Unreal
Soil Lyrics

The lyrics of SOiL’s song “Unreal” seem to revolve around a person’s struggle to cope with feelings of emptiness and a lack of personal fulfillment. The opening lines indicate that the singer is encountering a situation that is causing them to examine themselves deeply. They ask someone to “bare your cross to me” and to help them “start again”. However, the singer also appears to have some grievances with this person or themselves, having “burned my hands on what’s been missing”. This could suggest a frustration with both the person they are speaking to and with their own imperfections.

The chorus of the song repeats the phrase “I feel unreal” several times. This could be interpreted in a number of ways, but it seems to convey a sense of detachment or disassociation - a feeling of not really being present in one’s own life or being disconnected from one’s emotions. The line “Can you see there’s a little spot of light in me / Can you see can you tell I’m fucked” appears to suggest that the singer is aware of a glimmer of hope or positivity within themselves, but is struggling to articulate it or embrace it fully.

One striking aspect of the song is its use of repetition and contrasting imagery. The repeated “You fucked with me” lines in the final verse create a sense of growing intensity, and the changing prepositions (“behind this garden” and “within this garden”) suggest a shifting sense of responsibility or blame. The final line of the song - “Don’t you fuck with me” - could be interpreted in a number of ways, but seems to be a defiant statement of self-preservation and assertiveness.