Pelican
Emotional Triumphs and Turmoil: Sasha Siem's 'Pelican' Unveiled
Lyrics
Once again that moment when you lifted me
Expressing a moment of support and elevation from a difficult situation.
Out of the water and held up my spine
Describing a gesture of physical and emotional support, lifting the speaker out of a challenging circumstance.
As though stretching it into a staircase
Metaphorically comparing the support to stretching a staircase towards the sun, indicating a positive and uplifting influence.
To the sun or something doing your best
Suggesting an effort to reach for something positive or aspirational, reflecting a commitment to the speaker's well-being.
To gather me gather me gather me
Repeated appeal for support, emphasizing the need for reassurance and care.
As things spilled out of my mind
Describing a moment of emotional overflow and vulnerability, where thoughts are uncontrollably spilling out of the speaker's mind.
You are filling my tears
Repetition of the idea that the supportive figure is instrumental in easing the speaker's emotional pain by filling their tears with comfort.
You are filling my tears
-You are filling my tears
-You are tearing my years
Expressing a contrasting sentiment where the same supportive figure is causing emotional distress by tearing years, spilling fears, clouding eyes, and quelling the flame of passion or connection.
You are spilling my fears
-You are clouding my eyes
-You are quelling our flame
-I chose fight over flight and as I fell
Choosing to confront challenges instead of avoiding them, opting for resilience in the face of adversity.
I felt soaring searing through me
Experiencing intense emotions (soaring, searing) as fear is confronted and broken, leading to personal transformation.
Breaking my fear as my fear broke my bones
-I crashed I ashed I swept the sky clean
Describing a dramatic event where the speaker crashes, turns to ash, and cleanses the sky, symbolizing a profound change or purification.
I wept the sky into our sea
-You are filling my tears
Repeating the dual nature of the supportive figure—filling tears with comfort but also causing emotional turmoil, indicating a complex and perhaps contradictory relationship dynamic.
You are filling my tears
-You are filling my tears
-You are tearing my years
-You are spilling my fears
-You are clouding my eyes
-You are quelling our flame
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