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When I came down the dawn poured into me
I shook em up, the walls came crumbling
My fists kept trembling with these salty wounds
My stolen gold inside the emperors tomb
Now painting rainbows on my ugly face
I built this cardboard neighborhoods disgrace
But I ascend and serve my feverish need
Within the confines of such chemistry
It's the way I see
Everything I need
It's no way to be
Let this be our little secret
No one needs to know were feeling
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
But I feel alive and I feel it in me
Up and up I keep on climbing
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
My face blew up at such a casual sight
The smattered colors of ecstatic fright
The rush above me to oblivion
Outlining wet sidewalks in halogen
Oh have you ever felt so goddamn strong
How come it takes some people so damn long
He tried to squeeze the lemon juice to rain
The citrus drawing out the scene in stains
Watch the basin drain
As your life lines wane
And you cant explain
As your friends complain
You've caused all this pain
And you proudly shame
Your whole families name
Let this be our little secret
No one needs to know were feeling
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
But I feel alive and I feel it in me
Up and up I keep on climbing
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
Mother I can tell what you've been thinking
Staring at the stars on your ceiling
Thinking once there was a power that you were wielding
And now I've hit the mark
Stabbing at the dark
And I cannot help but ignore the people staring at my scars
Let this be our little secret
No-one needs to know we're feeling
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
But I feel alive and feel it in me
Up and up I keep on climbing
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
Let this be our little secret
No one needs to know were feeling
Higher and higher and higher
But I feel alive and I feel it in me
Up and up and keep on climbing
Higher and higher and higher
I shook em up, the walls came crumbling
My fists kept trembling with these salty wounds
My stolen gold inside the emperors tomb
Now painting rainbows on my ugly face
I built this cardboard neighborhoods disgrace
But I ascend and serve my feverish need
Within the confines of such chemistry
It's the way I see
Everything I need
It's no way to be
Let this be our little secret
No one needs to know were feeling
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
But I feel alive and I feel it in me
Up and up I keep on climbing
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
My face blew up at such a casual sight
The smattered colors of ecstatic fright
The rush above me to oblivion
Outlining wet sidewalks in halogen
Oh have you ever felt so goddamn strong
How come it takes some people so damn long
He tried to squeeze the lemon juice to rain
The citrus drawing out the scene in stains
Watch the basin drain
As your life lines wane
And you cant explain
As your friends complain
You've caused all this pain
And you proudly shame
Your whole families name
Let this be our little secret
No one needs to know were feeling
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
But I feel alive and I feel it in me
Up and up I keep on climbing
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
Mother I can tell what you've been thinking
Staring at the stars on your ceiling
Thinking once there was a power that you were wielding
And now I've hit the mark
Stabbing at the dark
And I cannot help but ignore the people staring at my scars
Let this be our little secret
No-one needs to know we're feeling
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
But I feel alive and feel it in me
Up and up I keep on climbing
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
Let this be our little secret
No one needs to know were feeling
Higher and higher and higher
But I feel alive and I feel it in me
Up and up and keep on climbing
Higher and higher and higher
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"But I ascend and serve my feverish need" the need of cutting themself
"Stabbing at the dark
And I cannot help but ignore the people staring at my scars"
this part is pretty clear, in my opinion
These are very down to earth guys.
Ignorance to all the lyrics makes people think that the only definition of "higher" is the use of drugs. This is clearly not the only way to use the word. Feeling higher also means being uplifted, ascended, happy, by looking at things from from an aerial(higher) position. Our own ego/experience also clouds us from the meaning. The meaning i put into the song will not be completely finished, it has much more depth than you know.
When I came down the dawn poured into me
En-light-enment- light comes into you, darkness disappears.
I shook em up, the walls came crumbling
Change-shake it up. Walls we create around ourselves fall down because weve previously felt insecure.
My fists kept trembling with these salty wounds
Fist are the tools of violence, salt water heals most wounds. Violence has no power anymore.
My stolen gold inside the emperors tomb
When our walls have come down we realize weve been selfish. light is gold.
Now painting rainbows on my ugly face
We no longer see ourselves as ugly, we are a beautiful artistic creation.
I built this cardboard neighborhoods disgrace
We once created a fake and weak structure of ourselves.
But I ascend and serve my feverish need
We all search for happiness, ascending is the peaceful nature of what everything is- this is the need of humanity.
Within the confines of such chemistry
And all we need is love.
It's the way I see
He sees the truth-
Everything I need
Love, Happiness, Transcendence,
It's the way to be
Passion Pit want to teach this.
Let this be our little secret
The secret of this song.
No one needs to know were feeling
You cant outright tell people your feeling a certain word, its boasting.
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
Using our minds we can achieve this, many cultures locate the soul above our heads.
But I feel alive and I feel it in me
We all have the potencial to do this- its our life force.
Up and up I keep on climbing
Like climbing a mountain we get closer and higher.
