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Up with your turret
Aren't we just terrified?
Shale, screen your worry
From what you won't ever find
Don't let it fool you
Don't let it fool you down
Dancing around
Folds in her gown
Sea and the rock below
Cocked to the undertow
Bones, blood and teeth erode
They will be crashing low
Wings wouldn't help you
Wings wouldn't help you down
Down towards the ground
Gravity smiled
You barely are blinking
Wagging your face around
When'd this just become a mortal home?
Won't, won't, won't, won't, won't let you talk me . . .
Won't let you talk me down
We'll pull it taut
Nothing let out
Aren't we just terrified?
Shale, screen your worry
From what you won't ever find
Don't let it fool you
Don't let it fool you down
Dancing around
Folds in her gown
Sea and the rock below
Cocked to the undertow
Bones, blood and teeth erode
They will be crashing low
Wings wouldn't help you
Wings wouldn't help you down
Down towards the ground
Gravity smiled
You barely are blinking
Wagging your face around
When'd this just become a mortal home?
Won't, won't, won't, won't, won't let you talk me . . .
Won't let you talk me down
We'll pull it taut
Nothing let out
Lyrics submitted by feverrdreamss
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"Up with your turret, Arent we just terrified"
A turret is a small tower armed with guns and weaponry. this is metaphorical, saying that she has walls built up against him, and Shes terrified of letting him in.
"Shale,...."
Shale is a type of rock that is formed from mud that can easily be split into pieces. this is also metaphorical, saying that shes fragile and hes trying to break down her walls
"... screen your your worry, from what you wont ever find"
the man is trying to get the women to open up and he is trying to hide his worry that the she wont ever let him in, and that he wont ever find why she is so guarded.
"Dont let it fool you, Dont let it fool you, Down"
All this is saying is that he is trying not to be fooled by the walls put up by his lover.
"Down sitting round, folds in her gown"
He is sitting beside her, and she is crying, hence "folds in her gown"(side note, this is where i inferred that the girl is the one who is guarded)
"Sea and the rock below,..."
This is where i agree with hellomynameisfay. shes looking at the rocks below questioning if she should jump. "...cocked to the undertow" whether this is morbid or not, this actually indicates that she jumped. Cocked means to be bent or twisted , and undertow is the current in the ocean that lies under the surface, so this is saying she jumped and is being bent and thrashed around by the current.
"Bones blood and teeth erode, with every crashing node"
A node is a point of intersectiong wiht another, so this is saying she would get mad at him every time her approached her.
"Wings wouldnt hep you Wings wouldnt help you, Dowm"
Hes saying she was a plight and nobody could have saved her.
"Down towards the ground, gravity smiled"
Once again, a reference to the suicide.
"You barely are blinking, wagging your face around"
I think this is either talking about Her shaking her head no to him, Maybe at a suggestion of getting help for her mental ilness. Or, this may be talking about a peaceful evening he had with her, where you do the kind of dancing where you are sitting and just wagging your head back and forth.
"When'd this just become a mortal home?"
Home is refering to their relationship, and he always thought that it would last forever, that they were immortal. But now hes realizing that this might end soon(her commiting suicide.
"Won't, Wont, Won't, Won't, Won't let you talk me, Won't let you talk me, Down.
I think this part of the song is her answering back to him, saying that he cant talk her out of killing herself.
"We'll pull it taut, Nothing let out"
This part is kind of confusing. Taut means to pull and stretch something tight. Maybe hessaying that they will be watching her closely to mke sure nothing is let out of their sight?
He so beautifully put this song together, and I'd like to know what he thought while writing it.
Personally, I think he realized that the only way you can see what's on the bottom is to jump. "screen your worry
From what you won't ever find"
He also realized the fall is not graceful or easy. "Wings wouldn't help you down."
He realized when he hit the ground that he lost himself in the fall.
He forgot why he jumped. "When'd this just become a model home?"
He realized now he hit rock bottom. He felt like this feeling was to familiar to him, and he realized it became home to him.
Well folks, I gave it a shot.
Whether that makes no sense whatsoever, or it spoke right to your heart, I don't know.
But that's what I love about music.
It speaks to everyone,
but not always in the same way..
It's something we can all share, yet hold deeply something from it in our hearts.
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'sea and the rock below' that's a give a way that she's standing on top of a cliff.
'bones, blood and teeth erode' Eroding basially means breaking down so I'm guessing this is her falling and on the way down, knocking onto the side of the cliff
'down towards the ground gravity smiled' Gravity is winning because she falls
'Won't let you talk me down' She's probably planned this suicide and knows that she definately wants to die.
Plus, everytime 'down' is sung, it's emphasizing the fall.
That's what I thought when I looked up the lyrics for the first time but that's just my opinion :)
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Off with your torrent
Aren't we just terrified?
Shale screen your worry
From what you won't ever find
Don't let it fool you
Don't let it fool you
Down
Down, sitting round
Folds in the gown
Sea and the rock below
Cocked to the undertow
Bones, blood, and teeth erode
With every crashing node
Wings wouldn't help you
Wings wouldn't help you
Down
Down fills the ground
Gravity's prow
You barely are blinking
Wagging your face around
When'd this just become a model home
Ooh..
Won't, won't, won't, won't
Won't let you talk me
Won't let you talk me
Down
We'll pull it taut
Nothing let out