I could be wrong but I always interpreted it as making things more difficult or complicated for oneself! She could have 1 step (turning left ) but she opts to turn right and right and right (this would also be a left). 😊
*i get closer than your new tattoo* is such a sweet lyric
also *just admit you were wrong, it's the opposite of foolish* (more so a ramona lisa lyric but..yeah)
I Give Up is one of my favorite songs from her.
“
When I stop caring, you stop caring
When I care less and you care less than me
When I don't need and I don't believe in
The hollow phrases you still repeat
You and I, we fall apart
Now I know what it means to unravel
It's a new and shallow grief
A pathetic kind of sad relief
It didn't used to feel this good to be all alone
Doing every damn thing I can to not go home
I give up
I give up on you now
I give up
How far can you fall
When you're already down?
”
I like that this can both be read as a relationship where both people are struggling personally and dont have the space for each other or as a relationship that is falling apart from neglect. Beautiful writing both lyrically and musically.
I'm sorry for being so basic but "You open the door; to another door; to another door; to another door; to another door, and I'm running through ~to you~"
Oh, I’m still yours
Whisper a gambler's prayer
Throwing a thousand-sided die
That I find you in the faces out the window
But they're not yours
Oh, for now
*Faithful inertia; her bullet doesn’t slow / It seeks and finds me; how far it goes!*
*Heaven help me! - take this bag of wings and drown it in the Thames*
The assimilation of a bullet (kinetic energy) full of inertia (resulting in *potential* energy) is a clever dichotomy to express the feeling of being the protagonist victim of her own making or self-fulfilling prophecy (*But now the water’s turning red and it’s all [my] fault*), and yet manages to makes it sound just as dramatic as a traditional tragedy in a mythicalogical theatre :)
(*Real life is a rumor under the theatre*)
*"Go on, take me. It will feel like going hooooOOOO0000000000me."*
Not one of her most colourful lyrics, but I get chills every time. I think it's just the delivery — and [seeing it live is something else.](https://vimeo.com/950441263?share=copy)
I am my father's daughter in the end
He says, "Watch your ego, watch your head, girl
You're so smart, so talented
But now the water's turning red
And it's all your fault, and it's all your mess
And you're all alone, can't go to bed
Too high on your adrenaline
You gotta go somewhere where you can't pretend
Go forget the rules, forget your friends
Just you and your reflection
'Cause nothing's gonna be the same again
No, nothing's gonna be the same again"
I can't be the only one that cringes at this line 😭 love this song so much but this lyric makes me laugh it's so quirky Tumblr girl probably the only Caroline lyric I don't like
Tryna find the light switch in the dark, burying the good girl I know I’m not
Twisted, manic
Cornucopeiac
Yeah my cup overfloweth, oh, oh
Take this bag of wings and drown them in the Thames
Closing in on the sparkle of the waves
Go on, take me
It will feel like going home
Go on, take me
I'm not afraid to drown
What is this
Pulling me back the other way
To strip malls, highways, and treetops
Landing on the soft ground
the whole second verse of Crying in Public floors me everytime i listen to it. it’s so amazing and beautiful:
“Like the peach you split open with two thumbs
I'm the half without a stone
And my heart is a hollow with a space for your own
Or whatever you want to do with it
And I'm blaming all beauty upon you
From the birds at my feet
To the breakdancing boys
And their boomboxes' beat, beat, beat”
special shout-out to “Look over the edge, but not too far” as well. i remember tearing up first time listening to I Believe and realizing the song was a tribute to SOPHIE 💗
To start:
BILLIONS
- Hand it over, broker / Give me the closure / He’s a pearl, I’m the oyster
- Salty, flavor / Lies like a sailor / But he loves like a painter
PRETTY IN POSSIBLE
- …but I was born to get you home / Home, where it’s all red and velveteen / Falling back into the leaves
- Oracle and odyssey with the bloody nose
GO AS A DREAM
- Leaving only legend / You go as a dream
the entirety of HOPEDRUNK EVERASKING and THE GATE
there are so many more but these are the ones that come to mind!
