults.
It’s harder to know that you’re wrong in every way
Admitting the challenge of acknowledging personal faults or wrongdoings.
I’ll make another mistake just to prove what damage saves
Willing to make mistakes to showcase the impact of past mistakes.
I have built my walls I have split my death in threes
Repetition of emotional barriers and contemplating mortality.
I just tell myself I’m fine, I keep it all inside that’s when I give up, I get so caught up in me
Similar to line 9, reiterating the internal struggle of hiding emotions.
I just tell myself I’m fine, I tell myself that I'm OK
Repeating the self-reassurance despite internal conflicts.
But I can’t let this go
An inability to let go of the situation or emotions.
I have built my walls I have split my death in threes
Repetition of emotional barriers and contemplating mortality (similar to lines 8 and 17).
I just tell myself I’m fine, I keep it all inside when I give up, I get so caught up in me
Similar to lines 9 and 18, hiding emotions and feeling overwhelmed when giving up.
I just tell myself I’m fine, I tell myself that I'm OK
Repeating the self-assurance despite internal conflicts (similar to lines 10 and 19).
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