I think that the lines "I don't really need to see" through "i don't see how you see out of your window" are referring to windows as eyes in the sense that "eyes are the windows to the soul." In my opinion the this part is talking about not understanding the world outside of yourself, not understand how other people understand it, and shutting it out, or "painting your windows black." The next lines ("I don't know me... know you can't let go") are about two people, whether lovers or friends, who found each other and feel the same way, not really knowing who they are and how they fit into the world, but still holding onto old beliefs out of security. Barnacles, as someone mentioned, "are permanently fixed as adults," so I thinks this means that they have kind of just become unable to change their ways, whether of thinking or habits, who knows. "I was talking... please come out" mean to me that this person really wants to be able to understand the world or wants someone to show them how it works. The next lines "black glass... what a problem is" all seem to be referring to redundant (idk if thats quite the right word) things. Whats the point of black glass, dirt based soap, and telling yourself things you already know? So, in a way, I think these lines are this persons way of trying to tell them self that they're wrong, they can change, and that shutting the world out is the exact opposite of what he want. "My light came up quick... a brackish lake" are very confusing to me, but I came up with the idea that he had an epiphany (the light), that he could let the world in if he tried, (maybe the whole asterik thing is a supposed to be like a footnote mark in a book, that to other people his realization is just footnote in their own lives) and that this realization was buried deep inside himself. The rest then is him actually saying that even though he knows about the possibility of change, he is still going to hold onto the old way of being, shutting the world out.
I honestly just came up with this and idk if i explained what i wanted to say correctly. Especially the whole asterik part of the song. Lol. But I'd really appreciate some feedback because I'm going to be writing a literary analysis on this song for a high school paper and could definitely do with some help. Please be constructive, which parts are complete poo and how o fix it maybe?
Thanks a million to anyone who helps.
I honestly just came up with this and idk if i explained what i wanted to say correctly. Especially the whole asterik part of the song. Lol. But I'd really appreciate some feedback because I'm going to be writing a literary analysis on this song for a high school paper and could definitely do with some help. Please be constructive, which parts are complete poo and how o fix it maybe?
Thanks a million to anyone who helps.