Blindfolded seems to depict a struggle with inner turmoil, grappling with the contrast between reality and an idealized version of life. The lyrics talk about feeling trapped in a cycle of chasing something addictive, possibly a metaphor for a habit or a situation that’s hard to break away from.
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[Verse 1]
Diamonds dripping down my throat
Why's it gotta be so addictive?
Now I'm chasing after antidotes
For anything that tastes like a quick fix
Days like this, no, nothing feels right
Nothing sticks, I can't get out of my mind
Tell myself to let it go (Tell myself to let it go)
Wish that I could let it go
[Pre-Chorus]
It's hard to keep it down now
But I need to let the fever sweat out
[Chorus]
Now I can't stand still, should be running free
And all these nightmares used to be daydreams
I got my eyes wide open
Don't wanna care 'bout nothing
Wish I could know less, just go back to bed
'Cause all my pink skies have been painted red
If this is real, don't show it
I wanna run blindfolded
[Verse 2]
Reality's a bitter taste (Bitter taste)
But fantasy can be so deceiving
All my good intentions gone to waste (Gone to waste)
I'll do anything to shut out this feeling
I can't go back, no, I've gone too far
I miss the way that my eyes filled with stars
Tell myself to let it go but I don't
I wish that I could let it go
[Chorus]
Now I can't stand still, should be running free
And all these nightmares used to be daydreams
I got my eyes wide open
Don't wanna care 'bout nothing
Wish I could know less, just go back to bed
'Cause all my pink skies have been painted red
If this is real, don't show it
I wanna run blindfolded
[Guitar Solo]
(Run blindfolded)
[Bridge]
Take a sip, have it any way you want it
Drink it in, let us finish what ya started
Throw a fit, yeah, I guess I should've called it
Now it's stolen, I'm blindfolded
[Chorus]
Stand still, should be running free
And all these nightmares used to be daydreams
I got my eyes wide open (I got my eyes wide open)
Don't wanna care 'bout nothing
Wish I could know less, just go back to bed (Just go back to bed)
'Cause all my pink skies have been painted red
If this is real, don't show it
I wanna run blindfolded
blindfolded was written by Dan Gow & Will Ferri & Chrissy Costanza & Kris Eriksson & Cassandra Ströberg & Sam Guaiana.
Against The Current released blindfolded on Fri Dec 02 2022.