Turn To Dust
Ephemeral Dance with Fear: Turn To Dust by Wolf Alice
Lyrics
Keep your beady eyes on me
Emphasizing the need for someone's close observation or scrutiny.
To make sure I don't turn to dust
Expressing a desire not to fade away or lose significance.
If fear is in the mind, then my mind lives in fear
Suggesting that if fear exists within the mind, the individual's mind is consumed by fear.
As deep in this voice as the dirty British sea
Comparing the depth or embedded nature of a voice to the depth of the dirty British sea, possibly alluding to a profound and dark aspect.
Keep your beady eyes on me
Reiteration of the need for scrutiny or close observation.
To make sure I don't turn to dust
Repetition of the desire not to lose oneself or fade away.
There's paths to make the heart beat
Referring to different paths or choices in life that affect the heartbeat, possibly denoting various emotional impacts.
Then paths where I can skip
Some paths are easygoing or allow for skipping, implying a carefree nature.
And a path to thread lightly with the clouds beneath my feet
A path that requires delicacy or caution while experiencing a sense of elevation or lightness.
(Ooh)
Vocalization expressing emotion or emphasis.
(Ooh)
Repetition of vocalization expressing emotion or emphasis.
When the light creeps from the blinds
Describing an action of dancing when the light enters through the blinds, possibly a metaphor for experiencing joy or liberation.
I dance in Heaven
Associating the act of dancing with a heavenly or blissful sensation.
It's just old passing time
Suggesting that these actions are simply a way to pass time without deeper significance.
It rains dead weather, oh
Metaphorically referencing challenging or bleak conditions, possibly reflecting on difficult emotions or situations.
(Ooh)
Vocalization expressing emotion or emphasis.
(Ooh)
Repetition of vocalization expressing emotion or emphasis.
(Ooh)
-Keep your beady eyes on me
Reiteration of the need for scrutiny or close observation.
To make sure I don't turn to dust
Repetition of the desire not to lose oneself or fade away.
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