Gemini
WHY?! Lyrics

It starts with you
This song is a story that begins with the person whom the singer is addressing.

On a mattress in your parents' old room,
The person the singer is addressing is currently in a familiar bedroom, specifically their parents' old room.

Clipping your toenails into the room
The person the singer is addressing is performing a mundane task, clipping their toenails, in the room they are currently in.

Like the room will fade
The person the artist is addressing seems to be aware that this moment in this room is fleeting.

And you will move
The person the artist is addressing will soon leave this room.

Onto other rooms
The person the singer is addressing will go to different rooms.

And you will go
The person the singer is addressing will also travel to different places.

To other places.
The person the artist is addressing has plans to travel to different locations.

Then the wedding,
The artist is referencing a past event, likely a wedding, that the person the song is addressed to experienced.

Then the woman passed out
During the aforementioned event, someone passed out. It was a woman.

In the driver's seat
The woman who passed out was in the driver's seat of a car.

At the order board at White Castle.
The woman who passed out was at a White Castle fast food restaurant and passed out while ordering.

We woke her up and she went
The singer had to wake up the woman who passed out and she woke up to go to the window to pick up her order.

'Round to the pick up window
The woman who passed out went to the pick-up window to retrieve her order.

Like she knew exactly where she was.
Despite having just passed out, the woman who did so seemed aware of her surroundings and went to the pick-up window like she knew where she was.

Then I wept
At some point, the artist cried.

With my face in your night shirt,
The artist cried with their face in the person the song is addressed to's night shirt.

Trying hard as hell to say
The singer struggled to express a specific sentiment or idea.

"Until death separates us,"
The singer was trying to express a romantic sentiment of commitment to the person the song is addressed to.

Loosening the skin on your breastbone,
The artist was touching or caressing the person the song is addressed to in a way that would cause their skin to loosen on their breastbone.

I painted your nails
At some point, the artist painted the person the song is addressed to's nails.

And you sleep
While the artist was painting their nails, the person the song is addressed to slept.

While I write all this down.
In the midst of these events, the singer was writing about them.

There was a moth caught in the soapdish
A moth was somehow trapped in a container of soap.

Laminated in lye
The moth was coated in lye, a caustic substance.

Will you still remember me well
The singer is concerned about being remembered in a positive way by the person the song is addressed to.

If I don't get to two-o-o-five?
The singer wonders if they will be remembered well even if they never reach the age of 205.

My dead line Gemini
This line is difficult to interpret, but it could be referring to the artist's astrological sign (which is Gemini) and how it relates to their mortality.

When we're on different sides of the globe
At some point, the artist and the person the song is addressed to are in different locations on opposite sides of the globe.

I thought we'd keep our veins tangled
The singer hoped that they and the person the song is addressed to would remain close even when they were apart.

Like a pair of mic cables,
The singer wants their connection to be as strong and reliable as a pair of microphone cables that are connected.

And if there ain't enough slack to reach
If there isn't enough flexibility in their connection (or distance between them), the artist hopes to find a solution.

That we'd solder them together
Soldering is a method of joining two pieces of metal together using heat. The artist wants to fix their connection if it is not able to reach across the distance between them.

And across oceans they'd stretch.
If they are able to fix their connection, it could stretch across oceans without breaking.

Our faces reflected in separate windshields
In this scenario, the singer and the person the song is addressed to are traveling in different cars, but their faces are reflecting in the windshields of their respective vehicles.

And all our body hair pricked up
The artist and the person the song is addressed to feel emotions or sensations, causing the hair on their body to stand up.

An elephant eyelash.
This line is difficult to interpret, but it's possible that it refers to a single eyelash from an elephant.

Should we be tempted by thief or saint
If the singer and the person the song is addressed to are faced with a moral dilemma (represented by a 'thief' or a 'saint'), the singer anticipates that they would react differently.

It seems I leave and you stay
The singer consistently seems to be the one who leaves, while the person the song is addressed to stays in one place.

To crawl the cage and curse.
The artist views being stuck in one place (represented by a 'cage') as a negative experience.

But don't regret the done dirt,
Even if bad things have happened in the past, the artist doesn't want the person the song is addressed to to feel regret or guilt about it.

There is no life plan set,
The singer acknowledges that life can be unpredictable and there is no clear plan or direction for it.

You just swallow the cold
The singer is using a metaphor here: when life feels difficult (represented by 'the cold'), the person the song is addressed to should simply endure it.

And follow your breath until death.
The artist advises the person the song is addressed to to stay calm and continue living until they die.

Now even if the will to sleep persists
The artist is currently experiencing a situation where they want to sleep but are unable to.

I can't 'cause a harsh cloth, it grazes my blisters.
The artist is prevented from sleeping due to a physical discomfort (a harsh cloth) irritating blisters on their skin.

Today I fell asleep in a bath of hair.
On this particular day, the singer fell asleep while surrounded by hair.

Hair that once sprouted from my own
The hair that surrounded the artist was their own hair that had fallen off or been shaved.

White wet chalk follicles.
This line describes the appearance of the hair that surrounded the singer as being white, wet, and chalk-like.

I swallow a coal
The singer is consuming a piece of coal.

And follow my breath
Despite the discomfort and strangeness of the situation, the singer is able to remain calm and follow their breath.

And I did it with the grapefruit soap
While in the bath of hair, the artist used grapefruit soap (presumably to clean themselves).

Thinking of you.
During this strange experience, the artist thinks of the person the song is addressed to.

Bathed, shaved, and oiled,
At some point, the person the song is addressed to was bathed, shaved, and covered in oil.

Your legs are two skinny dolphins swimming
The person the song is addressed to has skinny legs that are described metaphorically as swimming dolphins.

Between the mattress and the layers of bedding
The person the song is addressed to is currently in bed, with their legs described as being between the mattress and various layers of bedding.

Turning in your drug dry sleep.
The person the song is addressed to is turning over in their sleep, which is described as being drug-induced and dry.

When I ask you to kiss my pulse
At some point, the artist asked the person the song is addressed to to kiss their pulse (likely as an act of intimacy or affection).

You offer to start the shower.
The person the song is addressed to misunderstands the singer's request, offering instead to start a shower.

I want a verb and you give me a noun.
The person the song is addressed to has difficulty understanding or providing the artist with what they want; the request is metaphorically described as a need for a verb (an action) but they are given a noun (a thing).

What do you dream up while I tongue you down?
This line is difficult to interpret, but it could be a metaphorical description of intimacy between the singer and the person the song is addressed to.

You know my build.
The person the song is addressed to is familiar with the singer's body and physique.

You know my size.
The person the song is addressed to is aware of the singer's size and likely has a history of intimacy with them.

The degree to which my eyes
The person the song is addressed to understands the unique aspects of the artist's physical appearance, including the degree to which their eyes are astigmatic.