In this song, Clarke reflects on his past and regrets all of the actions which brought him to his current state. He looks up at the windows of nice penthouses, but all they do is shine back towards him. He can never have, what the wealthy have.
The title of the song is a reference to The Unbearable...
Destined as the servant to the night
Where your moon dreams of the dirt
And the sharp tongue of your zealous will
Is only congruent with the salt in your mouth
And the approaching eulogy of the world
Lost in the patterns of youth
And the ghost of your aches comes back to haunt you
And the forging of change makes no difference
Memories fly through the mask of your life
Shielding you from time
The years that birthed the shell that you gained
Hunched over in apathetic grief
With a disregard for steps except the one taken back
Perched up on a rope crafted in smoke
A sword wielding death that buried your hope
Focusing on light through the blinds
A slave
To reality
Under a monarch
In the sky
Lost in the patterns of youth
Where the windows shine brightly
Lost in the patterns of youth
Where the windows shine brightly
Lost in the patterns of youth
Where the windows shine brightly
Lost in the patterns of youth
Where the windows shine brightly back at you
Brightly back at you
Brightly back at you
Vertigo was written by George Clarke & Daniel Tracy & Kerry McCoy.
Vertigo was produced by Deafheaven & Jack Shirley.
Deafheaven released Vertigo on Tue Jun 11 2013.