The Oh Hellos - Boreas (Lyrics)

Lyrics:
with my back on the floor
cold linoleum icing my growing pains
watch the ceiling fan turn its shape again
my threads are coming loose
yeah, I’m one spoon away
from setting the ends of my hair on fire
if I’m kindling for a little while
at least I’d feel of use
maybe then my breath could embody
a wildfire starting
I’d sweep up the forest floor
and my body breathe life into the corners
be a darker soil
making lists, folding laundry,
keeping tidy with my radio show
I’d be lying if I told you
I’m keeping tidy anymore
yeah, I swing from believing
that maybe my working will all pay off
to considering drinking with Molotov
I’m halfway out the door
promise me that you’ll start
where I end
and I promise to give you everything
that I am
we’ll go on and on and on again
in the end, all I hope for
is to be a bit of warmth for you
when there’s not a lot warmth left
to go around

[@Attackbow1566]

This one always made me choke up. It feel so real to me as a person. Thank you for the music video

[@motorcitymangababe]

This song feels like battling my adhd in a way thats rather parfect

[@mildlymarvelous]

This rekindles my wanderlust… wanting to escape the mundanity of life that keeps me down and depressed and fly into the wilderness…

[@wildmoose3979]

Why not do it?

[@hi-lj8uu]

your lyric videos are amazing! i got into the oh hellos recently, your vids are helpful in case i wanna see the lyrics of a song by them :)

[@wren9541]

This is incredibly helpful. Thanks!

[@toasty9769]

I'm glad it helps!

[@boreasjiray]

Wow i am famous

[@josh___something]

What font are you using for this?

[@toasty9769]

Garamond

[@ronaldogaro3575]

Is this a song about suicide?

[@wolfbloodalite]

It could be. The Oh Hellos are so good with lyrical poetry and storytelling, yet leaving things vague and open-ended you could interpret it multiple ways.
They usually do have a concrete message they try to get across, but I like to think their music meets people at the stage they are in life. You might interpret it one way now. Later down the road you might listen to it again and realize it had a different meaning all along. Or vice versa.
I hope from the bottom of my heart that if at this moment it seems like a song about suicide to you, that you're doing better and finding hope wherever you are, that someone gave you a hug and told you you've done the best you can and that's enough. And if someone hasn't, well I just did. **Digital Hugs** 🤗🫂🙏💚