Running in Circles from the Squares (2010)
Original Story
February 27, 2016
*Originally written in November, 2010*
This is one of the more aggressive pieces I've written. During a time where I was listening to a lot of metalcore and heavy music, especially Parkway Drive's "Boneyards", the idea of water and its power was very heavy on my mind. Almost every band I was listening to at the time had some song that referenced drowning or swimming in water that was filled with predators and it was engraved in my mind.
"Running in Circles from the Squares", besides being a somewhat cleverly written title, is a song about betrayal and the uneasy feeling you have afterwards. Now, this doesn't directly correlate to the relationship since it was written before anything ever transpired, but I included it in this collection because after rereading it, it belongs here.
I built this piece around the following two phrases:
The first phrase was something I had kicked around a bit in my mind and thought that it had a nice flow to it and the second one came later as I was struggling to finish the piece. The "knife in your back" obviously refers to trust being broken and the feeling of being betrayed. "Fork in your eye" is a saying that I've heard around my family for years and when I asked my grandpa what it meant one day, he said, "It means your done; finished. Nothing left to see." The last part of that line basically means, "How does it feel to feel nothing at all?"
Some people I showed this to in the past could not grasp that concept, but hopefully that explanation clears some things up.
It's angsty and filled with poorly disguised metaphors, but it's a piece that people can relate to. We have all felt betrayed and numb at some point. This was just my version.
Without further adieu:
*Originally written in November, 2010*
This is one of the more aggressive pieces I've written. During a time where I was listening to a lot of metalcore and heavy music, especially Parkway Drive's "Boneyards", the idea of water and its power was very heavy on my mind. Almost every band I was listening to at the time had some song that referenced drowning or swimming in water that was filled with predators and it was engraved in my mind.
"Running in Circles from the Squares", besides being a somewhat cleverly written title, is a song about betrayal and the uneasy feeling you have afterwards. Now, this doesn't directly correlate to the relationship since it was written before anything ever transpired, but I included it in this collection because after rereading it, it belongs here.
I built this piece around the following two phrases:
- A heavy heart falls gullible to promises that can't be kept
- With a knife in your back and fork in your eye, how does it feel to be eaten alive?
The first phrase was something I had kicked around a bit in my mind and thought that it had a nice flow to it and the second one came later as I was struggling to finish the piece. The "knife in your back" obviously refers to trust being broken and the feeling of being betrayed. "Fork in your eye" is a saying that I've heard around my family for years and when I asked my grandpa what it meant one day, he said, "It means your done; finished. Nothing left to see." The last part of that line basically means, "How does it feel to feel nothing at all?"
Some people I showed this to in the past could not grasp that concept, but hopefully that explanation clears some things up.
It's angsty and filled with poorly disguised metaphors, but it's a piece that people can relate to. We have all felt betrayed and numb at some point. This was just my version.
Without further adieu:
Running in Circles from the Squares
Follow the scent of a favorable phrase;
We’ll chase till our knees give in.
Breath dances in the wind
With secrets waiting to be told;
Secrets meant to be anchored.
A heavy heart falls gullible
To promises that can’t be kept.
The current’s pulling me further away.
I’m swimming against the truth, I’m swimming against truths.
The undertow has me by my toes
And I can’t keep my head up much longer.
Scaling our insecurities with prescribed hope,
Tell stories that make the situation plausible.
I’ve heard of fairytales and farces;
I think we’re in between.
A heavy heart falls gullible
To promises that can’t be kept.
The current’s pulling me further away.
I’m swimming against the truth, I’m swimming against truths.
The undertow has me by my toes
And I can’t keep my head up much longer.
The redline blips up and down.
But my redline follows me to sea (It’s spilling from me)
A lone question to ask,
A lone question to answer:
With a knife in your back and a fork in your eye
How does it feel to be eaten alive?
The redline blips up and down.
But my redline follows me to sea (It’s spilling from me)
A lone question to ask,
A lone question to answer:
A lone question asked,
A lone question without an answer:
I couldn’t keep my head up any longer.
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We’ll chase till our knees give in.
Breath dances in the wind
With secrets waiting to be told;
Secrets meant to be anchored.
A heavy heart falls gullible
To promises that can’t be kept.
The current’s pulling me further away.
I’m swimming against the truth, I’m swimming against truths.
The undertow has me by my toes
And I can’t keep my head up much longer.
Scaling our insecurities with prescribed hope,
Tell stories that make the situation plausible.
I’ve heard of fairytales and farces;
I think we’re in between.
A heavy heart falls gullible
To promises that can’t be kept.
The current’s pulling me further away.
I’m swimming against the truth, I’m swimming against truths.
The undertow has me by my toes
And I can’t keep my head up much longer.
The redline blips up and down.
But my redline follows me to sea (It’s spilling from me)
A lone question to ask,
A lone question to answer:
With a knife in your back and a fork in your eye
How does it feel to be eaten alive?
The redline blips up and down.
But my redline follows me to sea (It’s spilling from me)
A lone question to ask,
A lone question to answer:
A lone question asked,
A lone question without an answer:
I couldn’t keep my head up any longer.
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