Dayseeker’s official YouTube channel replied to a comment on the video for this song and said that it is about an eating disorder; the lyrics can be interpreted a few different ways but that’s the official inspiration for the song according to the band themselves.
[Verse 1: Rory Rodriguez]
I've been noticing my clothes fit
A little bit looser
Worried is an understatement
When you don't have a future
Schizophrenic borderline, hear it in my sleep
Dying is a victory if it will bring me peace
Starved with no regard
'Cause I can go a little bit longer
[Chorus: Rory Rodriguez]
Falling, I'm falling so far away
Hold out your hand when I start to break
Don't leave me all alone
Skin deep, no one has to know
[Verse 2: Seneca Pettee]
I've been noticing my bones show
A little bit clearer
I don't recognize who I see
Reflected in the mirror
Thinner, I'm not bitter of the cards that I've been dealt
I would give up everything to be somebody else
Starved with no regard
'Cause I can go a little bit longer
[Chorus: Rory Rodriguez & Seneca Pettee]
Falling, I'm falling so far away (Far away)
Hold out your hand when I start to break (Start to break)
Don't leave me all alone
Skin deep, no one has to know
[Bridge: Seneca Pettee, Rory Rodriguez, Seneca Pettee & Rory Rodriguez]
Try every night to swallow more than my pride, but I'm
Starving to be empty
I bite my tongue so I don't feed off your love, 'cause I'm
Starving to be empty
Falling, I'm falling so far away
Hold out your hand when I start to break
[Chorus: Rory Rodriguez, Seneca Pettee, Seneca Pettee & Rory Rodriguez]
Falling, I'm falling so far away (Far away)
Hold out your hand when I start to break (Start to break)
Don't leave me all alone
Skin deep, no one has to know
[Outro: Seneca Pettee & Rory Rodriguez]
Don't leave me all alone
Skin deep, no one has to know
Starving to Be Empty was written by Seneca Pettee & Rory Rodriguez & Ramone Valerio & Mike Karle & Gino Sgambelluri & Daniel Braunstein.
Starving to Be Empty was produced by Daniel Braunstein.
Dayseeker released Starving to Be Empty on Fri Sep 27 2019.