Lyrics
This house is settling
This house is undergoing a settling process, possibly metaphorical for changes or adjustments.
All the doors won’t close
All the doors are not closing, indicating difficulties or unresolved issues.
If they did, who knows
If the doors closed, the outcome is uncertain, and the speaker is uncertain about consequences.
I can’t hide from all that we’ve left behind us
The speaker can't escape or ignore the past and everything they've left behind.
Can’t look it in the eyes cause it's staring back at me
Avoiding confronting the past because it's haunting and hard to face.
Settling
The idea of settling, possibly accepting or adapting to a situation.
I’m working on forgiving, and forgetting
The speaker is in the process of forgiving and forgetting.
I just don’t know what comes first
Uncertainty about the order of forgiving and forgetting.
Or what I deserve
Questioning what the speaker deserves in the context of forgiveness.
I'm tracing new beginnings just to throw them all away
Creating new beginnings but discarding them, possibly due to fear or hesitation.
It's not what you said
Emphasizing the importance of how something was said, not just what was said.
But the way you did
The manner of communication still affects the speaker; the impact is settling in.
It's still settling
The emotional impact of past events is still being processed and accepted.
Sometimes I still think
Reflecting on memories of the past.
I know you like I did before
The difficulty of seeing someone differently than before.
Sometimes I guess the songs that you might like on new records
Anticipating the preferences of someone based on past knowledge.
It's lonely even though we made the right call
Despite making the right decision, there's a lingering sense of loneliness.
And after all
Despite the resolution, there's an acknowledgment that settling is ongoing.
We're still settling
Continued adjustment and acceptance of the past.
I hope your moms doing better
Expressing concern for someone's well-being.
I never said thank you for that piano
Acknowledging gratitude for a past gesture (the piano).
She fucking hates me for that
Acknowledging negative consequences of the past gesture.
How strange it felt when we tried to give it back
Reflecting on the awkwardness of attempting to return a gift.
The ghost in my room, The ghost of you
The lingering presence of the past, possibly regrets or memories.
Look, it's finally settling
Indicating that the emotional impact is finally settling.
I could paint these walls a hundred kinds of green
Contemplating change, but the knowledge of what's behind remains.
But I’d still know what's behind them
Considering change for a fresh perspective.
But a change might be nice
Change might be refreshing despite the knowledge of the past.
Cause all my blues are gray
Expressing emotions through color metaphors, suggesting a desire for change.
That sounds like something that you’d say
Referencing a characteristic phrase of the other person.
Your words will take you anywhere you wanna go
Encouraging the use of words to shape one's destiny.
I hope you're never settling
Wishing that the other person never settles in life.
You come around, I'll get out of town
Expressing a willingness to avoid confrontation by leaving town.
You were right to paint me out
Acknowledging the correctness of the decision to exclude the speaker.
Paint me out
Repetition of the idea of exclusion or removal through painting out.
You come around, ill get out of town
Reiteration of a willingness to avoid confrontation through leaving town.
I guess we’re not so different now
Recognizing similarities despite past differences.
Paint me out
Repetition of the theme of exclusion through painting out.
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