I have a really personal connection to this song, and it might not be what Adam intended when he wrote it, but I think all art is open to interpretation - so here's mine:
This song is about just not being okay, not really being present in life, going through the motions and not really seeing the joy (color) in life (coffee black and egg white).
The verse "I am covered in skin, no one gets to come in" is particularly meaningful to me because 2 months ago I was sexually assaulted by a (now ex) friend of mine. It made me feel like a sex object (I am covered in skin), it made me feel used, and since then it has been hard to open up to anyone else (no one gets to come in), it has been hard to connect with anything, and it has been hard to see the color in life.
This song can refer to coping with any hardship in life, I think, but to me it really resonates to my experience with assault. I'm looking forward to the day when I can say "I am fine."
Before this happened to me, I felt little to no connection with the song, I just recognized it as beautiful, and now it has helped me cope with something I hoped I would never have to deal with, and now it is even more powerful and beautiful to me.
I have a really personal connection to this song, and it might not be what Adam intended when he wrote it, but I think all art is open to interpretation - so here's mine: This song is about just not being okay, not really being present in life, going through the motions and not really seeing the joy (color) in life (coffee black and egg white). The verse "I am covered in skin, no one gets to come in" is particularly meaningful to me because 2 months ago I was sexually assaulted by a (now ex) friend of mine. It made me feel like a sex object (I am covered in skin), it made me feel used, and since then it has been hard to open up to anyone else (no one gets to come in), it has been hard to connect with anything, and it has been hard to see the color in life. This song can refer to coping with any hardship in life, I think, but to me it really resonates to my experience with assault. I'm looking forward to the day when I can say "I am fine." Before this happened to me, I felt little to no connection with the song, I just recognized it as beautiful, and now it has helped me cope with something I hoped I would never have to deal with, and now it is even more powerful and beautiful to me.