Headlock
Navigating Love's Complexities: Snail Mail's 'Headlock' Story
Lyrics
When did you start seeing her?
Asking when the person started dating someone else
Guess somebody finally tamed you
Implying that someone has managed to settle or control the person
Never seen you look so sure
Observing a newfound confidence in the person
Sorrow snuck into our secret place
Feeling sadness infiltrating a private and cherished space
Drag me with you to Nirvana, baby
Expressing a desire to be taken along to a blissful state or paradise
Take me all the way
Requesting to be fully immersed in that experience
Drinkin' just to taste your mouth
Using drinking as a way to feel connected to the person
Got you drifting in and out
Noticing the person being mentally absent at times
Mr. Death wants my baby now
Feeling the threat of losing the person to death
Felt the crowd was wrong to claim you
Believing that the public perception of the person is incorrect
Won't they ever quiet down?
Questioning when the attention or noise around the situation will cease
Someone's daughter adorned in flame
Describing someone's daughter who seems consumed by something intense
Drag me with you to Nirvana, baby
Reiterating the desire to be taken to a state of bliss
Take me all the way
Reaffirming the wish to be completely immersed in that experience
Man enough to see this through
Recognizing the strength to endure a situation
Man, I'm nothing without you
Expressing a sense of reliance or dependence on the person
Ah, ah
Indicating a sound or expressing a feeling ("Ah")
Ah, ah
-Thought I'd see her when I died
Expecting to see a particular person after death
Filled the bath up with warm water
Preparing for an act associated with relaxation or self-care
Nothing on the other side
Suggesting uncertainty about what exists beyond
Man enough to see this through
Acknowledging the strength to persist in a situation
Or is it one more thing I won't get to
Questioning whether there's another aspect that won't be understood or obtained
Can't go out, I'm tethered to
Feeling unable to leave due to being connected to another world where the person exists
Another world where we're together
Desiring a reality where the speaker and the person are together
Are you lost in it too?
Repeating a question about whether the person is also lost in a situation or feeling
Are you lost in it too?
-Are you lost in it too?
-Are you lost in it too?
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