How to Disappear
lauri kranz Lyrics
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She acts as if it weren?t important.
I can hear her breathe.
It?s a strange sound.
But I know its her.
She haunts me.
She makes me feel like I could disappear.
I come to meet her every day.
She drinks prayers.
I need her. Nothing else.
She wears dreams I have never seen.
I wish she would smile.
I wish she would turn around.
She makes me feel like I could disappear.
She makes me feel like I could disappear.
I?d like to take you in my hands and want nothing else.
I?d like to take you in my hands til I want nothing else.
She makes me feel like I could disappear.
She makes me feel like I could disappear.
She knows how to disappear.
She makes me feel like I should disappear.
The lyrics to Lauri Kranz's "How to Disappear" convey a sense of yearning for someone who is largely unknowable, mystifying, and emotionally distant. The singer describes this person as coming like a whisper down the hall, and acts as if they're not important. There's an otherworldly quality to this person which is reflected in the singer's description of her strange breathing: it's haunting, unsettling, and leaves a deep impression on the singer.
Despite the distance between them, the singer is drawn to this person -- they come to meet her every day, and they need her. There's a sense of desperation and longing in these lyrics -- the singer wishes this person would smile, turn around, give some indication that their feelings are reciprocated. And yet, there's also a recognition of the power this person holds over them: they make the singer feel like they could disappear. There's a sense of being swept up in something larger than oneself, something that is perhaps beyond one's control.
The final lines of the song suggest that this person knows how to disappear -- perhaps she has done so before, or perhaps she is simply someone who remains enigmatic and unknowable, no matter how much the singer yearns to understand her. The song ultimately leaves us with a sense of unresolved tension, capturing the feeling of being drawn to someone who is both hauntingly beautiful and utterly out of reach.
Line by Line Meaning
She comes like a whisper down the hall.
She approaches quietly and gently, like a whisper, through the hallway.
She acts as if it weren?t important.
She behaves as though her presence or actions are not significant.
I can hear her breathe.
I am aware of her presence by the sound of her breath.
It?s a strange sound.
The sound of her breathing is unusual or unfamiliar to me.
But I know its her.
Despite the strange sound of her breathing, I can recognize that it is her.
She haunts me.
She consistently comes to my mind and causes me to feel uneasy or troubled.
She makes me feel like I could disappear.
Her presence or actions lead me to believe that I could vanish or fade away.
I come to meet her every day.
I engage with her on a daily basis.
She drinks prayers.
She consumes or ingests prayers, possibly as a form of sustenance or healing.
I need her. Nothing else.
She is essential and necessary to me, and I desire nothing else.
She wears dreams I have never seen.
She carries or embodies dreams or aspirations that are unfamiliar or foreign to me.
I wish she would smile.
I desire for her to express happiness or joy through a smile.
I wish she would turn around.
I long for her to face me or give me her attention.
I?d like to take you in my hands and want nothing else.
I desire to hold her and have no other wants or needs.
She knows how to disappear.
She understands how to vanish or become unseen.
She makes me feel like I should disappear.
Her actions or presence lead me to believe that I ought to fade away or cease to exist.
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