Higher and higher and higher
Higher and higher and higher
My face blew up at such a casual sight
Its so simple, once you know
The smattered colors of ecstatic fright
Its actually very exciting to feel it.
The rush above me to oblivion
Oblivion=void. Enlightenments refers to this feeling of void-like.
Outlining wet sidewalks in halogen
Our path to this glows like halogen
Oh have you ever felt so goddamn strong
Couragousness- no fears holding you back anymore
How come it takes some people so damn long
Alot of people live in fear, they dont see the bigger picture
He tried to squeeze the lemon juice to rain
Im not sure about this one... Lemons into lemonade?
The citrus drawing out the scene in stains
Or this one...
Watch the basin drain
Water drains in a spiral- into spiral is the "void".
As your life lines wane
As see us age,
And you cant explain
You enjoy getting older
As your friends complain
but yours friends want to stay young.
You've caused all this pain
We all cause pain.
And you proudly shame
We are not proud of it.
Your whole families name
Our families tried to teach us not to cause it.
Mother I can tell what you've been thinking
Mother Earth possibly, or our real mothers. Both symbolizing Caring and Loving Nature.
Staring at the stars on your ceiling
We our surrounds by stars.
Thinking once there was a power that you were wielding
We have the power of the stars, we are all made of the same thing.
And now I've hit the mark
You reach a point when you realize theres so much more
Staring at the dark
The dark has no power, light reveals
And I cannot help but ignore the people staring at my scars
There are many people who point out your past, your pain, and your suffering. The past does not define us, it is how we live in the current moment that reveals who we truly are.
Often when we relize the darkness and suffering in us, we have the ability to get rid of it. This another reason people talk about drugs because this song want to reveal your pain- have the courage to make it have no power. Shine light into all the corners and *Secrets* you have, so you have no fears. Our Potential in life is limitless, we can become light-love. Let the dawn pour into you.
I shook 'em up the walls came crumbling - describing how he feels
my thin skin trembling with these salty wounds - arms are raw from all of the trackmarks
my stolen gold inside the emperor's tomb - heroin inside the needle
now painting rainbows on my ugly face - taking that pill/shot turns the shitty outlook into colourful and warm feelings :)
I built this cardboard neighborhood's disgrace
but I ascend and serve my feverish need - he understands he is addicted
within the confines of such chemistry - explains the addcition is "confined" in the chemistry, so he's stuck inside the addiction.
It's the way I see - he only sees what goes through the drug first, drugs > everything
Everything I need - it's everything he needs, right?
It's no way to be - but he can't live like this, he's not sure how to get out though.
let this be our little secret - don't tell anyone
no one needs to know we're feeling - that we're shooting up, feeling amazing
higher and higher and higher - getting fucked up and feeling awesome
higher and higher and higher - fucking awesome.
but I feel alive, oh, I feel it in me - now that I have my shot/pill, I'm fucking great
up and up we keep on climbing - lets get higher, we don't want to go back to that morning state
higher and higher and higher
higher and higher and higher
my face blew up at such a casual sight - the shot/pills are making boring things seem amazing and alive again.
the smattered colors of ecstatic fright - drug effect reference, he's describing the outside world to be frightening with euphoria
the rush above me to oblivion - The rush of the drugs makes him feel amazing
outlining wet sidewalks in halogen - I guess this sort of means he's in a daze walking along.
have you ever felt so goddamn strong? - these drugs give you so much confidence, it's amazing
how come it takes some people so damn long - hurry up and load the needle
he turned to squeeze the lemon juice to rain - Squeezing the lemon juice preparing the shot
the citrus drawing out the scene in stains - The needle is loaded
Watch the basin drain - referencing his life going down the drain, or something important
As your life lines wane - his life is ending if he continues
And you can't explain - he feels great, he doesn't give a fuck, unless he hasn't had a shot ofc.
As your friends complain - his friends see him with a sober mind, he's going downhill.
You've caused all this pain - the drug use is hurting people around you
And you proudly shame - you understand you're hurting the people around you, you can't stop though
Your whole family's name - your family is traumatized by your use, people think low of your family now.
mother, I can tell what you've been thinking - he knows his mother disapproves
staring at the stars on your ceiling - she thinks about it at night, helplessly
thinking once there was a power that you were wielding - he thinks she feels that she needs to control him, but she can't
but now I've hit the mark, - common for hitting the vein properly.
stabbing at the dark
and I cannot help but ignore the people staring at my scars - people look at his trackmarks, he hates it.
But really, let people believe whatever they want to believe. People will have their own interpretations of the lyrics regardless of what the song is "actually about," so take a deep breath, relax, and continue interpreting it however YOU want to interpret it.
I've had a lot of surgeries, and I am covered in surgical scars. I don't heal well, so big scars from surgeries from 4+ years ago even with using prescription creams, they still look pretty nasty. People tend to stare at them. I still have issues with them. But I know that other people may judge me but they have no idea what I have been through and I think most people wouldn't have made it past even the first brain surgery.
I really love this song though. Actually I love every passion pit song I've heard.