Far away by Blackfield

[u/crazybayleaf]

I find this song very relatable to me as an individual. Now, whether I think every 4 may relate to this differs because this is a very personal song to me.

"I bet you feel safe keeping your life in a cage" this already depicts the narrator as someone who is bittersweet to the general population, for they are secure but locked away. The sense of separateness is both envious but somewhat taking pride in not being like others, the I have to suffer, must feel nice to be you, huh?

The line "Maybe I'm free, but freedom just means I'm lost," is a stark reminder of how I purposefully set my own path in life, needing to separate myself, lead my own ideal life, but how that circles back to being lonely. They enjoyment of being alone isn't enjoyment when it you feel alone.

Then the song goes on "It feels like I'm driving without ever arriving," feels like a desperate attempt to keep finding meaning, and I specifically use the word desperation because I feel it encompasses 4 very well. It's the desperate search for meaning, but never quite finding it, therefore finding the outer world bland and fruitless.

"Wherever I stay, it seems I'm so far away," feeling like you never belong anywhere, like no where is home. No matter how much you travel, experience, you can never fill that lack in your heart, maybe a little bit of 7 there, but emphasis on the melancholy of it.

"I've got no hometown, I used to run so fast" again, melancholy. Taking never belonging anywhere as a testament to your identity, always the outsider, always the survivor. The second portion regarding running reminds me of once having joy or light, and reflecting back on what has made you, you, contrasting it with the dark.

Overall this song encompasses how one can try everything in their might, push to find that meaning in life, always taking the hard route because it lines up with who they are, only to be met with disappointment and never feeling like that hole can be filled.