#somtimes I do feel like Charlie Kelly going on a spiel about Pepe Silvia but we ball

[melit0n]

One of my favourite lines in Higher is "Cause I look for scarlet and you look for ultraviolet."

The whole song is filled with these sorts of juxtapositions: "Fire" and "dry as bone", "Melody" and "silence" and "Danger" and "long way from home". However, as I said, this one is by far my favourite.

Of course you have the understanding that it's simply that; two juxtapositions that show the differences between Vessel and whoever he's talking about, but I wanna dive a little deeper.

Ultraviolet is obviously on the EM wave/light spectrum with a wavelength of around 10(-8)m, and is not visible to the human eye (hence its use of revealing things left unseen with fluorescence). You probably know of it because it's mainly used in crime scenes to discover bloodstains or other bodily fluids. The person looking for ultraviolet is looking for old wounds. Old blood long dried that they can trace back up to a scar they can pry open.

Plus, phonetically, Ultraviolet is similar to 'violence'.

With scarlet, outside of being a symbol for violence, blood, anger and love, can be traced to Infrared, which is also on the EM wave/light spectrum. Infrared doesn't have a colour, but will make things with heat appear scarlet. While they search for old wounds and things unseen to pry and pick apart, Vessel looks for affection and a warm body to attach himself to.

While the other lyrics are complete opposites, crackling fire to a feild waiting for the rains, melodies to calming silence, these two link. They're different and they're bad for eachother, but undeniably they click.

He is a danger, burning scarlet dripping from an open wound, and they, you, are a long way from home. From familiarity. And they are certainly in their right mind to keep the burning fire out of their home.

But the fire is warm, and he's looking for something that'll hold him and show him love anyways.

#I know his ass was sat in his writing room or whatever just thinking of opposite and here I am putting red strings everywhere being like #'LOOK!! THERE'S SOMETHING I SWEAR!' #because I feel like this is probably the case with this one but oh well #it was a fun one to think about anyways! #somtimes I do feel like Charlie Kelly going on a spiel about Pepe Silvia but we ball #the little English analysis creature inside of me gets happy when I make connections!! #sleep token #st #mel's rambles #higher #higher (song) #sundowning