The song is about the feeling of losing your individuality after getting married or having a child, now that your life is inseparable from another’s.
What do I want with my life
Now that I'm blinded by your light
Should I keep trying to see through it
Or just lovingly close them, should I?
What do I want now that the air leaves my lungs
And I roll over to you in the night
Should I breathe you in?
You're floating beside
What do I want when we're apart
Now that I'm wed to you
I am holding open door
Do I not contain you?
What do I want with my soft skin
Now that you've eaten me, my bride
Nothing, I do not want it
Just let me feed you
What do I endlessly ask about
Now that your love swells and pounds me?
I know nothing, now that I know you
Your fog's wrapped around me
Invisible, inside
Dumb and blind
Newborn babies come to life on my face
And they say 'ta daaaa!
What? was written by Phil Elverum.
What? was produced by Phil Elverum.
Mount Eerie released What? on Tue Oct 07 2008.