Leave My Body
- Florence The Machine Lyrics

I'm gonna be released from behind these lines
I will break free from the confines of my current situation.

And don't care whether I live or die
I am indifferent to the outcome of my actions.

And I'm losing blood, I'm gonna leave my bones
I am figuratively bleeding out, ready to leave my physical body.

And I don't want your heart it leaves me cold
I do not desire to be emotionally attached and find such connections unfulfilling.

I don't want your future
I am not interested in the possibility of sharing a future with anyone.

I don't need your past
The experiences of the past have no bearing on my current decisions.

One grand moment
I desire one single moment of significance to validate my existence.

I'm gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
I am going to disassociate myself from my current state of being and rise above it.

I'm gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me down)
I am going to abandon rational thinking and allow the weight of the past to control me.

Said I'm gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
I reiterate my intent to detach myself from my physical form and transcend the mundane.

I'm gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me, pulling me down)
I know that my past will always be a haunting influence on me.

I don't need a husband, don't need no wife
I do not need any sort of companionship, regardless of gender or status.

And I don't need the day, I don't need the night, the night
I do not require the structure of time or the natural rhythms of life.

Don't need the birds let them fly away
I am not dependent on the beauty or freedom of the natural world around me.

And I don't want the clouds, they never seem to stay
I am opposed to the fleeting and impermanent aspects of the sky.

I'm gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
I am going to transcend my current moment of existence.

I'm gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me down)
I will abandon my conscious self and allow my past to control me.

Said I'm gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
Once again, I reaffirm my intent to become something greater than my physical body.

I'm gonna lose my, lose my mind (History keeps pulling me, pulling me down)
I will fully let go of rational thought and succumb to the influence of the past.

Pulling me down (And it's pulling me down)
I am being suppressed and limited by my past.

Pulling me down (And it's pulling me down)
I am feeling the weight of my past experiences.

Pulling me down (And it's pulling, pulling me down)
I am being oppressed by the influence of history.

Said I'm gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
Even amidst these challenges, I am going to strive for greater understanding and transcendence.

Gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me down)
I know that the past will always be a burden on my psyche.

(Moving up to higher ground, history keeps pulling me, pulling me down)
I will continue to strive for enlightenment and resist the influence of my past.