some people think that
seeing is believing
some people believe
in things unseen
some people know things
because they feel them
but i don’t believe you know
how i feel
i had my moments on peaky mountains
but many more on choppy seas
i’ve seen some things that you’ll never believe
so i don’t think you can know
how i feel
believe me
you’ve got to believe me
i’ve told you all the things
you need to know
release me
you’ve got to release me
i’ll tell you why
if you’ll just let me go
put your fingers in my wounds
run them all along my scars
you can’t run fingers
through somebody’s hair
and then think that you know
who they are
believe me
you’ve got to believe me
i’ll tell you all the things
i've ever known
complete me
you’ve got to complete me
i’ll tell you why
i’ll never let you go
i have tumbled down those mountains
and prospered on those shiny seas
i’ve seen some things
that i need you to believe
because i hope that you can know
how i feel
Let’s say this is from a perspective of someone who’s in love, and judging by the way it portrayed, I’d say that he has reached a certain level of loving his significant other, and he is trying to show his significant other who doesn’t believe what’s unseen, to just trust him and believe him. He asked her to believe, but then he wanted her to let him go. I think this emphasizes the strength of his love towards her, that he wants her to believe him that badly, that it hurts so much for him he wants the love that outgrow his expectation to be robbed and just left him empty; it’s because all he feels are sorrowfulness and desperation, and he couldn’t stand it all.
ReplyDelete“put your fingers in my wounds
run them all along my scars
you can’t run fingers
through somebody’s hair
and then think that you know
who they are”
I think this is so beautifully written, and it’s indeed true—to understand others means to put one’s self in their shoes, or to simply understand their pain, how much it wounds them that it left scars. He wants her to see him more than what meets the eye, to see him being just him with all the scars tracing along the path he walked.
Lastly, he asked her again to believe him, hoping she would understand how he felt. I still think he wants her to believe that he would go as far as conquering the ocean to prove her that he’s not just a guy who talk the talk but doesn’t walk the walk. He’s a man of his words, and his love to her cannot be measured because any measurement won’t justify the feels that run through his veins.