Wild Body High
Embracing the Night: A Tale of Liberation and Sacrifice
Lyrics
Used to live down deep beneath the water
Describing a past existence submerged in water
Where the ice fields flow with mercury
Comparing the environment to icy regions contaminated with mercury
Till I found myself a refugee
Transition to a state of being displaced or seeking asylum
Here I stand now, just hauling a plow
Present situation of laboriously working in a field
Down a crop field outside this old town
Specifically, toiling outside a town
Another man's toil for the endless underground
Working for someone else's gain in the underground
Wild body high
A reference to intense and untamed sensations
Won't you let me unzip your skin and wear it as mine
Expressing a desire to intimately understand another person's experience
Cause every night when the sun goes down
Encountering opposition at nightfall
They come to run me out of town
Being pursued or forced out by others
But through the darkness I know
Despite challenges, an awareness of something hopeful in the darkness
There's a body lying open for what's left of my own
A possibility of solace or refuge within another's body
The folks here spit their acid breath
People expressing hostility or negativity
Choking on my name like a promise of death
Describing how others negatively perceive and talk about the person
The more they hear, the less they really care to know
Others' diminishing interest in truly understanding the individual
From just beneath their iron lung
A metaphorical reference to a confined, restrictive environment
Shimmer like a seashell, sharper than a tongue
Describing a beautiful yet cutting or harsh appearance
Every red moon rising like a fire in my bones
Intense feeling or energy linked to a recurring event
Wild body high
Reiteration of untamed and powerful sensations
Won't you let me unzip your skin and wear it as mine
Desire to intimately understand another person's experience, repeated
Cause every night when the sun goes down
Encountering opposition at nightfall, repeated
They come to run me out of town
Being pursued or forced out by others, repeated
But through the darkness I know
Hopeful acknowledgment amid challenging times, repeated
There's a body lying open for what's left of my own
A potential place of solace or refuge within another's body, repeated
Nothing left for me to hide
A declaration of revealing oneself completely
I'll open you up to finally rest inside
Willingness to merge or find rest within another
What the black ground yearns for I won't let it take
Resisting the inevitability of losing something precious
As the moon rises one last time
Describing a significant moment of departure
I'll set you down neath the blood red sky
Symbolic act of placing another to rest beneath a vivid sky
Never more to hold your holy crown where I can't reach
No longer being able to reach or grasp something cherished
Wild body high
Reiteration of intense and untamed sensations, repeated
Won't you let me unzip your skin and wear it as mine
Desire to intimately understand another person's experience, repeated
Cause you know every night when the sun goes down
Encountering opposition at nightfall, repeated
They come to run me out of the town
Being pursued or forced out by others, repeated
But through the darkness I know
Hopeful acknowledgment amid challenging times, repeated
(I know, I know)
A reaffirmation of inner knowledge despite external challenges, repeated
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