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Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

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The speaker feels powerfully drawn toward someone and decides to follow them, even though the path seems dangerous. The song moves from fascination and surrender to a sense of falling, being consumed, and finally escaping. This ending may suggest that reaching a low point brings a way out, though the escape is not explained.

The โ€œdeepest oceanโ€ and โ€œbottom of the seaโ€ create an image of a hidden, unfamiliar place, where the speakerโ€™s feelings seem to pull them. Being โ€œturned into phantomsโ€ could mean losing a clear sense of self or becoming ghostlike while following the other person. The worms and โ€œweird fishesโ€ make the speakerโ€™s fate sound unsettling, as if they are being eaten or picked apart.

The lyrics leave open whether the speaker is describing a real relationship, an inner struggle, or a dreamlike experience. โ€œEverybody leaves if they get the chanceโ€ sounds like a general belief about people, but โ€œthis is my chanceโ€ may refer to a chance to leave, to follow, or to change. The repeated movement between hitting bottom and escaping suggests both danger and release, without making clear what the speaker is escaping from.