In an article posted to NPR, the band have said that “Guardian” is a song “about the role mental health plays in relationships.”
Specifically, it deals with the struggle of being someone’s support system while dealing with your own anxieties and issues. When you neglect your own mental health by ch...
[Verse 1]
Down a spiral stairway
Like a blackout memory
You prop up your work
Like a figure of straw
Keeping your ghosts from the garden
But is it red ripe or deadened skin?
Spiraling further in
Spiraling further in
[Chorus]
Burn a candle to my skin
Turn the handle, let me in
I cannot be your guardian anymore
Burn a candle to my skin
Turn the handle, let me in
I cannot be your medicine anymore, anymore
[Verse 2]
I am a moment in time
When your eyes start to wander
And your head starts to spin
From the simplest task
Deciding what you will wear
Finding faults in a straight line
I have to remember to stop
Wringing out the same cloth
[Chorus]
Burn a candle to my skin
Turn the handle, let me in
I cannot be your guardian anymore
Burn a candle to my skin
Turn the handle, let me in
I cannot be your medicine anymore, anymore
[Chorus]
Burn a candle to my skin
Turn the handle, let me in
I cannot be your guardian anymore
Burn a candle to my skin
Turn the handle, let me in
I cannot be your medicine anymore, anymore
Guardian was produced by Will Yip.
Tigers Jaw released Guardian on Wed Mar 22 2017.