Confuser
Beneath the Surface of Desolation
Lyrics
Am I the fault line between us?
Questioning if the speaker is the cause of the distance or tension between them and another person.
Dig down deep and fill me in
Request to delve into the speaker's emotions and share information or experiences.
Bury me and forget
Expressing a desire to be ignored or overlooked, possibly due to emotional pain.
Forgive my grief
Asking for forgiveness for the speaker's sorrow or emotional burden.
I've caught a familiar feeling
Noticing a familiar but unsettling emotion or situation.
A body fleeting
Describing a fleeting or transient physical presence.
From my reaching arms
Feeling unable to reach out to someone, possibly emotionally.
Wasting away
Experiencing a gradual decline or deterioration.
Bring me back to the surface
Requesting to be brought back to the surface, possibly to a state of emotional connection.
Where you keep all your secrets
Suggesting that the other person keeps secrets and emotions hidden.
Locked away in your prison cell
Referring to the other person's emotional barriers as a prison cell.
Reserved
Indicating a sense of being kept at a distance or being set apart.
Drape your bones over mine
Symbolic imagery of intertwining and closeness.
And be the thorn in my side
Desiring the other person to be a source of discomfort or challenge.
It's been lonely here at the bottom
Expressing a sense of isolation and loneliness at a low point.
Longing for your voice
Expressing a yearning for communication or connection.
And your touch
Desiring physical closeness and contact.
Treating my afflictions
Seeking relief or remedy for emotional pain or difficulties.
Can I crawl back inside your head?
Asking to re-enter the other person's thoughts or emotions.
Cause it's been quiet and I'm curious
Expressing curiosity about the other person's silence and the speaker's own loneliness.
How many burnt words
Questioning how many spoken words have been disregarded or lost.
Have fallen to the bottom of your cage?
Imagery of words accumulating at the bottom of emotional confinement.
Stagnant in the undertow
Describing a state of inertia or lack of progress in emotional currents.
My core is starved
Metaphorically expressing a deep emotional hunger or emptiness.
Long dead and gone
Describing a profound emotional absence or loss.
Won't you bring me back?
Pleading for a return to a state of emotional connection or presence.
To the surface
Reiterating the desire to resurface emotionally.
Where you keep all your secrets
Referring again to the other person's hidden emotions and secrets.
Locked away and reserved
Re-emphasizing the sense of being kept at a distance or reserved.
My core is starved
Reiterating the metaphorical emotional starvation or emptiness.
Watching us grow
Observing the growth or changes in the relationship, possibly with a sense of unfamiliarity.
Unfamiliar with time
Expressing a lack of familiarity or comfort with the passage of time.
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