This track is about feeling love for someone when you know it's a terrible idea, but you continue forward anyway. I likened it to being chased by a slasher/murderer, which sort of pays homage to my obsession with campy and cheesy 80's horror.
lyrics
Yeah your words are sharp
The way they cut into my skin
You know I'll want to feel it again
And I've been lost in the dark
Grabbing blades blind in the night
My blood trails in the moonlight
And my body's bare in this murder scene
And it's always there reminding me
That I feel your knife in my back
I can feel your knife in my side
I can feel your knife in my back
I can feel your knife in my side
And your darkness looms
Your shadows are chasing my steps
And steadily I run out of breath
But these are darker days
I'm counting them to bide the time
With a horror that's reeling inside
And my body's bare in this murder scene
And it's always there reminding me
That I feel your knife in my back
I can feel your knife in my side
I can feel your knife in my back
I can feel your knife in my side
It's uncanny just how good Actors is at emulating that Post-Punk synth sound from my younger days.
Each listen just gets better and better. I feel slightly ashamed for not having heard this album until a few short days ago. modestwriggles
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