[Verse 1]
Clenched teeth, no words
All this distance taking its toll
Speaking volumes, silence screaming over your words
[Pre-Chorus]
I never did you right, I know that
Too many sleepless nights, I own that
I said …
[Verse 1]
I’m scared I’m wasting my time
Scared I’m losing control of my life
I’m scared of commitment of calling anything mine
I would be lying if I told you, “I’m fine”
Serving these …
[Intro]
Boy they already know what it is when I talk this shit here
Dae Dae let’s go and give it to ’em boy
Let’s go’n get ’em out the way, it’s a …
[Verse 1]
Get up, get my makeup on I know it’s time to go
Sing along to a dumb pop song that they play on the radio
Time for a pic cause I’m …
[Hook]
Somebody in this motherfucker gotta feel me
Somebody in this motherfucker gotta feel me
[Verse 1]
[Hook]
Somebody in this motherfucker gotta feel me
Somebody in this motherfucker gotta feel me
Somebody in this motherfucker gotta …
This is a song about somebody else
So don’t worry yourself, worry yourself1
The devil’s right there right there in the details2
And you don’t wanna hurt yourself, hurt yourself3
Looking too closely
Looking too closely
No no no no!4
Put your arms around somebody else5
Don’t punish yourself, punish yourself6
Truth is like blood underneath your fingernails7
And you don’t wanna hurt yourself, hurt yourself
Looking too closely
Looking too closely
No no no no!
No no no no!
You don’t wanna hurt yourself, hurt yourself
You don’t wanna hurt yourself, hurt yourself
No no no no!
I could be wrong ’bout anybody else
So don’t kid yourself, kid yourself
It’s you right there, right there in the mirror8
And you don’t wanna hurt yourself, hurt yourself
Looking too closely
Looking too closely
Yeaaah
Looking too closely
You don’t wanna hurt yourself
You don’t wanna hurt yourself, hurt yourself
Looking too close
Fink sings about somebody living in denial, especially someone who has a cheating lover.
If this person wanted, he or she could easily discover whether the partner is cheating.
However, he or she refuses to discover whether the partner is cheating in an effort to maintain surface-level happiness and avoid being traumatized.
Fink explores the mentality of those whose partner is cheating: don’t examine the details too closely or you might get hurt.
In other words, take refuge in another person.
Don’t blame yourself if your partner is having an affair.
Discovering the truth is painful. Being in denial at least maintains some level of satisfaction.
Again, the message Fink sends in this song is that the mentality of those who are in denial about a cheating partner is to maintain surface-level happiness and avoid the truth.
1 user explanation and meaning
Anonymous
We dont want to get too close to what can be hurtful. The devil is looking at the details and we dont wanna hurt ourselves. We just dont wanna look to close at the potential things but to look closer at life and more eternal things.