The following is an interpretation of a song sung by Justin Vernon (with Bon Iver) called Flume. I feel that it is wrong to dissect a song and break it down until all the magic is gone. However what I will give is only an approximation of what the song says and means to me. A song or poem is already an interpretation of something larger, so all I can do is add bits here and there to help you understand what I see in this song. This interpretion is a poem / song itself. I recommend you listen to this amazingly beautiful song on youtube before you continue reading.

Now I have only my mother’s love left
That ought to be enough, is it?
I’m leaving my heart exposed
that’s why you can see (and understand) what I feel
(maybe not on purpose).

Only love can ever leave you completely empty
The weight of my tears keeps me from flying
what I need are perpetual roots
to ancher me, to provide shelter and warmth
in times I feel like I am drifting away.

Melancholy – looking back to old times
a picture of our whole family hanging on the wall,
me still inside my mother’s womb.
I am searching for something to hold on
but there is nothing left
at least not for me.

Only love can ever make you feel this bad
Searching for a place to rest
but afraid from being hurt again.
I’m not ready to be burned
in fear – unable to leave this safe and solitary place.

Only love can desert you like this
The weight of my tears keeps me from beeing free
what I want is something (as) static as the moon
to root me and provide shelter and warmth
in times I feel like loosing it.

it’s not fair
but never was
seeding cracks
till you break
though
I never meant to hurt you
Please forgive me
someday
’til then
cry for your loss
and my tears
shall join yours
for while your soul bleeds
I will cry for you too.

[...]
Hope decays
Generations disappear
Washed away
As a nation simply stares

Don’t want to reach for me do you?
I mean nothing to you
The Little Things Give You Away
But now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking
All you’ve ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under water
I do
All you’ve ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under ground now I
Now I do
[...]

(Linkin Park – The little things give you away)

Can’t you see
my heart is bleeding
before you
But don’t ask why
because that would make me cry
I know you feeling of emptyness
when your heart seems hollow
All you need is someone
Something to hold on
to stop the meaningless
to give sense.
I’m not sure
whether I’m the right person
to fill that spot
where there is missing something in your soul
I can’t tell whether I’m what you’re looking for
There are moment I want you by my side
but there are times
when there can’t be enough distance
between the two of us
Don’t get me wrong
I like you more than I should
but that’s the reason why
I care for you
The reason I don’t want
you to get hurt.
I don’t want to harm you.
You’d better back off
before that happens
I can’t guarantee for your safty
once you get close to me
And If I’d hurt you
I would hate myself
and I would feel the same pain you do
Pain it is when you retch my soul
with names and guys I don’t know
Why do you do this to me?
Am I such a bad person?
Or is it you who wants to make me jealous
Stop that – don’t do that
It hurts and it makes my heart leak
so it bleeds -
But you don’t even notice.