Amethyst
Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts Lyrics

The song “Amethyst” by Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts is a soulful, nostalgic and longing song. The lyrics seem to be describing a love interest that the singer is deeply in love with. The singer doesn’t believe that the person he/she sees with closed-up eyes is a disguise, which hints at a sense of skepticism, but then also says that he can see why no one finds her waiting and he is sinking, which suggests a deep connection and vulnerability. The singer is almost blinded by this love interest as he/she repeats “We gotta white light blinder”, which could mean that he/she is engulfed and blinded by this person.

The song mentions that in about a second or a week or two, the singer has to tell us a little riff about what she can do, this could suggest that the singer is both in awe and invested in this person. The song goes on to talk about halfway home and how he was taken by surprise by this girl of his, which is another indication of a deep emotional connection. The song repeats the phrase “I can’t breathe, so if you hear me sinking”, which could be interpreted in a few ways, either the singer is being suffocated by the love or could be hinting at drowning and asking for help. The song fades away repeating “What I see with closed-up eyes, don’t believe it’s a disguise, looking back at all the wasted time, in the life, in the light”, which probably ties up that even though the singer may have doubts or has been hurt before, he/she is faithful to the love interest.