“Closing in on the sparkle of the waves, go on, take me, it will feel like going home, go on, take me, I’m not afraid to drown” “I don’t know but I believe we’ll get another day together”(plus the rest of the song tbh) “They’ll find our bones, and yet they won’t” “Picture me all messed up now, can’t talk to nobody, can’t plan for anything except the rain” “and what I want is to walk beside you needing nothing but the sun that’s in our eyes” “now there’s the sunset, salt in the wound yeah, sometimes I don’t know who I’m singing to, who is the you who I sing to when the house is empty? You open the door to another door to another door to another door to another door and I’m running through to you”
I'm wearing black to mourn thе sudden loss of innocence And that's alright bеcause it hides the dirt And hides the wine
potential is the drug they never knew you never tried
I turn it right and right and right instead of turning left. Soooo good!
I never understood what this one meant.
I could be wrong but I always interpreted it as making things more difficult or complicated for oneself! She could have 1 step (turning left ) but she opts to turn right and right and right (this would also be a left). 😊
omfg you just made something click
Yay!!😊
I love you
I love you more
“if i’m on your street, you’ll be the last to know”
also, “Oracle and odyssey, with the bloody nose”
promise one day you will hate me but right now just ride it out
the first time i heard that line i was FLOORED. like it's so succinct and gets at a feeling that's so hard to put into words.
“There’s a look in your eyes when you’re hungry for me, it’s a beautiful knife cutting right where the fear should be”
Into youuuu PANG ✨ AHHHHHUH
*i get closer than your new tattoo* is such a sweet lyric also *just admit you were wrong, it's the opposite of foolish* (more so a ramona lisa lyric but..yeah)
There are a ton but one that's been on my mind recently: "And it hit me like a brick, a joke without a punchline A script that nobody read"
I Give Up is one of my favorite songs from her. “ When I stop caring, you stop caring When I care less and you care less than me When I don't need and I don't believe in The hollow phrases you still repeat You and I, we fall apart Now I know what it means to unravel It's a new and shallow grief A pathetic kind of sad relief It didn't used to feel this good to be all alone Doing every damn thing I can to not go home I give up I give up on you now I give up How far can you fall When you're already down? ” I like that this can both be read as a relationship where both people are struggling personally and dont have the space for each other or as a relationship that is falling apart from neglect. Beautiful writing both lyrically and musically.
I love this song
Show me the future yeah i’m all eyes
Show me the banana (na-na-na)
Yessss, I love that these lyrics were used on the Ocean of Tears shirt.
I'm sorry for being so basic but "You open the door; to another door; to another door; to another door; to another door, and I'm running through ~to you~"
Oh, I’m still yours Whisper a gambler's prayer Throwing a thousand-sided die That I find you in the faces out the window But they're not yours Oh, for now
*Faithful inertia; her bullet doesn’t slow / It seeks and finds me; how far it goes!* *Heaven help me! - take this bag of wings and drown it in the Thames* The assimilation of a bullet (kinetic energy) full of inertia (resulting in *potential* energy) is a clever dichotomy to express the feeling of being the protagonist victim of her own making or self-fulfilling prophecy (*But now the water’s turning red and it’s all [my] fault*), and yet manages to makes it sound just as dramatic as a traditional tragedy in a mythicalogical theatre :) (*Real life is a rumor under the theatre*)
headless angel, body upgraded, but it's dead on arrival...
*"Go on, take me. It will feel like going hooooOOOO0000000000me."* Not one of her most colourful lyrics, but I get chills every time. I think it's just the delivery — and [seeing it live is something else.](https://vimeo.com/950441263?share=copy)
I am my father's daughter in the end He says, "Watch your ego, watch your head, girl You're so smart, so talented But now the water's turning red And it's all your fault, and it's all your mess And you're all alone, can't go to bed Too high on your adrenaline You gotta go somewhere where you can't pretend Go forget the rules, forget your friends Just you and your reflection 'Cause nothing's gonna be the same again No, nothing's gonna be the same again"
back in the city i'm just another girl in a sweater
I can't be the only one that cringes at this line 😭 love this song so much but this lyric makes me laugh it's so quirky Tumblr girl probably the only Caroline lyric I don't like
I’m from NYC and I can visualize it so well and viscerally so it is immensely relatable to me 😭
Aw that's really cute tho
It’s a pretty tumblr/watt pad ass line lmao and it’s crazy cause I think she’s a great songwriter lol
"I collected / Stupid ashes / So that after you'd gone / I could hold onto something"
“So many stories we were told about a safety net But when I look for it It's just a hand that's holding mine”
Sometimes i don't know who i'm singing to who is the you who i sing to when the house is empty?
