Lyrics
Close your eyes and try again
Encouragement to close one's eyes and make another attempt.
There's nothing better to be
Nothing is superior or preferable.
Get re-disguised and lie again
Suggests putting on a new disguise and lying once more.
No there ain't nothing to be, oh baby
Emphasizes that there is nothing specific to be or achieve.
Baby
Reiteration of the term "baby" for emotional emphasis.
Baby, don't you wipe off your yearning on me
Advises not to express yearning or desire in the speaker's direction.
Rub your eyes and look again
Suggests rubbing one's eyes and taking another look.
Nobody better to be
Asserts that there is nobody better to be than oneself.
So now put
Transition in the narrative, instructing to put back on the disguise.
Back your disguise and lie again
Emphasizes that lying is the preferable way to be.
There's no way better to be
Reiteration that there is no superior way to be.
Oh baby
Repetition of the term "baby" with emotional undertones.
Baby
Continuation of the emotional plea not to express yearning.
Baby, don't you wipe off your yearning on me
Repeated emphasis on not wiping yearning on the speaker.
Baby please
An earnest request or plea from the speaker.
I've been practicing
Indicates that the speaker has been practicing something.
I've been dying to grieve
Expresses a desire or need to grieve.
But I don't wanna cry
Reluctance to cry despite the internal emotional struggle.
Close your eyes and look again
Reiterates the instruction to close one's eyes and reconsider.
There's nothing better to be
Restates that there is nothing better to be.
So now go
Instructions to put on a new disguise and make another attempt.
Get re-disguised and try again
Confirms that there is nothing specific to be or achieve.
No there ain't nothing to be
Repetition of the emotional plea not to express yearning.
Oh baby
Emotional plea with the term "baby" for emphasis.
Baby
Continued plea not to wipe yearning on the speaker.
Baby, don't you wipe off your yearning on me
Repetition of the emotional plea against expressing yearning.
Like you'd wipe off the pit in your stomach
Comparison of wiping off yearning to a physical sensation in the stomach.
As it grips and it pulls
Describes a gripping and pulling sensation, possibly related to emotional turmoil.
Baby please
Reiteration of the emotional plea for understanding.
I'm a wretch at the bottom
Self-acknowledgment of being in a wretched state at the bottom.
I like my pose
Expresses a preference for a particular posture or attitude.
It's the easy thing
Suggests that taking the easy path is the chosen approach.
Ascend and sing
Encourages ascending and singing as a positive action.
But if I sit then it stings and it stings
Contrasts sitting with a stinging sensation, implying discomfort or pain.
And it swells away
Describes a swelling sensation but still avoids trying.
But still I don't wanna try
Reiteration of the reluctance to make an effort despite the inner conflict.
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