CAPS LOCK

Last track on Maya by MIA. Kind of a sad, wonky sound. Makes me picture a low resolution gif of something moving in circles. Slow circles.

Always coming back to the same place.

Cap locks are still on when I log off to sleep
My baby stays awake for every dream I try to keep

Things typed in CAPS LOCK normally signal shouting, but this is the least noisy track on the album. It’s like trying to come to a stop, but thoughts are still circling.

Even when you log off to sleep, you can’t completely turn off your mind or reset when you wake up. Don’t know what’s bothering her, don’t know what specifically she’s singing about, but it’s shifting around and around in her mind and won’t go away.

Liquid washed down my throat like soap

This line reminds me of my own intrusive thoughts, how I want to be clean inside. Don’t want to think about what I’m always thinking about. Can’t talk about them directly, but I have to explain them somehow. Just having them makes me tainted and my head hurts all the time.

If my left side is my right side
If it's vice-versa, I'm still the same side

Her left side is her right side, just like her thoughts are looping, and just like the sound is looping.

Maybe it’s like a washing machine.

I don't wanna get lost on your screen
Except when it's hit by a big sunbeam
I want you to know my thought stream
That's why I'm always trying to stay in my dream

Something confusing about these lines. Almost get it, but then the meaning slips away.

Lonely nights in front of a laptop, typing something out in a dark bedroom. So tired, but can’t sleep just yet. And when you wake up, it begins again.