They're Too Loud (cavetown) ✧

Leo sat at his desk, the weight of the day already pressing down. The song in his head was a cycle of "love and spite". He felt the "intense chaos" of his emotions clashing with the "calm fragility" he tried to project to the world. He wanted to be "strong and cool," but in the quiet of the early morning, he just felt like a "monster who didn't know how to communicate".

The song "They're Too Loud" by is a track from the 2015 album Everything Is Made Of Stars . The lyrics explore themes of being overwhelmed by one's own intrusive thoughts and the pain of unrequited love, where one person cares deeply while the other "couldn't care less". they're too loud (cavetown)

He tried to shake it off, but her "gentle hands" were already "beating up his brain". She was the first thing on his mind every single morning, a constant loop he couldn’t pause. He knew they would see each other later that day—same time, same place—but he also knew her face wouldn't look the same to him as it did to everyone else. To the world, she was just a friend; to him, she was the source of a noise so loud it drowned out everything else. Leo sat at his desk, the weight of