Lyrics
I know I'm afraid, I know I'm afraid,
The speaker acknowledges their fear.
I'm drunk and I'm tired,
The speaker is both intoxicated and fatigued.
And the city I walk in, the city I walk in,
The city the speaker walks in feels overwhelming.
It feels like it swallows,
The city seems to consume or engulf the speaker.
With my hand in my pocket,
The speaker describes having their hand in their pocket.
I feel like a shadow, I feel like a shadow.
The speaker feels like a shadow, possibly indicating a sense of insignificance or unnoticed existence.
Though I'm afraid,
Despite fear, the speaker is concerned about past mistakes.
Afraid that I have made mistakes.
The speaker expresses a fear of having made errors.
Now there's nothing here for me.
The speaker feels there is nothing left for them.
The things you once told me,
Reference to things once communicated to the speaker.
The thoughts you once gave me,
Reference to thoughts previously shared with the speaker.
Sound like the wind in my ears
Comparing past words to the wind, possibly suggesting insignificance or fleeting nature.
That blows out the knots I've got in my long brown hair.
Metaphorical description of unraveling complexities represented by knots in hair.
I feel like the shadows I don't even bother for anymore than that.
The speaker no longer cares about certain shadows, possibly implying indifference.
What did you whisper in my ear?
The speaker questions what was whispered to them.
What did you tell me that I wanted to hear?
The speaker questions the content of what was told to them and desired to hear.
What was the answer you wanted me to find out?
The speaker wonders about the intended answer they were supposed to discover.
There's no lies, the lies, the lies, the lies
Reference to the absence of lies.
Brought back something,
Something from the past is revisited or recalled.
A bit for you, a bit for everyone.
A portion is given to various individuals.
You and all your pieces,
Reference to someone and their components.
You and all your pieces made me come,
Intimacy described, possibly with a sexual connotation.
And all that love you gave was strong enough to make me stay and now it will be alright.
The enduring love is potent enough to make the speaker stay and assures things will be alright.
I feel like the shadows I don't even bother for anymore than that.
The speaker remains indifferent to certain shadows.
I feel like the shadows I don't even bother for anymore than that.
Repetition of indifference to shadows.
What did you whisper in my ear?
The speaker revisits the question of what was whispered to them.
What was the answer you wanted me to find out?
The speaker reflects on the sought-after answer.
There's no lies, the lies, the lies, the lies
Emphasis on the absence of lies.
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