Hope dangles on a string
Like slow-spinning redemption
Winding in and winding out
The shine of it has caught my eye
And roped me in
So mesmerizing so hypnotizing
I am captivated
I am
Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
Swear I knew it all along and
I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
So clear like the diamond in your ring
Cut to mirror your intention
Over-sized and overwhelmed
The shine of which has caught my eye
And rendered me so isolated
So motivated
I am certain now that
I am
Vindicated
I am selfish I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
Swear I knew it all along and
I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
So turn up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my fingertips
Trace the moment, fall forever
Defense is paper thin
Just one touch and I'd be in too deep now
To ever swim against the current
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip against the current
So let me slip away (4x)
Vindicated
I am selfish I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
Swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed, but I am cleaing up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
Slight hope
It dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption
I feel this song is about a guy or girl who is in fact
confused over his or her feelings and reactions towards a likely failed
relationship. This is evident in many of the contradictory statements made in
parts of the song. e.g. 'hopes: winding in, winding out' 'feelings: so
isolated, so motivated'.
However, because the song is specially titled 'vindicated',
the author must have felt vindictive towards something. This I presume is that
although (likely) the reason for breakup is that he is selfish thus wrong, he
was right because the girl actually cheated on him, and thus vindicated of that
blame for breakup.
For example, if a guy likes a girl, but was being too
possessive, thus making selfish demands like 'I don't want you to meet that
guy'. He was wrong in the sense that he was in fact being too possessive. But
however, he was right (vindicated) because the girl did intend to cheat and
thus he is not to be blamed for the failed relationship. This is clearly
written in this paragraph of that song
'So clear Like the diamond in your ring, Cut to mirror your
intention, Oversized and overwhelmed the shine of which has caught my eye, And
rendered me so Isolated so Motivated, I am Certain now that I am Vindicated'
Her intentions, shining like a diamond brightly in his face
(caught his eye). Caused him to feel so isolated (lonely sadness because he is
cheated and alone), so motivated because he is sure he is right about his own
actions.
What is consistent is that the author of the song actually
wants to get back into the relationship because he or she loves the other party
so much, and at the same time fear hurt because the other party obviously
doesn't care. This can be picked up at certain parts of the song in which he or
she clearly stated in the intro that he has hopes for reviving the relationship
but its dangling on a string and winding in and out(fearing infidelity). But he
is weak on that stand because his defense is thin and one touch could land him
up into the relationship again, rendering him no choice because of his deep
love for her.
Lastly he is very much disturbed by these thoughts that came
to his mind. Like a recurring dream or nightmare he is thinking of this
predicament every moment. The author portrays this through the repeat of the
first verse at the last that he is thinking of harboring hopes for the relationship.