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Slow Skies Lyrics

Hold me close
The singer desires physical and emotional closeness with their beloved.

I weigh down
The singer's feelings are overwhelming and heavy, causing them to feel burdened.

Heavy heart
The singer's emotions feel deep and intense, affecting them physically.

A love apart
The artist and their beloved are separated and unable to be together.

Hold me close
Repetition of the first line shows how much the artist desires closeness.

I follow
The singer is following a memory or fantasy of their beloved.

A faded you
The memory or fantasy of the beloved is not vivid or clear, suggesting it may not be entirely real.

My love's see through
The artist's love is clear and transparent, but may not have substance or reciprocation.

I have only gone too far, locked
The artist's feelings have become too intense and obsessive, resulting in being locked in an unhealthy emotional state.

The colour in my heart
The vividness and intensity of the artist's emotions are reminiscent of vivid colors.

Love it only let's me drown, turns
The intensity of the singer's love is overwhelming and may be destructive, similar to drowning and turning into water.

To water when I drown
The artist's feelings of love become consuming and overwhelming.

I follow a ghost of us in every
The singer is following a memory or fantasy of a past relationship they shared with their beloved.

Body that I touch
Every person the singer is intimate with serves as a reminder of their past relationship.

I'm frozen, if I could see
The singer is stuck in a state where they can't move on from their past relationship, even if they could see the reasons to do so.

I'd hold you close enough to me
The artist is desperately longing to be reunited with their beloved.

Oh.oh.oh.oh.oh.oh.oh.oh.oh.oh
Repetition of this sound serves as an emotional release for the artist.

I hear you in this silence
The singer feels their beloved's presence even in moments of stillness and quiet.

And I feel you in these sheets
The singer experiences a physical longing for their beloved, even when they are not physically present.

Skin to skin, I hold you close
The artist is imagining a physical intimacy with their beloved.

Enough to bleed
The artist feels their emotions so intensely that they imagine a physical manifestation of their love.

You have gone to find this past
The artist's beloved has moved on and is searching for a different future that does not include the artist.

I was holding in my hands
The singer had something important and meaningful with their beloved in the past, which they have lost and miss.

For the love we've known is
The artist is acknowledging that their past relationship is over, and they are struggling to come to terms with it.

Gone, leave me shaking for my
The singer is still feeling the effects of losing their beloved and is struggling to move on.

You hold on to what you see, I
The singer wants to let go of the past and move on, but they are struggling to do so.

Close my eyes to let you
The singer is trying to forget the past and let go of the memories they have with their beloved.

Breathe
The artist is taking a deep breath and trying to find new air to breathe, acknowledging that they need to move on.