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Emilie Autumn – Swallow lyrics
(I will swallow
If it will help my sea level go down
But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown
I will swallow
If it will help my sea level go down
But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown
I will swallow
I will swallow)

I'll tell the truth: all of my songs
Are pretty much the fucking same
I'm not a faerie but I need
More than this life so I became
This creature representing more to you
Than just another girl
And if I had a chance to change my mind
I wouldn't for the world
Twenty years
Sinking slowly
Can I trust you
But I don't want to

I will swallow
If it will help my sea level go down
But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown
I will swallow
If it will help my sea level go down
I'll take a deep deep breath
But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown

I don't want to be a legend
Oh well that's a god damned lie - I do
To say I do this for the people
I admit is hardly true
You tell me everything's all right
As though it's something you've been through
You think this torment is romantic
Well it's not except to you
Twenty years
Sinking slowly
Can I trust you
But I don't want to

I will swallow
If it will help my sea level go down
But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown
I will swallow
If it will help my sea level go down
I'll take a deep deep breath
But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown

Low tide and high tea
The oysters are waiting for me
If I'm not there on time
I'll send my emissary
If I photoshop you
Out of every picture I could
Go quietly quiet
But would that do any good
Will it hurt? No it won't
Then what am I so afraid of
Filthy victorians
They made me what I'm made of
The brighter the light
The darker the shadow
I don't need a minder
I've made up my mind
Go away

Twenty years
Sinking slowly
Can I trust you
But I don't want to

I will swallow
If it will help my sea level go down
But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown
I will swallow
If it will help my sea level go down
I'll take a deep deep breath
But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown
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Songwriters: EMILIE AUTUMN
Swallow lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group
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    Sea level is affected by the moon, which is related to emotions. I think she could be saying that she will swallow away her emotions for now rather than confide in the person she is addressing, but that bottling up the feelings is likely to make it worse; 'but i'll come back haunt you when I drown'. That it may be about confiding in somebody is also evident in 'can I trust you? But I don't want to' and then the long verse beginning in 'low tide and high tea' seems like the explosion of inner thoughts including about wanting to 'go quietly' either meaning suicide or to get away from the person who might hurt her. That part ends with 'i don't need a minder, I've made up my mind, go away' which is my favourite line in the song, and from my own personal experiences which I gathered my interpretation of the song from would be the part where we gave up trying to confide in someone, because they just won't understand or perhaps we worry that we are sounding crazy to them.
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      Sea level is affected by the moon, which is related to emotions. I think she could be saying that... Read more →

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