I Don't Tell
Echoes of Deceit: Unraveling When Saints Go Machine's 'I Don't Tell'
Lyrics
06 I Don’t Tell
The speaker asserts their silence or withholding of information.
Swallow your lies
Encouragement to accept false statements despite the undeniable reality.
why when truth is blind
Questioning why truth isn't acknowledged or seen clearly.
No ones cold like I
Claiming a unique emotional coldness or detachment.
I miss the line of your lips
Longing for the sensation or touch of someone else's lips.
Like I’m fed up with mine
Expressing dissatisfaction with their own lips, possibly implying dissatisfaction with self-expression.
Like I’m fed up with mine
Reiteration of dissatisfaction with oneself.
Blow smoke till I'm out of light
Metaphorically using smoking as a means to extinguish one's inner light or vitality.
Blow smoke till I'm out of sight
Continuing the metaphor of smoking as a means to disappear or fade from view.
Just trying to let this thought die down
Attempting to suppress or quell a recurring thought or idea.
Just trying to let this thought die down
Repeating the desire to diminish a persistent thought.
Hollow my mind
Describing the emptying or hollowness of their mind, suggesting a lack of thoughts or emotions.
Hollow my mind
Reiterating the emptiness or void within their mind.
Like I'm out of line
Feeling as if they've crossed a boundary or acted inappropriately.
Missing a vision wide
Not having a broad perspective or understanding of a situation, feeling limited.
I'm just trying to live the light
Struggling to embrace or embody a positive mindset or attitude.
Don't go and miss me I won't lie
Requesting not to be missed if they choose to depart or change.
I’ll end it all just to let this person die
Expressing a willingness to end aspects of themselves to escape or move on from a situation.
Hollow my mind
Reiterating the emptiness or void within their mind.
Hollow my mind
Repeating the lack of substance or thoughts within their mind.
I'm just trying to live the light
Struggling to embrace or embody a positive mindset or attitude.
Hollow my mind
Repeating the emptiness or void within their mind.
I’ll end it all
Stating a willingness to end everything or aspects of themselves.
Don't go and miss me I won't lie
Repeating the request not to be missed if they choose to depart or change.
I won't
Emphatic denial of something (possibly lying or returning).
I won't
-I swear I won’t keep coming back
Promising not to repeatedly return or revisit a situation.
I swear I won’t keep coming back
Reiterating the promise not to repeatedly return or revisit a situation.
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