Understood is the penultimate track on indie singer-songwriter Leith Ross' debut EP. The song explores the themes of family and growing up.
[Verse 1]
I'll visit my family
To give muscle memory a break
'Cause I've been learning since I was a baby
To take on their pain
I'll visit my family
In living rooms that don't get cold
'Cause blankets and body heat can't be compared
When it only took you a week to grow old
[Chorus]
Love can be understood
I'm sick of attachments I recently learned
I can't relax, and I'm scared of myself
I'm scared for my health
Tell me you'll take me back home
[Verse 2]
Old friends are precious
But once, all your old friends were new
It takes years of tense shoulders
When growing a person into something that you're used to
I'm sick of the feeling
That nothing will ever stand still
I wish I could stop
[Chorus]
Love can be understood
I'm sick of attachments I recently learned
I can't relax, and I'm scared of myself
I'm scared for my health
Tell me you'll take me back home
[Bridge]
When I get sad, I go back to my grandmother's house
And picture my mother putting on her wedding dress
Posing beside the same couch
That I am lying on
It helps to remember I took generations to make
[Chorus]
Love can be understood
I'm sick of attachments I recently learned
I can't relax, and I'm scared of myself
I'm scared for my health
Tell me you'll take me back home
Love can be understood
I'm sick of attachments I recently learned
I can't relax, and I'm scared of myself
I'm scared for my health
Tell me you'll take me back home
Understood was written by Leith Ross.
Understood was produced by Thomas Hainbuch.
Leith Ross released Understood on Fri Oct 16 2020.