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Swallowed Lyrics

by Bush

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Swallowed Lyrics

warm sun feed me up i'm leery loaded up loathing for a change and i slip some boil away swallowed followed heavy about everything but my love swallowed sorrowed i'm with everyone and yet not i'm with everyone and yet not i'm with everyone and yet not just wanna be myself hey you said that you would love to try some hey you said that you would love to die some in the middle of a world on a fishhook you're the wave you're the wave you're the wave swallowed borrowed heavy about everything but my love swallowed hollowed sharp about everyone but yourself swallowed oh no i'm with everyone and yet not i'm with everyone and you're not i'm with everyone and yet not piss on self-esteem forward busted knee sick head blackened lungs and i'm a simple selfish son swallowed followed oh no i'm with everyone and yet not got to get away from here got to get away from here i miss the one that i love a lot i miss the one that i love a lot

Meaning of Swallowed

Warm sun feeding a weary soul, “Swallowed” portrays a deep sense of isolation and disillusionment. The lyrics depict a spiraling descent into numbness – “swallowing” sorrow, emptiness, and even the desire for death (“you said that you would love to die”). There’s a desperate yearning for authenticity ("just wanna be myself") juxtaposed with being surrounded by people yet feeling utterly detached from everyone, including the one they love. The repeated imagery of “swallowed,” coupled with physical ailments like a “forward busted knee” and “blackened lungs”, represents a suffocating loss of self and vitality. Bush’s message seems to be a raw expression of existential angst, a lament for connection lost amidst a world that feels both overwhelming and ultimately meaningless – a plea to escape the feeling of being perpetually "swallowed" by everything and everyone, while simultaneously recognizing one's own selfishness.

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