Red Dust
McMorrow James Vincent Lyrics
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For my heart is an unending tomb
I will not trouble your rest
For my heart is infinity blessed
Ever a hard rot
Cut from an ancient cloth of old
It chimes through this shimmering shell
That once was my vision of birth
Now is my vessel and curse
Heat from the tall lamp
Melting the outer wax that holds
Blood from a deep cut
Some of the reddest stuff to flow
Sometimes my hands they don't feel like my own
I need someone to love I need someone to hold
The lyrics in McMorrow James Vincent's song "Red Dust" are somewhat obscure, but they appear to be describing a situation where the singer is dealing with some kind of emotional pain or torment. The first two lines indicate that the singer is determined not to let someone else get the best of them, or "cave" to their demands. They view their heart as an "unending tomb" - this could be interpreted a few different ways, but it seems to be suggesting that the singer is carrying a lot of emotional baggage, or perhaps that their feelings just never seem to die or fade away.
The next two lines may be directed at the person the singer is addressing. They say that they won't "trouble" their rest - this could be seen as a way of saying that they don't want to cause more problems or issues in their relationship. The line "For my heart is infinity blessed" suggests that the singer values what they have, even if it's complicated and difficult.
Later in the song, there are references to a "shimmering shell" and a "vessel and curse." This could be an allusion to some kind of emotional or mental transformation that the singer is experiencing - they may feel like they are trapped in their own mind or body. The lines "Sometimes my hands they don't feel like my own / I need someone to love I need someone to hold" suggest that the singer is looking for a way to connect with someone else in order to feel more grounded and stable.
Line by Line Meaning
I will not cave under you
I won't succumb to your pressure or demands.
For my heart is an unending tomb
Because my heart is perpetually unresolved and untaken care of.
I will not trouble your rest
I don't want to bother or disrupt your peace.
For my heart is infinity blessed
Because my heart is experientially always full and happy.
Ever a hard rot
No matter what, it's always difficult or complicated.
Cut from an ancient cloth of old
Derived or characterized from something of the past.
Someone is ringing a bell
Indicative of a change or something new coming.
It chimes through this shimmering shell
It reverberates or echoes through my external facade, whether good or bad.
That once was my vision of birth
That at one point had been a clear goal or plan for me.
Now is my vessel and curse
Now I feel that my life feels either like a burden or carries the theme of being trapped.
Heat from the tall lamp
Energy radiating from successful people around me.
Melting the outer wax that holds
Challenging me and making me vulnerable to pain or sacrifice.
Blood from a deep cut
The pain and sorrow experienced by such a wound and loss.
Some of the reddest stuff to flow
Some of the deepest pain that I have ever felt.
Sometimes my hands they don't feel like my own
Occasionally, I struggle to feel like a part of myself due to personal or external struggles.
I need someone to love I need someone to hold
I long for meaningful connections with caring individuals in my life.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JAMES MCMORROW
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MEHMET KAHRAMAN
I will not cave under you
For my heart is an unending tomb
I will not trouble your rest
For my heart is infinity blessed
Ever a hard rot
Cut from an ancient cloth of old
Someone is ringing a bell
It chimes through this shimmering shell
That once was my vision of birth
Now is my vessel and curse
Heat from the tall lamp
Melting the outer wax that holds
Blood from a deep cut
Some of the reddest stuff to flow
Sometimes my hands they don't feel like my own
I need someone to love I need someone to hold
Phước Nguyễn
Here is my interpretation on the video and the song. I haven t watch any of his other videos except this one. But, by reading comments, and others explanation of the guy s demise in Cavalier. Im convinced this song,and the video alluding to the thoughts of suicidal tendency, abortion.
Firstly, the lyrics starts off with the perspective of the poor girl who just learned the news about her supposed boyfriend (or could be. Husband). She is desolate. Yet, instead of sharing it out, let the wound be remedied. She ended up drowning in her own self destruction. She doesnt need help, she doesnt want help or any type of charity. "I will not cave under you for my heart is an unending tomb"- she doesnt want help from the aged woman. Next lines are about her boyfriend, she doesnt want to bother the departed, what is done is done. But clearly, she is devoted to him- "My heart is infinity blessed.
Continued, she runs to his room, trying on his clothes, pulling out those porno magazines, smoke, drink. She wants to know how he felt, which was explained by others, and I dont have any better insight than this.
From the coming lyrically poetic 2 lines "ever hard rot is cut from an ancient cloth of old", I induce that she is pregnant with his child, meditating on having an abortion here. But, she is asking herself if she ought resist this temptation of sin, since she is like "a cloth of old", the child is the only permanent trace of her boyfriend's existence. The one that presumably makes her feel special, and she is dearly smitten with this guy.
The next four lines is the self counter argument on this child could be a impedance to her new future "shimmering shell...vision of birth...my curse". She is indisputably broken, hurt, lost in this world, believing this could be the termination of her.
Lastly, when she bathe herself in that lake, it represents how she is now completely drown in those twisted, sinister feelings of self destruction, killing her own child. Beyond doubt, that is shown in the video as she attempted to bring an end to this tragic life. Her heart, her senses, and mind are all numb "my hands dont feel like my own." She is primed to carry on that next step.
The finale is quite ambiguous as it resort to the image of a convulsing, near death, striving for breath fish. It symbolize her vitality, and her decision for the future. Should she break everything off as she thought? Or should she withstand these horrors? Will she salvage that fish or she just gonna let it perish and drown herself in that bathtub again?
T C
"sometimes my hands, they don't feel like my own, I need someone to love... I need someone to hold..." they way he sings those lines does something to my heart
Becky Tierney
+Chido Moyo same
JarnoHealth
+Chido Moyo I could listen to that on repeat for hours !
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sigh lol
A J L
It gets me every time. I feel those words in my jellies.
ennem
I love this song so much, I'm afraid to overplay it.
I'm afraid to fall out of love with it, or get irritated by it.
I don't know, whatever.
MEHMET KAHRAMAN
I will not cave under you
For my heart is an unending tomb
I will not trouble your rest
For my heart is infinity blessed
Ever a hard rot
Cut from an ancient cloth of old
Someone is ringing a bell
It chimes through this shimmering shell
That once was my vision of birth
Now is my vessel and curse
Heat from the tall lamp
Melting the outer wax that holds
Blood from a deep cut
Some of the reddest stuff to flow
Sometimes my hands they don't feel like my own
I need someone to love I need someone to hold
iicy_Hott_x3
This song ... I love hearing the emotion in his voice
ShiaDelCampo
acoustic is better, i cry anytime i hear him
Renato Lustosa
Red Dust and Cavaliers videos are so beautifully connected! The heartbreak of a Woman and a man.