#when the mouth of infinity buries its teeth in me i'll smile through the agony for you

[sleepanonymous]

(source)

When thе mouth of infinity Buries its teeth in me I'll smile through thе agony for you

[casvessel]

When the mouth of infinity buries its teeth in me, I'll smile through the agony for you

[sleepomen]

When the mouth of infinity buries its teeth in me

I'll smile through the agony for you

And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence

And you'll never bear the weight of two

[mysteriesof1995]

When the mouth of infinity buries its teeth in me, I'll smile through the agony for you

[thorgeous101]

When the mouth of infinity

Buries its teeth in me

I'll smile through the agony for you

And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence

And you'll never bear the weight of two

[livingdeadgirlxx]

When the mouth of infinity

Buries its teeth in me

I'll smile through the agony for you

And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence

And you'll never bear the weight of two

🩷🖤

[wh-te-rabb-t]

"When the mouth of infinity. Buries its teeth in me. I'll smile through the agony for you."

High Water - Sleep Token

[jayyydraws]

and we go beyond the farthest reaches, where the light bends and wraps beneath us

when the mouth of infinity buries its teeth in me, i'll smile through the agony for you

[starlight-tav]

When the mouth of infinity Buries its teeth in me I'll smile through the agony for you And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence And you'll never bear the weight of two

"High Water" - Sleep Token

[aquareegia]

When the mouth of infinity Buries its teeth in me I'll smile through the agony for you And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence And you'll never bear the weight of two

[the-ghost-bird]

When the mouth of infinity buries its teeth in me

I'll smile through the agony for you

[sleepanonymous]

At least one person was interested in this, so… I’m just gonna jump into it with the comparison/callback I mentioned in this post.

High Water from This Place Will Become Your Tomb When the mouth of infinity Buries its teeth in me I'll smile through the agony for you And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence And you'll never bear the weight of two

Take Me Back to Eden from Take Me Back to Eden I guess it goes to show, does it not? That we've no idea what we've got until we lose it And no amount of love will keep it around If we don't choose it And I don't know what's got its teeth in me But I'm about to bite back in anger No amount of self-sought fury Will bring back the glory of innocence

For me, this callback is quite heartbreaking. In the first song, High Water, Vessel talks about sticking by someone he loves no matter what.

“When the mouth of infinity buries its teeth in me” is a metaphor, meaning he’s caught or trapped in a situation/relationship he believes will last forever (and he possibly hopes that is the case).

“And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence, and you’ll never bear the weight of two” is less of a metaphor and more of a direct statement. Vessel knows his significant other has issues, and they do not have the mental stamina nor capacity to deal with Vessel’s problems on top of their own. This person has too much on their plate as it is, so Vessel will “smile through the agony” for them. He’s saying he is willing to be their crutch, their rock, despite his pain, because he loves and is loyal to them.

There’s more to this in other lyrics, such as “My hell is your high water” and the lines about holding his breath, choking on vapour, and drowning. He’s doing his best not to bring up his own issues and pain while trying to be this solid, sane, strong shoulder for this person to lean on.

Moving on to Take Me Back to Eden, we see this relationship’s progression (or rather regression). The apparent callback line is, “And I don’t know what’s got its teeth in me, but I’m about to bite back in anger.” No longer is Vessel smiling through the pain for this other person. He has given them so much of himself that he is drained, jaded, and angry. This significant other didn’t “choose” Vessel’s love, and it caused the downfall of their relationship without them ever realizing it until it was too late. Vessel is older now and realizes that he’s been willingly caught in this emotionally draining relationship. Even though he’s angry, those feelings are turned inward towards himself because he couldn’t hold himself, let alone this other person, together (“No amount of self-sought fury will bring back the glory of innocence”).

Oops, this turned into more of a song comparison than a lyric comparison, lol. There’s a bit more, but I don’t want to pull more lyrics. I’m lazy. But I do have a few other comparison idea. The original plan was to try to get one of these out a week, as I do with my lost media posts, but I wrote 85% of this on August 31st and then promptly forgot about it. So we’ll see how that goes.

If any of you have a lyric callback/comparison you want me to rant about, feel free to send a dm or ask 🖤 Also, this is all just me rambling, so it’s 100% valid if you disagree with this comparison. I’d love to hear your take on it if that’s the case (just be nice; I’m fragile).

