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Cavetown - Guilty
Published 4 Jun 2021
my new EP 'Man's Best Friend' is out now: https://cvt.lnk.to/MansBestFriend artwork by Lauren Doughty https://laurendoughty.com/ animation by Charis Forrester https://www.charisforrester.com/ Lyrics ~ i dont think that this feels like love but i dont wanna let go maybe if i just do what you want then you'll leave me alone it feels like you're taking me home, but every other day i see another bone i hate your guts but i'll meet you same time same place tomorrow an archeology excavation on my body and i’m brushing so gently, they’re tryna cover up the bones underneath no matter what i do i feel guilty crossing all of my fingers and toes that i dont wake up again in a black hole she said she would send me back home to decide if i wanna die miserable doctor i'm not doing too well, if this shit was a choice i wouldnt need your help i see the world through the eyes of a dog but i can't see yellow an archeology excavation on my body and i’m brushing so gently, they’re tryna cover up the bones underneath no matter what i do i feel guilty man's best friend's on first name terms with god i thought i could fake it but i'm not i'm a scarecrow in someone else's garden ------------------------------- Website ~ http://www.cave.town Merch ~ http://hyperurl.co/CavetownMerch Tour Dates ~ http://www.cave.town/shows Spotify ~ https://open.spotify.com/artist/2hR4h1Cao2ueuI7Cx9c7V8?si=7HC9R0NOSnG9IdFVlQlAqw Instagram ~ https://www.instagram.com/lemon.socks Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/cavetown Bandcamp ~ https://cavetown.bandcamp.com Soundcloud ~ https://soundcloud.com/cavetown ------------------------------- Business contact: Zack Zarrillo | Alternate Side | zack@alternateside.co
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but i don' t wanna let go
maybe if i just do what you want
then you' ll it feels like you' re taking me home
but every other day i see another bone
i hate your guts
but i' ll meet you same time, same place tomorrow
an archaeology excavation on my body
and i' m brushing so gently
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doctor, i' m not doing too well
if this shit was a choice i wouldn' t need your help
i see the world through the eyes of a dog but i can' t see yellow
an archaeology excavation on my body
and i' m brushing so gently
they' re tryna cover up the bones underneath
no matter what i' ll do i feel guilty
man' s best friend' s on first name terms with god
i thought i can fake it but almost
i' m a scarecrow in someone elses garden
an archaeology excavation on my body
and i' m brushing so gently
they' re tryna cover up the bones underneath
no matter what i' ll do i feel guilty
no matter what i do i feel guilty
tl; dr it' s someone in a toxic friendship struggling the first verse, this person (i' ll call them cave) is stuck in this toxic friendship and they' re aware of it -quot; i dont think that this feels like love" but they don' t want to break it off -quot; but i don' t wanna let go" cave just doesn' t want the toxic friend upset at them so they try to do whatever the friend (i' ll call her town) wants -quot; maybe if i just do what you want then you' ll leave me alone"
" it feels like you' re taking me home" one the one hand, town is still a friend, and there' s a sense of familiarity and comfort in this friendship, " but every other day i see another bone" but at the same time cave is watching their mental health deteriorate more and more as they hang around town. " i hate your guts but i' ll meet you same time same place tomorrow" again, cave hates this relationship and knows its bad but is still stuck in it.
" an archaeology excavation on my body and i' m brushing so gently" cave is trying to deal with their struggles with mental illness, gently trying to introspect and uncover their problems to be able to address them and heal, tryna cover up the bonesbut town, or perhaps cave' s inner self, is trying to repress this healing, saying it should be hidden and forgotten about.
" no matter what i do, i feel guilty" pretty self explanatory, no matter how cave deals with this situation, whether they break it off, address their struggles, ignore them, stay in the friendship. They' ll feel guilty about it regardless
" crossing all my fingers and toes that i don' t wake up again in a black hole" cave is hoping and wishing that they won' t wake up sad and unmotivated and depressed, or whatever the struggles are
" she said she would send me back home to decide if i wanna die, town is dismissive of cave' s depression and doesn' t understand why they can' t just ' be happy' or something.
" doctor, i' m not doing too well, if this shit was a choice, i wouldn' t need your help" cave is explaining here that if they could magically just be better, be not depressed, then they wouldn' t need outside help, from therapists or psychiatrists, etc. " i see the world through the eyes of a dog but i can' t see yellow" dogs can see only in blues, yellows, and grays, so this is a metaphor for cave' s depression, only able to see blues and grays
chorus is the same as above
best friend' s on first name terms with god" cave has a dog (or other pet but probably dog because of the term man' s best friend) that is so helpful in comforting and cheering up cave that they' re as amazing as god, " i thought i could fake it but i' m not" cave can' t keep hiding these struggles, they thought they could put up a facade of happiness and that they' re fine but they can' t.
" i' m a scarecrow in someone else' s garden" one way i' d interpret it is that cave is helping town with their struggles, scaring away theirbut town is not helping cave wtih anything
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every lyric he sings i can see myself in them
but i' m so glad i' m out of that now, although i still have scars and see whats still left
and i' m brushing so gently
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contradictory to popular belief, dogs do not see the world in blue easily translates to sadness and yellow to happiness.
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id="hidden20" />i dont wanna hurt him but i also feel like its only gonna get harder and weirder if nothing of done.
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