Dr Sunshine is Dead
Will Wood and the Tapeworms Lyrics

When did I become afraid of the dark? Are my
I am struggling to see in the dark, and it's causing me to become fearful.

Eyeballs just yet to adjust to seeing the light?
Perhaps my eyes need more time to adjust to darkness and light.

The room I'm in is still the same, the shadows have not rearranged it
Even though it's dark, the surroundings are just as they were before.

No the only thing that's changed is how I see at night
It's not the physical environment that's changed but how I perceive it.

I fumble for the switch and strap on infrareds and wish for
I am using tools to try and help me see in the dark.

Sunshine when the morning's somewhere else
I am longing for the light and comfort of sunshine even though it's not morning yet.

But I can't change what time it is or dilate my irises
I can't control the time of day or how my eyes react to light.

Only what I look at, and I'm looking at myself
The only thing I can control is what I choose to focus on, and currently, it's myself.

I am not the sunshine, I am not the moon at night
I am not the external sources of light that I am craving right now.

Well, who else could I be when I can't hardly see
Since I can't see well, it's hard to identify who or what I am in this current situation.

I am not the sunshine, I am not the moon at night
This line reinforces that I am not the sources of light and safety that I am searching for.

I'm no one if I'm nowhere in between
If I'm not the light that I seek, then who am I? I feel lost and unidentifiable.

When did I become afraid of the dark? Was it
I am revisiting the idea of fear in the dark again and questioning how it became so pervasive.

When I left the cave and swore I'd never go back?
Did this fear start when I left the safety of a known environment and promised to never return?

If we can't see each other then there's no more use for hiding
When visibility is obscured, there's no more reason to conceal ourselves.

I've decided I'll abide it, why deny the color black?
I've made the decision to accept the darkness and not resist it. Why should I object to the natural state of things?

I'm not a flower, not a solar-powered calculator
I am not an object that relies on light to function or survive.

Damn my eyes for seeing what's not there
I am frustrated with my eyes for potentially creating unrealistic images in my mind.

I'll trade in vision for a practiced intuition
Perhaps I should rely less on what I can see and more on a cultivated sense of intuition or other senses.

Till my fears come to fruition I'm not scared
I won't be fearful until my concerns are realized or come true.

The future must know where you've been
Our past experiences and history impact our future and who we become.

The past predicts the state you're in
Our past informs and can dictate our present state of mind or being.

The present did and will not last, is. isn't. was. Have. hasn't. has
This line could suggest that the present is rather fleeting and that past and future states are more enduring.

All that I ask is, keep those empty frames
The artist is requesting that empty picture frames remain in their current state.

If nobody's in them, then no one is to blame
If no one is in the picture frames, there is no one to hold responsible for this absence.

For your self-portraits, sign another name
When creating a self-portrait, make sure to sign under a different name than your own.

Well, who should I be then, if I'll never be the same?
The singer is questioning their own identity and what it means to change over time and circumstance.

I will be my sunshine, I will be my moon at night
From this point forward, the artist is deciding to become the source of light and protection for themselves.

Who else could I be, when I can't fucking see?
If I am blind in the dark, then who else could I place this responsibility on?

I will be my sunshine, I will be my moon at night
This is repeated to reinforce the determination and ownership the singer is taking over their own safety and comfort.

I'm nowhere now here's no one now to be
This line could suggest that the singer exists in a place that is neither here nor there, with no one to identify as or interact with.

And if dreams can come true, what does that say about nightmares?
This line is questioning the dichotomy between positive and negative experiences and how they might influence one another.

I'll stay awake tonight
This line could refer to staying vigilant and aware instead of being in the dark or unaware.