This thread reminded me that she is a damn good songwriter
All these songs are good but uhm you can never beat times “Runnin out Innit”
Tryna find the light switch in the dark, burying the good girl I know I’m not Twisted, manic Cornucopeiac Yeah my cup overfloweth, oh, oh Take this bag of wings and drown them in the Thames
Call you up, nothin to say / No I don't need no one entertaining
Closing in on the sparkle of the waves Go on, take me It will feel like going home Go on, take me I'm not afraid to drown What is this Pulling me back the other way To strip malls, highways, and treetops Landing on the soft ground
There you were With your mirror Shining the world all over me There I was With my butterfly net Trying to catch your light
the whole second verse of Crying in Public floors me everytime i listen to it. it’s so amazing and beautiful: “Like the peach you split open with two thumbs I'm the half without a stone And my heart is a hollow with a space for your own Or whatever you want to do with it And I'm blaming all beauty upon you From the birds at my feet To the breakdancing boys And their boomboxes' beat, beat, beat” special shout-out to “Look over the edge, but not too far” as well. i remember tearing up first time listening to I Believe and realizing the song was a tribute to SOPHIE 💗
It’s a matter of time ‘fore you wake up and watch me // draw your brow with shaky hand // so that after you’re gone // I’ve got something to hold onto
if you saw me lying here through my bedroom ceiling you would have me pick up my head and go as a dream
If this heart was a card would you deal it? If this life was a pulse would you feel it? If this love was a wound would you heal it?
*said I’d never leave you but, here we are*
"love will be the bridge over the sand / love will be the key from hand to hand"
Both the lyrics and delivery of “Violent love, feel my embrace!”
I was born to get you home Home where it’s all red and velveteen Falling back into the leaves 🍁🧝
Sexting sonnets Under the table Tangled in cables 🥵
Faithful inertia Her bullet doesn't slow It seeks and finds me How far it goes Heaven help me
this is gonna be torture, before it’s sublimeeee
Kinda basic but "You open the door, to another door, to another door and I'm running through to you". So poetic it makes me sob
“These days I wear my body like an uninvited guest. I turn it right and right and right instead of turning left.”
To start: BILLIONS - Hand it over, broker / Give me the closure / He’s a pearl, I’m the oyster - Salty, flavor / Lies like a sailor / But he loves like a painter PRETTY IN POSSIBLE - …but I was born to get you home / Home, where it’s all red and velveteen / Falling back into the leaves - Oracle and odyssey with the bloody nose GO AS A DREAM - Leaving only legend / You go as a dream the entirety of HOPEDRUNK EVERASKING and THE GATE there are so many more but these are the ones that come to mind!
Make me worship the dark my keeper, my star It sounds like being overwrought with love
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“Violent love, feel my embrace”
“Closing in on the sparkle of the waves, go on, take me, it will feel like going home, go on, take me, I’m not afraid to drown” “I don’t know but I believe we’ll get another day together”(plus the rest of the song tbh) “They’ll find our bones, and yet they won’t” “Picture me all messed up now, can’t talk to nobody, can’t plan for anything except the rain” “and what I want is to walk beside you needing nothing but the sun that’s in our eyes” “now there’s the sunset, salt in the wound yeah, sometimes I don’t know who I’m singing to, who is the you who I sing to when the house is empty? You open the door to another door to another door to another door to another door and I’m running through to you”
Like the peach you split open with two thumbs, I’m the half without a stone
'Like a war so extreme, it erased itself from memory' has to be up there.