Plastic 100°C
Sampha Lyrics

I'll work my way over into the sunlight
Slowly and cautiously, I will approach the light to ensure I don't hurt myself by looking directly into the sun.

Magnetic lights in the blue-high haze
There were shiny and attractive lights amidst the blue fog that filled the place.

It's so hot I've been melting out here
It is unbearably hot and I feel like my very soul is melting away under the scorching heat.

I'm made out of plastic out here
Metaphorically, I feel artificial and fake in this harsh, unforgiving world.

You touch down in the base of my fears
You trigger my deepest fears whenever you come close to me.

Houston, can-can-can you hear?
A reference to the distress call 'Houston, we have a problem' to signify that he is facing an issue and needs help.

And we both had to harness our pain
Both of us had to bear and control our pain in order to move forward and overcome our problems.

Close it and hope it decays
Conceal the pain inside and hope that it eventually fades away.

Oh, inhale I'm up and away
Taking a deep breath, I feel like I'm getting away from this difficult situation.

I loved those mornings, when the sun's up
He enjoyed the mornings when the sun was shining brightly.

Smoking in the lobby
He was smoking in the building's lobby at that time.

Waiting for my name to pop up, yeah, pop up
He was waiting for someone to call out his name or waiting for his turn to do something.

Usually I'd run home, and tuck the issue under
Usually, he would run back home and hide his problems, pretending that everything was fine.

Oh, sleeping with my worries, yeah
He was tormented by his worries and found it difficult to sleep at night.

I didn't really know what that lump was, my luck
He was uncertain about something that was bothering him like a lump in his throat and cursed his luck for it.

You dare know what the scarecrow is
He is referring to a person who is clueless and has no idea about something as simple as knowing what a scarecrow is.

It's like outer space in his inner ears
He is experiencing something that feels like space in his inner ears, which might be a metaphor for feeling disoriented or confused.

And like a blossom you opened up
A person opened up to him like a blossoming flower.

And understood why you could not love, oh
The person understands why they couldn't love someone because of their own problems or issues.

Sky high deflating ideas
He has ideas that are aspirational and high, but deflating or losing value over time.

Thriving off your lessons, yes, you are my lantern
He is thriving off the lessons learned from someone who is his light, guiding him like a lantern in the dark.

A shy light curves around my ears
A faint or shy light encircles his ears, perhaps indicating that he is beginning to understand and comprehend things due to the lessons he has learned.

The more you speak, the more I see
The more that someone speaks, the more he is able to see and comprehend things due to the guidance provided by them.

The more your lights grows upon me
As the lights grow brighter, he can see things more clearly, and the lessons learned become more significant.

And the more it grows, the closer I think you are, the closer I think you are to seeing me whole
The brighter the light, the more he feels like someone is getting to know him entirely or seeing him for who he really is.

But if you don't like what you see, silhouettes inside a dream
If someone doesn't like what they see, he becomes nothing more than a shadowy figure similar to the ones seen in dreams.

And I'm melting from the light
He is being figuratively disintegrated by the bright light and the knowledge it provides.

One drip at a time
He is disintegrating slowly like droplets of water.

I think you're pulling the wrong one
He thinks that the other person is not understanding the situation of him being burned out by life.

I'm just
He's merely trying to voice his feelings but is falling short of words.

Okay, I'm ready to pull it down now
He's ready to let go of all his worries and problems and put them aside.