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Swallow Lyrics
I'll tell the truth: all of my songs
Are pretty much the fucking same I'm not a faerie but I need More than this life so I became This creature representing more to you Than just another girl And if I had a chance to change my mind I wouldn't for the world Twenty years Sinking slowly Can I trust you But I don't want to I will swallow If it will help my sea level go down But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown I will swallow If it will help my sea level go down I'll take a deep deep breath But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown I don't want to be a legend Oh well that's a god damned lie - I do To say I do this for the people I admit is hardly true You tell me everything's all right As though it's something you've been through You think this torment is romantic Well it's not except to you Twenty years Sinking slowly Can I trust you But I don't want to I will swallow If it will help my sea level go down But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown I will swallow If it will help my sea level go down I'll take a deep deep breath But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown Low tide and high tea The oysters are waiting for me If I'm not there on time I'll send my emissary If I photoshop you Out of every picture I could Go quietly quiet But would that do any good Will it hurt? No it won't Then what am I so afraid of Filthy victorians They made me what I'm made of The brighter the light The darker the shadow I don't need a minder I've made up my mind Go away Twenty years Sinking slowly Can I trust you But I don't want to I will swallow If it will help my sea level go down But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown I will swallow If it will help my sea level go down I'll take a deep deep breath But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown |
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01-13-2007
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02-26-2007
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03-30-2007
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05-04-2007
All her relationships end up the same
But even though she's not anyone more important than anyone else, she wants more to life than what its offering her, so, She's done something to make sure that in this relationship, shes not just another girl he'd hurt or will hurt, she's done something to make him remember her, something none of the other girls had done, and if given the chance she wouldnt have done otherwise.
its been bothering her for a time now, and its just getting worse, She thinks about just letting go and trusting him but she knows that she really doesnt want to.
So in the chorus it would probably mean, that she'll let go if It'll make things better and lessen the pain and confusion she's trying to cope, and she'll somehow get the courage to do it but if it back-fires, then she'll make sure he knows he's to blame for it.
Then, probably during the course of the relationship, she considers just going quietly (thelegend part) But admits that she wont let that really happen, he must remember it, she's not doind it for whats best, its what makes her feel better, when shes having trouble he talks as though its nothing, And he seems to get a kick out of it, but, its only him on that.
Now its time for her to end things, she doesnt know whether to jsut leave it and forget about him and cut him out of her memories, its wouldt hurt but she doesnt want him to forget how he made her fall. She blames it on her past, but is thinking about the balance of happiness to the pain she's feeling, shes decided on it ending either way! thats just what I think xD
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08-12-2007
It's my favourite part of the song, but I see no connection
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08-15-2007
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08-25-2007
ALL SHIT RELASHION THAT ARE TORMENTS,, AND not ROMANTIC, Even she donīt trust in others and IN THAT she LIE TOO, To beeing Representing more ,, and THINGS she donīt really like to do ,but she DO THAT!!
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09-16-2007
Now, i think after all this torment she put herself through, she made a sheild that allowed her to wallow in her sorrow without many people knowing. Then she meets a guy who breaks that sheild. She's torn between the choice of trusting him or staying alone. finaly she decides to "swallow" her sea of pride or whatever it is that stops her from trusting others on such a level. She claims that if this whole trusting others doesnt work, then she'll get her revenge ("But I'll come back to haunt you if i drown")
The guy is trying to tell her that it'l be alright becuase he's felt the same, but the girl doesnt believe that he or maybe anybody could understand the way she feels ("You tell me everything's all right/As though it's something you've been through") I think the guy is so smitten with her that he feels its his duty to save her from self destruction and thinks he's a knight in shining armour. He feels he's doing something so romantic that there's no way she won't be won over. She is the first to tell him that its only romantic to him but it's a major and slightly tramatic life change for her. The guy probably doesnt see it as important as it is to her, which frustrates her. (You think this torment is romantic/Well it's not except to you).
In the end though, it seems she finally made a decision and wants him to go away. She doenst want him to help her. (If I photoshop you/Out of every picture I could/Go quietly quiet) Whether or not he actualy goes away though..I'm not sure about that.
over all (despite my looong ass explination) i really enjoy this song. I can relate to it slightly acutally. I felt like this a year or two ago. EA is amazing!
Sorry for my long comment. :P i like to annotate things...
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10-05-2007
"I don't need a minder
I've made up my mind
Go away"
makes me believe it's about a manager or something. I will swallow would then pretty much mean, I will trust that you get my career on the right track/make me famous/do it my way, but if you fail, i'll take your career with me when mine is over... Not an exact interpretation, but the feeling i get from the song.
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10-05-2007
"I don't need a minder
I've made up my mind
Go away"
makes me believe it's about a manager or something. I will swallow would then pretty much mean, I will trust that you get my career on the right track/make me famous/do it my way, but if you fail, i'll take your career with me when mine is over... Not an exact interpretation, but the feeling i get from the song.
