Venmo Still Thinks We're Friends Pt. 2
Unraveling Emotions: Palette Knife's Poetic Reflections on Selfishness and Obscurity
Lyrics
Thinking of you is like sleeping in my childhood room after I moved out
Reflecting on thoughts of you evokes nostalgia, akin to the comfort of my childhood room after leaving.
When I left did you wash your sheets
Questioning whether you washed the sheets after my departure.
Did you hate to smell me
Wondering if my scent on the sheets was unpleasant to you.
You said selfishness is necessary for self preservation
You asserted that selfishness is essential for self-preservation.
Your personal vindication
Referring to your personal justification or reasoning for your actions.
Shopping for groceries you apologize for being so mundane
During mundane activities like grocery shopping, you apologize, expressing awareness of your ordinary nature.
It's my favorite thing when it's with you
Expressing joy in mundane activities when shared with the person in question.
None of your friends know who I am
Highlighting the lack of recognition or acknowledgment from your friends.
You let go of my hand when we met up with them
Noting a moment of detachment – you let go of my hand when meeting your friends.
When the insomnia keeps you from sleep would you hate to think of me
Inquiring if thoughts of me disrupt your sleep during bouts of insomnia.
Your costume's Halloween and the substance is your scene
Describing your persona as a Halloween costume, with your lifestyle as the substance.
Drink your way out of the machine
Suggesting coping with issues by consuming alcohol or substances.
You are obsolete unclean
Labeling yourself as obsolete and unclean, possibly feeling outdated or impure.
You're a Skymall magazine
Comparing yourself to a Skymall magazine, perhaps implying a superficial or impractical image.
A slave to fading dopamine
Describing a dependency on fading dopamine, indicating a reliance on fleeting pleasures.
Composed of all of your failed dreams
Suggesting that your identity is composed of unrealized or failed dreams.
You will never be happy
Asserting a belief that you will never find happiness.
You're a Skymall magazine
Reiterating the comparison to a Skymall magazine, emphasizing a perceived lack of substance.
You said selfishness is necessary for self preservation
Repeating the idea that selfishness is crucial for self-preservation.
Your personal vindication
Reiterating the concept of personal justification or validation for one's actions.
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