[arch-angel]

For the time being

I will still avoid my own questions

And we both bury that history deep

But you know I can hold my breath forever

For the time being

You are still a perfect reminder of what

All of these scars on my arms are for

If I can hold myself together

And I choke myself on sacred vapour

Waiting on some holy favour

Basking in the solace of regret

And it seems my hell is your high water

Wash me clean again before I pull myself beneath the waves

When the mouth of infinity

Buries its teeth in me

I'll smile through the agony for you

And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence

And you'll never bear the weight of two

And I choke myself on sacred vapour

Waiting on some holy favour

Basking in the solace of regret

And it seems my hell is your high water

Wash me clean again before I pull myself beneath the waves

For the time being

I will admit my defeat again

I will accept that I can't pretend

We will ever be together

I can't hold myself together

[sativaasiren]

When the mouth of infinity

Buries its teeth in me

I'll smile through the agony for you

And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence

And you'll never bear the weight of two

[thecampjuicebox]

And I choke myself on sacred vapour Waiting on some holy favour Basking in the solace of regret And it seems my hell is your high water Wash me clean again before I pull myself beneath the waves

When the mouth of infinity Buries its teeth in me I'll smile through the agony for you And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence And you'll never bear the weight of two

The Ghost of Via ~

Via is my BG3 OC, not a Tav

[kaddyssammlung]

High Water – Analysis

TW: SH

“For the time being I will still avoid my own questions”

I can relate to that. I'm finally in a position where I'm able to look at old wounds and connect everything that happened. But there are still aspects or rather remaining questions that I don't even want to ask myself.

“And we both bury that history deep but you know I can hold my breath forever”

I can understand this. Of course you can intentionally “hide” from trauma. I don't think you can hold your breath forever, though. It's funny because it's this music or rather the lyrics that kept reminding me of the things from my past that I have not dealt with. Now I'm finally dealing with them.

“for the time being you are still a perfect reminder of what all of these scars on my arms are for”

Yeah so......idk what to say what I have not said about self-harm before?! I could talk about my reasons why I did that?!

I'm someone who either did that because I felt so numb that I just wanted to see if I'm able to still feel something. It was either that or to punish myself. My ED and self-harm were connected for quite some time. When I felt I had messed up with my eating then I wanted to punish myself. It was pure hatred.

Those are the reasons why I have my scars. Idk about him, though.

“if I can hold myself together”

Self-harm urges are....I don't know how to describe them. I have said this before: it feels like wanting to peel your skin of.

I often had thoughts similar to what he is saying there....”I need to hold myself together.....if not for me then for everyone around me”

“And I choke myself on sacred vapour”

Okay...?! Vessel smoking the greens? Or maybe he means incense? I'm a sucker for incense especially the expensive stuff. I think it's called frank incense in English but I'm not sure. I do feel like this is sacred vapour. I stay off everything else because of my tendencies. Have I tried the greens. Yes. But that's all.

“Waiting on some holy favour”

Does he mean some sort of vision? I really don't know.

“basking in the solace of regret”

How can regret give you solace? It reminds me of a feeling of indulging on negativity and depression. This is something that I have felt like, too.

“And it seems my hell is your high water”

It reminds me of Like That and that feeling that someone/something is abusing him and he is aware of how much they enjoy doing this.

“Wash me clean again before I pull myself beneath the waves”

To me addiction cravings often make you feel like it's hard to keep your head above to water. It feels like drowning.

Therefore when I pull myself beneath the waves it's giving into those cravings. At least that's how it felt for me.

“when the mouth of infinity buries its teeth in me”

I don't know what to do with this one. I could talk about the snake biting itself and zero point energy from quantum physics?!

Or maybe about reincarnation and how we are kind of trapped on this planet?!

Idk.....those are all big topics....so I just don't really say anything for now because it's too much.

“I'll smile through the agony for you”

Oh dear....just that...oh dear. I feel this.

“And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence and you'll never bear the weight of two”

Either he means Sleep...?! For some reason it makes me think about feeling unwanted by his parents. Idk...both crushing thoughts and also a very crushing line.

“I will admit my defeat again I will accept that I can't pretend We will ever be together”

Even more crushing! One of those again where I sometimes would like to know who he is talking about. But maybe I don't want to hear the answer. Because it could be even more sad then I assume.

“I can't hold myself together”

I have felt like that so many times.....and then given into cravings.

Of course with the video for this. I still don't remember why I made them but it was fun.