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10-17-2007
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01-02-2008
I will swallow ( your cum - I love you)
if it will help my sea level go down (go down on you so my wet pussy and hornyness go away)
I'll take a deep deep breath ( deepthroat ftw no explanations needed)
But ill come back to haunt you if I drown. (dont you dare eyaculate your aids infested cum inside my throat or ill bite your dick off fucker)
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01-09-2008
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01-23-2008
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03-10-2008
"The brighter the light, the darker the shadow" the more she trusts this person and lets her guard down, the harder it is going to be for her if he does burn her like the last one did.
I think most of this song is about fear. She's afraid of what could happen should she "swallow" and take the leap. She's afraid of being hurt, and she says that no it wont hurt, because she can get over oh so easily so don't be scared. And she talks about cutting out the photographs and shit. its like to get over the one who hurt her she needs to completely forget his face, voice, smell everything.
"I'll take a deep, deep breath, but I'll come back to haunt you if I drown."
She's going for it. Going out on her own or whatever and facing her fear, but if she gets burned again itll be the last time.
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03-19-2008
This person she wants to trust thinks being a tortured artist is glamorous, that only good can come of it, but really it's exactly what it says it is: torture.
There's a story about a girl who cried a whole sea of tears, and drowned herself in her own sadness. I think the swallow bit is somehow related to that.
I also kind of agree that it's in part about an authority figure, like a parent or a manager.
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03-25-2008
i always secretly thought it had something to do with swallowing cum, cuz thats just me, but i doubt it somewhat lmao. great song aways :P
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04-16-2008
Next person who slanders Emilie's work
may you rot on the end of a noose
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04-26-2008
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05-05-2008
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06-03-2008
reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilie_Autumn
In the past, Autumn was signed to a major label, but as they took more and more control over her work, she left and formed her own record label, Traitor Records.
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the interp (this will be a bit lengthy)
verses:
"i'll tell the truth all of my songs
are pretty much the fucking same"
--it's a nasty habit of the record companies to try to force their artists in changing their sound to suit more commercial needs. ms. autumn is retaliating in frustration, how this has turned her songs into nothing but carbon copies of themselves.
"i'm not a faerie but i need more than this life
so i became this creature representing more
to you than just another girl"
--she came to them because she needed to do more with her creativity.
"and if i had the chance to change my mind
i wouldn't for the world"
--while she's not too fond of the situation, she does acknowledge it as a stepping stone and she has no regrets
"i don't want to be a legend
well that's a gd lie i do
to say i do this for the people
i admit is hardly true"
--record label attempting to keep her around "we'll make you a legend!" and any other empty promises. she throws her hands up in the air and says that's not what she wants - well it is, but she would prefer to be a legend by her own merits, rather than by spoonfeeding the same b.s. everyone else in the mainstream does.
"you tell me everything's alright
as though it's something you've been through
you think this torment is romantic
well it's not, except to you"
--the record company assuring her some more, and she retaliates by saying this is something you create for your own amusement, it's not something you're forced to deal with
refrain/bridge:
"twenty years sinking slowly"
--the record companies have been a slow decline for quite some time, and she's not interested in going down with them
"can i trust you? but i don't want to"
--can she trust that given time she will be allowed more creative freedom? it's not a chance she's willing to take.
"low tide and high tea the oysters are waiting for me
if i'm not there on time i'll send my emissary"
--she's got a decision to make, and her fans (oysters) are waiting. if there's a delay because of the situation she'll let them know
"if i photoshop you out of every picture i could
go quietly but would that do any good"
--she's attempting to make a clean break, wash her hands of it, but doubts are springing up; has the damage already been done?
"will it hurt, no it won't, then what am i so afraid of?
filthy victorians they made me what i'm made of
the brighter the light the darker the shadow"
--breaking free and doing it on your own is a big, scary step, especially when you're not so well established yet. she's pulling herself up and getting the courage to do what needs to be done, which is break away and continue on her own.
"i don't need a minder i've made up my mind
go away"
--every empty promise and hollow statement is lost on her, she doesn't need to hear, she's set on the course.
chorus:
"i will swallow if it will help my sea level go down"
--i will take this risk if it means more creative freedom.
"but i'll come back to haunt you if i drown"
--'yeah, sure, i'll be back if it doesn't work out. whatever.'
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06-03-2008
"But things deteriorate rapidly when another writer is flown in, another arranger is flown in, and suddenly my songs don't sound like mine anymore, and my violin is being thinned out because the producers wholeheartedly believe that the general public is "threatened" by any reference to what could be seen as "classical." Of course, I balk, and where I was once treated like a princess, I'm now dealt with as a rebellious ingrate who has to be kept in line with constant monitoring and excessive restraints."
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