[Verse 1]
I'm sick, i'm tired
I can't sleep 'cause i'm so wired
I don't know if i can take this
I don't know how to love you
Tick tock inside
Tossing, turning, i feel blind
Sun is up, the rain pours in
Another day of no end
Grab it, kick it, smash it
Love it, loathe it, yeah, yeah
Hold it, throw it, crave it
Searching for my solace
Tiptoe, bend, break
Cold night air, i start to shake
My eye's red, my tongue is dry
These long nights are never kind
I tried to find myself
A lonely cross to bear
And then tried to looking somewhere else
And i failed
I looked until my luck ran out
And the i saw your face
You picked me up and brushed me off
And said...hey
Solace
Song Meaning
Plumb spends most of "Solace" cataloging restlessness before any relief arrives — "I'm sick, I'm tired, I can't sleep 'cause I'm so wired... tick tock inside, tossing, turning, I feel blind." The insomnia and physical exhaustion are named specifically rather than standing in for a vaguer emotional description.
"Grab it, kick it, smash it, love it, loathe it, yeah, yeah, hold it, throw it, crave it, searching for my solace" turns the search itself into something almost violent and contradictory — wanting and rejecting the same relief within the same breath. "I tried to find myself a lonely cross to bear, and then tried looking somewhere else, and I failed" admits that both self-reliance and distraction came up empty.
"I looked until my luck ran out, and then I saw your face, you picked me up and brushed me off and said... hey" ends the song on an arrival rather than a resolution — the searching stops not because an answer was reasoned out, but because something showed up.