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I don't feel alright
In spite of these comforting sounds you make
I don't feel alright
Because you make promises that you break
Into your house
Why don't we share our solitude?
Nothing is pure anymore but solitude
It's hard to make sense
Feels as if I'm sensing you through a lens
If someone else comes
I'll just sit here listening to the drums
Previously I never called it solitude
And probably you know
All the dirty shows I've put on
Blunted and exhausted like anyone
Honestly I tried to avoid it
Honestly
Back when we were kids
We would always know when to stop
And now all the good kids are messing up
Nobody has gained or accomplished anything
In spite of these comforting sounds you make
I don't feel alright
Because you make promises that you break
Into your house
Why don't we share our solitude?
Nothing is pure anymore but solitude
It's hard to make sense
Feels as if I'm sensing you through a lens
If someone else comes
I'll just sit here listening to the drums
Previously I never called it solitude
And probably you know
All the dirty shows I've put on
Blunted and exhausted like anyone
Honestly I tried to avoid it
Honestly
Back when we were kids
We would always know when to stop
And now all the good kids are messing up
Nobody has gained or accomplished anything
Lyrics submitted by Belle-and-Eric-Hajdu, edited by oiseaux, LasseSand
Track duration: 08:51
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I don't feel alright
In spite of these comforting sounds you make
I don't feel alright
Because you make promises that you break
Into your house
Why don't we share
Our solitude?
Here we see the narrator speak as though he ended a relationship, because of trust issues obviously - 'promises that she broke' ... but we sense he regrets it when he says 'i dont feel alright' . he even asks her why is there no peace between us? 'into your house why dont we share our solitude?'
Nothing is pure
Anymore
But solitude
He wanted to be alone after the break up with her, he thought solitude was the best choice for him in his life at that time, but even solitude, which he once had associated with positivity- is just no longer pure ... ... he misses her clearly people...
It's hard to make sense
Feels as if I'm sensing you through a lens
If someone else comes
I'll just sit here listening to the drums
He is thinking about this girl constantly, obviously they are not in close proximity in geographical location...(and i guess in emotional distance too if you want to go even deeper into the rabbit hole) and he even exclaims if another love prospect comes "i'll just sit here" ... to me, the drums is that 'comforting sound' that the song uses in its title- and the drums is the girl he loves/misses.
Previously
I never called
It solitude
He never would have called such an emotional limbo- 'solitude' . Now in the song, we see a shift in his perception of how he handles his longing for the girl, he now calls the longing and the misery - 'solitude' ... because he is so far gone in such hurtful passion, he doesn't feel anything anymore, maybe the only thing he can feel now is pain, so this one thing he can feel, this has become his solitude.
And probably you know
All the dirty shows I've put on
Blunted and exhausted like anyone
Honestly I tried to avoid it
Honestly
The way he treated her, maybe even the way he showed her his longing after the 'break-up' , is what he means when he says "all the dirty shows Ive put on" .. its clear he thinks low of himself and his actions to her because of the use of the word dirty, and it wasnt really how he felt , he really did love her with all his heart- even till the bitter end -use of the word show as in really only a performance
Back when we were kids,
We would always know when to stop
And now all the good kids are messing up
Nobody has gained or accomplished
Anything
When he was younger, maybe he wouldnt have been capable of hurting someone so much, or screwing up so much in his actions (whether it was his love gone wrong with this girl or in anything else in his life he may feels he have come up short in) And he may refer to himself as a 'good kid' who messed up. He says all this hurt and pain, and the break up, and the dirty show he put on , no body gained from the relationship, and neither party is even gaining now that they are apart...
to me, its a song about himself in limbo, emotional limbo, talking about his mistakes, talking maybe as if he is judging himself and the whole situation... but again i totally interpreted this as a relationship song, because, im a hopeless romantic kids ;p
I feel sad but not really in a bad way...
I don't know I get a very special feeling when I listen to this song.
you have to lay down, close your eyes and let the music absorb you... and believe me it will.
"I don't feel alright in spite of these comforting sounds you make.
I don't feel alright because you make promises that you break."
-I'm wary around you because I don't know if you're sincere - you haven't always kept your word before.
"Into your house, why don't we share our solitude?
Nothing is pure anymore but solitude."
-In our solitude we are ourselves, and I just want to be myself with someone else, with you.
"It's hard to make sense, feels as if I'm sensing you through a lens."
-I can't get a good read on you, it feels like you haven't completely opened up to me, like theres a filter between your true self and what you show me.
"If someone else comes, I'd just sit here listening to the drums."
-If our bond is to be interrupted, momentarily or permanently, I'd simply go back to passively listening to the world, making none of my own noise
"Previously I never called it solitude."
-It never used to make me feel so alone, all this acting I do for the rest of the world"
"And probably you know all the dirty shows I've put on.
Blunted and exhausted like anyone.
Honestly I tried to avoid it.
Honestly."
-You know all the acting I do in my life. I'm tired of it, just like anyone else. I never wanted to act, but it couldn't be avoided.
"Back when we were kids, we would always know when to stiop.
And now all the good kids are messing up.
Nobody has gained or accomplished anything."
-We used to know when to stop acting and be truthful and vulnerable, but everyone has hardened over the years, and this isolation we impose on ourself from others does not do any good.
In a nutshell: It's about being kept in the dark from someone you love. They just use you as a fall back, and you can never really see their real intentions (feels as if I'm sensing you through a lens). The narrator talks about "putting on shows" in the sense that he's trying to get pity, etc, but the antagonist is always able to call him/her out on it. The instrumental part of the song is narrator moving on.