Pretty Deep
Sinking Deeper: Tanya Donelly's Reflection on Deception and Disillusionment
Lyrics
Do i look like a liar
Questioning honesty or trustworthiness about oneself
Do i look like a liar to you
Reiterating the question of one's truthfulness
Fighting crime in this time brings a girl down
Expressing the challenges of confronting wrongdoing in the current era
Makes a body sink so low
Describing the emotional toll of dealing with crime and its effects on the person
And i sink pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep
Emphasizing the depth of emotional descent
I sink pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep
Repeating the intensity of sinking emotionally
I wish i carried a camera
Expressing a desire to capture evidence through a camera
I'd have proof that you're never where you say
Wishing to have proof of someone's dishonesty or unreliability
I wish i could fly up in a helicopter
Expressing a desire for a broader perspective to expose the truth
I'd shine a blinding light on your escape
Imagining shining a light on someone's escape to reveal the truth
Better to show you
Indicating the preference for showing, not just telling
That i'll sink pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep
Reiterating the deep emotional sinking despite efforts to reveal the truth
I'll sink pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep
Repeating the emotional depth and struggle despite attempts
Do i look like a crier
Questioning one's appearance as someone who cries easily
Do i look like a cry baby to you
Reiterating the question about being perceived as a cry baby
Fighting fire in this town wears a man out
Expressing the exhaustion from battling challenges in the town
Makes a body break so slow
Describing the slow physical and emotional breakdown due to the challenges
Remember when we all went out to fire island
Recalling a past event at Fire Island
You thought you saw a body on the beach
Highlighting a misperception of seeing something alarming
When we got closer it was just a tire
Clarifying the mistaken identity of a perceived threat
And you were disappointed i could see
Expressing disappointment in the revealed truth
So i pretended
Admitting to pretending or concealing true feelings
And now i'm in pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep
Stating the current state of being deeply immersed emotionally
I'm in pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep
Repeating the idea of being in a profound emotional state
Everything i ever learned is wrong so long so what
Reflecting on the inadequacy of past learning and its impact
Pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep
Summarizing the depth of emotional experience
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