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One track mind, like a goldfish,
Stuck inside my petri dish.
I can't breathe, and I can't smile,
This better be worth my while.
I feel numb most of the time,
Lower I get the higher,
I'll climb, and I will wonder why,
I got dark only to shine.
Looking for the golden life,
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice.
C-C-C-Cry
Forgo families, forgo friends,
That's how it started, and how it ends,
I can't open up and cry, 'cause I've been silent all my life.
I feel numb most of the time,
The more I get the higher,
I'll climb, and I will wonder why,
I get dark only,
To shine.
Looking for the golden light,
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice.
C-C-C-Cry
C-C-C-Cry
Ooh, I get dark,
Oh, and I'm in hell,
I need a friend,
Ooh, but I can't yell,
Yeah, I'm no good,
No good to anyone,
'Cause all I care about,
Is being number one.
Shine,
Looking for the golden light,
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice.
Shine,
Looking for the golden light,
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice.
Sacrifice.
I feel numb most of the time,
The more I get the higher,
I'll climb, and I will wonder why,
I get dark only,
To shine.
And I'll light up the sky,
Stars that burn the brightest,
Fall so fast and pass you by,
Puff like empty lighters,
I feel numb most of the time,
The more I get the higher,
I'll climb, and I will wonder why,
I got dark only,
To shine.
And I'll light up the sky,
Stars that burn the brightest,
Fall so fast and pass you by,
Spark like empty lighters.
Dum dum dum, duh dah da.
Stuck inside my petri dish.
I can't breathe, and I can't smile,
This better be worth my while.
I feel numb most of the time,
Lower I get the higher,
I'll climb, and I will wonder why,
I got dark only to shine.
Looking for the golden life,
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice.
C-C-C-Cry
Forgo families, forgo friends,
That's how it started, and how it ends,
I can't open up and cry, 'cause I've been silent all my life.
I feel numb most of the time,
The more I get the higher,
I'll climb, and I will wonder why,
I get dark only,
To shine.
Looking for the golden light,
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice.
C-C-C-Cry
C-C-C-Cry
Ooh, I get dark,
Oh, and I'm in hell,
I need a friend,
Ooh, but I can't yell,
Yeah, I'm no good,
No good to anyone,
'Cause all I care about,
Is being number one.
Shine,
Looking for the golden light,
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice.
Shine,
Looking for the golden light,
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice.
Sacrifice.
I feel numb most of the time,
The more I get the higher,
I'll climb, and I will wonder why,
I get dark only,
To shine.
And I'll light up the sky,
Stars that burn the brightest,
Fall so fast and pass you by,
Puff like empty lighters,
I feel numb most of the time,
The more I get the higher,
I'll climb, and I will wonder why,
I got dark only,
To shine.
And I'll light up the sky,
Stars that burn the brightest,
Fall so fast and pass you by,
Spark like empty lighters.
Dum dum dum, duh dah da.
Lyrics submitted by florencefan, edited by izzybella5, meekadai
Track duration: 04:17
"Numb" as written by Marina Lambrini Diamandis
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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That's just how I see it.
xx
That's just how I see it.
xx
The more I get the higher,
I'll climb, and I will wonder why,
I got dark only,
To shine.
And I'll light up the sky,
Stars that burn the brightest,
Fall so fast and pass you by,
Spark like empty lighters.
I loooove this bit. Her voice is absolutely amazing in this song :) I think this song is about stardom rather than depression, although I guess it could always be a bit of both.
Looking for the golden LIE
Maybe I'm wrong but hey ho there you go. The song has helped me a lot though and for that Marina I am grateful lol
With those two points its easier to understand the chorus
I feel numb most of the time,
The more I get the higher,
I'll climb, and I will wonder why,
I get dark only,
To shine.
Looking for the golden light,
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice.
She is climbing the ranks of stardom and wonders "why"
"I get dark" refers to her social standing with her family and friends- she dosen't have any traditional friends and she closed them out which she thinks is a reasonable sacrifice for working so hard to shine as a super star.
but later she sings:
And I'll light up the sky,
Stars that burn the brightest,
Fall so fast and pass you by,
Spark like empty lighters.
this basically gives us the "why?" she is asking. It questions what she actually got- she's lighting up the sky but who knows how long that will last- and it might just "pass you by" not be spectacular enough for it to have warranted the effort.
"rootless" is the way i feel like for many months, i'm listening now all the time, just glad, that i'm not the only one feeling like that. -marina i love you only for that song!)
i was wondering, WHY i am that rootless... and it's just 20 minutes ago, when i realized, if it could be my own fault, cause i was trying to reach the bottom, just like in fight club- (free from everything that could own me).
and i think that's why "numb" is the song after "rootless"-
"Forgo families, forgo friends,
That's how it started, and how it ends,
I can't open up and cry, 'cause i've been saddened all my life."
that's where ia am now.
i can count the friends i have on one hand (while smoking a cigarette)