Phantom Limb
Phantom Limb: Navigating Love's Chill with Resilience
Lyrics
Real harm will never be gone
Real harm persists and cannot be eradicated
When all of my skin is drawn
Feeling exposed and vulnerable when the protective layer is gone
My liver too
Expressing vulnerability, even the internal organs feel exposed
Drawn between cold and heat
Caught between extremes, unable to find balance
Can't limber up
Unable to loosen up or relax
Can't get my mind off you
Difficulty in diverting thoughts from a significant person
The exposed are the ones that get cold
The vulnerable ones are the most affected by challenges
The exposed are the ones that get cold
Reiteration of the vulnerability of exposed individuals
Yes, they do
Acknowledging the susceptibility of exposed individuals
And the cold ones, they will drop off
Those in a cold emotional state will detach and fade away
The cold ones, they will drop off
Reiterating the detachment of individuals in a cold emotional state
Just like you
Comparing emotional detachment to losing someone
I am fit to run
Feeling prepared and capable of escaping
A lesson in how to be numb
Learning to be emotionally numb as a coping mechanism
You're still the limb that I can't find on my body
Referencing someone as a missing, essential part of oneself
Trace your fingers against mine, alone
Imagining the tactile sensation of missing someone
I have no room to take on
Expressing a lack of capacity to handle additional burdens
That you're no longer mine
Acceptance of the end of a relationship
Ice cracks, so do I
Comparing emotional cracks to the fragility of ice
Hearts go blind as they are bound to do
Hearts become blind as emotions are entangled
And the melt of my health
Describing the deterioration of health as a mockery of truth
A mockery and a mess of what was true
Acknowledging the chaotic distortion of what was once real
The exposed are the ones that get cold
Reiteration of the vulnerability of exposed individuals
The exposed are the ones that get cold
Emphasizing the impact on vulnerable individuals
Yes, they do
Acknowledging the susceptibility of exposed individuals
And the cold ones, they will drop off
Those emotionally cold will detach and fade away
The cold ones, they will drop off
Reiterating the detachment of individuals in a cold emotional state
Just like you
Comparing emotional detachment to losing someone
I am fit to run
Feeling prepared and capable of escaping
A lesson in how to be numb
Learning to be emotionally numb as a coping mechanism
You're still the limb that I can't find on my body
Referencing someone as a missing, essential part of oneself
Trace your fingers against mine, alone
Imagining the tactile sensation of missing someone
I have no room to take on
Expressing a lack of capacity to handle additional burdens
That you're no longer mine
Acceptance of the end of a relationship
I am fit to run
Feeling prepared and capable of escaping
A lesson in how to be numb
Learning to be emotionally numb as a coping mechanism
You're still the limb that I can't find on my body
Referencing someone as a missing, essential part of oneself
Trace your fingers against mine, alone
Imagining the tactile sensation of missing someone
I have no room to take on
Expressing a lack of capacity to handle additional burdens
That you're no longer mine
Acceptance of the end of a relationship
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