![]() He asks for help, but the one he looks to for it calls it weakness. This person has promised him peace, only to potentially take it from him, and stand by as people laugh at NF’s secrets (likely personal feelings he’s released in songs). He leaves it to his listeners to draw their own conclusions. Is he singing to someone he has mistakenly put his trust in, or a true savior who he is mistakenly doubting? The reason it’s so hard to pinpoint is because NF doesn’t answer this question in the lyrics. The emphasis in this song is on how he perceives this person. The promises that have been made aren’t being kept. Even though he knows God loves him, it doesn’t seem like it when he’s lost and things don’t appear to be improving as his traumas threaten to drown him. If this is about God, he is likely sharing the way he feels about God when it’s hard to hear Him. He holds onto them and values his connection with them with pride but he doesn’t understand why they haven’t found him, and worse, why they don’t love him back. ChorusĬalling out to this person, he begs them to save him before it’s too late. ![]() However, until NF comments on it, there is no way of knowing for sure, though this interpretation fits with the messages of other songs on “The Search” and his style. Because NF has named God in this album especially as the one he turns to for peace and relief from his depression, this is the most likely. However, the other most likely alternative is that he is speaking to God, and is questioning His love for him due to the intensity of his pain. It is possible that he could be speaking to a loved one, and is frustrated that they aren’t able to save him from his pain. Whoever the “you” is, he views them as a savior figure, but believes they may be a flawed one. This line is a reference to “Let Me Go” where he says to his lies, “You promise protection, I don't feel protected.” He knows he needs to let these lies go and give up their false protection for true joy, but he doesn’t know how to. If he could learn to value joy over what he thinks will protect him, he might be able to achieve true freedom. Rather than blame them, he admits it’s his fault for being selfish. Though he views this person as his savior, they don’t appear to be helping him when he needs them. Either way, these lyrics are very raw and personal in nature and tell an intense and moving story. NF is a phenomenal emotional storyteller, and while those stories are often true, unless he says so, we can’t be sure what elements are about his life. ![]() While NF is an artist who is largely autobiographical in his songs, it doesn’t mean that everything stated in his songs are or aren’t about him. ![]() The choice between joy and familiarity, freedom and comfortable pain, is the central theme of “The Search,” and shows NF’s personal journey to stepping out of his old perception in order to find hope.Īs always, while this analysis will use “NF is dealing with.” or “NF thinks.” statements, these are only to explain what he is expressing in the lyrics. By searching for freedom, and trying to leave behind the pain of the past, he realizes how much more frightening it is, because it’s an unknown. This line represents a recurring theme in “The Search.” The places he’s been, no matter how dangerous, were familiar, and so they felt safe. The only non-rap song, NF has shared that “Trauma” is his favorite track from “The Search.” The song centers around a heartfelt appeal to a savior figure, whether that be God or a loved one, to try harder to save him from his traumas.
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