If You Cross
Navigating Unseen Depths: Three Mile Pilot's 'If You Cross' Meaning
Lyrics
Curiosity calls the siren that turns you back again
Curiosity serves as a tempting force, leading you back despite potential dangers.
These forces are not easy on you
The challenges or pressures are not lenient or gentle towards you.
They say focus and choose
Advice is given to concentrate and make choices.
Don't look don't watch too close
A warning not to scrutinize or observe too closely, as it may reveal unwanted truths.
You might see what you want to find
Caution that close observation might lead to discovering what one desires.
And it ain't the answer to what you had in mind
What is found may not align with the expected answer.
Nowhere you go
Expressing a sense of aimlessness or lack of direction.
Nowhere to go
Emphasizing the absence of a clear destination.
Nowhere you go
Reiteration of a lack of purpose or direction.
This is what I sell
Indicating the speaker's product or offering.
Its too much he said I'm too far in debt
A remark about an excessive debt and the need to distance oneself from it.
I need a clear way to be weaned of you
Desire for a clear path to break free from a certain influence or relationship.
Its an unsteady leaf you cross
Referring to a precarious situation or decision that one must navigate.
There's still unseen cold sorrow and grief
Highlighting the presence of hidden, unresolved emotions such as sorrow and grief.
there's nothing to show
Emphasizing a lack of tangible results or outcomes.
This is what I took fortitude to wean me off you
Describing the difficulty in overcoming an attachment or dependency.
Thought I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen
A realization that the speaker might not believe something unless personally witnessed.
Don't rely on me to follow you down
Discouraging reliance on the speaker to follow a certain path.
I fill my hands
Hands are metaphorically filled, possibly indicating a sense of being occupied or burdened.
I fill myself
Reiterating the act of self-fulfillment or completion.
I need an end to the siren
An expressed need for the influence or temptation to cease.
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