It's Only Me
Perkins Elvis Lyrics
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When I was a child
Someone was walking through the pillow that night
The snow muted
The pitch of night
A shadow approached across a field in white
It's only me
It's only me
As I drifted
From the dark room
Face lifted from the paper moon
Reflected in the orbit bath
He manages to say before he starts to laugh
You can't always trust
The darkness and the dust
But me, I'm just a man
It's more than I can understand
It's only me
The white noise
Falls away
To reveal the perfect day
Where roses bloomed
Out of thin air
And music rose from down the buried stairs
It's only mine
It's only mine
I grew it in the shade
When the sun couldn't shine
And at times I don't know why
The tears come to my eyes
And what if I go blind
As they flow out of my mind
It worries me
It worries me
That there's someone on my mind
Who I don't see
I close my eyes to disappear
Into the fields of stars between my ears
The dark
As they overlap
We follow one another
As we fade to black
It's only night
It's only night
An ultrasound when I was alive
The shadows go spying on the ones in the wild
They dip their arrows
Into the sea
They wash their arms
As they wait for me
They wait for me
They wait for me
Hey wait for me
Hey wait for me
Perkins Elvis's song "It's Only Me" is a haunting and introspective piece about the uncertainty and unpredictability of life. The song starts with a memory from the singer's childhood when they hear a sound coming from their pillow. It turns out someone is walking through the pillow that night. The setting is described as a pitch of night, with snow muting the noise, and a shadow approaching across a field in white. The singer, startled by the sound of their heart, reveals that the shadow belongs to no one else but himself. He then declares, "It's only me, and the sound of my heart."
As the song progresses, the singer's reflections become even more introspective. The singer mentions a perfect day where roses bloomed out of thin air, and music rose from down the buried stairs. He grew it in the shade when the sun couldn't shine. He refers to this as "It's only mine." The singer questions why tears come to his eyes, and what if he goes blind as they flow out of his mind. He worries that there's someone on his mind who he doesn't see, and he closes his eyes to disappear into the fields of stars between his ears. Ultimately, the singer fades to black, waiting to be washed to sea, waiting for the shadows to wait for him.
The lyrics are deep and full of meaning. The singer portrays an introspective and almost philosophical character, who is always thinking, always feeling, and always questioning the world around him. The song is about life, its unpredictability, its uncertainty, and its beauty.
Line by Line Meaning
I heard a sound
At a young age, I heard a noise
When I was a child
During my childhood years
Someone was walking through the pillow that night
An entity moved through the soft pillow silently at night
The snow muted
The snow quieted the surroundings
The pitch of night
The darkness and stillness of the evening
A shadow approached across a field in white
A dark figure emerged through the bright field
It's only me
The figure was only myself
And the sound of my heart it startled me
The beating of my heart surprised me
As I drifted
As I attempted to fall asleep
From the dark room
In the absence of light and illumination
Face lifted from the paper moon
My focus redirected from the artificial moon
Reflected in the orbit bath
The image mirrored in the curve of the bathtub
He manages to say before he starts to laugh
Before he bursts into laughter, he says
You can't always trust
The reliability is not always certain
The darkness and the dust
The obscurity and residue
But me, I'm just a man
However, I am only a human being
It's more than I can understand
It is beyond my comprehension
It's only me
It is solely me
The white noise
The monotonous sound
Falls away
Fades out
To reveal the perfect day
Exposing the ideal day
Where roses bloomed
The blooming of roses
Out of thin air
Astonishingly
And music rose from down the buried stairs
Somehow, music emerged from the hidden stairs
It's only mine
It belongs only to me
I grew it in the shade
I cultivated it in the darkness
When the sun couldn't shine
When the sun's rays could not penetrate
And at times I don't know why
Sometimes I am unsure why
The tears come to my eyes
Tears unexpectedly form in my eyes
And what if I go blind
What would happen if I lost my sight
As they flow out of my mind
As the tears drop out of my thought process
It worries me
It causes me concern
That there's someone on my mind
That I am thinking of someone
Who I don't see
Whom I have not seen for an extended period
I close my eyes to disappear
I shut my eyes to vanish
Into the fields of stars between my ears
Into the galaxy of stars in my mind
The dark
The blackness
As they overlap
As they coincide
We follow one another
We tail one another
As we fade to black
As we gradually slip into darkness
It's only night
It is merely nighttime
An ultrasound when I was alive
An ultrasound during my existence
The shadows go spying on the ones in the wild
The shadows stalk those in the wild
They dip their arrows
They submerge their arrows
Into the sea
Underwater
They wash their arms
They cleanse their limbs
As they wait for me
While anticipating my arrival
They wait for me
They wait for me
They wait for me
They wait for me
Hey wait for me
Hey, wait for me
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, INGROOVES MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: ELVIS BROOKE PERKINS
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