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Chamber of Reflection Lyrics

Spend some time away
Getting ready for the day
You're born again

Spend some time alone
Understand that soon you'll run
With better men
Alone again (x's 4)
Alone

No use looking out
It's within, that brings that
Lonely feeling

Understand that
When you leave here
You'll be clear
Among a better man

Alone again (x's 4)
Alone

Alone again (x's 3)
Alone
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Cover art for Chamber of Reflection lyrics by Mac DeMarco

A chamber of reflection is a secluded room in a masonic lodge where candidates who are interested in joining the masons go to reflect before they join. This song is clearly about someone going in the chamber and reflecting on himself. When he leaves the chamber he'll be among the better men, the masons. Weird for Mac to sing about the masonic rituals like this, very creepy stuff if you ask me.

Cover art for Chamber of Reflection lyrics by Mac DeMarco

Improved translation:

Spend some time away Getting ready for the day You're born again

Spend some time alone Understand that soon you'll run With better men Alone again (x's 4) Alone

No use looking out It's within, that brings that Lonely feeling

Understand that When you leave here You'll be clear Among a better man

Alone again (x's 4) Alone

Alone again (x's 3) Alone

Translation
Cover art for Chamber of Reflection lyrics by Mac DeMarco

To me it seems like a warning to the listener that loneliness doesn't go away with the presence of others. Instead, one should understand that emptiness is something much deeper, and one should look towards his/her inner self to truly understand the feeling (No use looking out It's within that brings that lonely feeling).

Watch the video and you instantly realize what its about. The Masonic symbol and Masonic G are flashed multiple times at the start.

This is about Mac selling out to be part of the club. Hes joining the secret society the freemasons to make it big in the industry. They literally put this stuff right in our faces.

Cover art for Chamber of Reflection lyrics by Mac DeMarco

for me he only wanted to talk about those times we left people because we feel empty, then we move away, we are left alone, we think and we think that by staying alone the way is open to new friends, new people who can show us something happy and happy, so the reflection chamber could be our own room that after we were alone in it we went out and met new people, but the criticism is not to look for happiness in them because you can only be happy inside with yourself and if you can not find you will feel alone again, no matter whether you have new companies or not.

My Interpretation
Cover art for Chamber of Reflection lyrics by Mac DeMarco

This gorgeous song is about the deep internal loneliness we can experience as we are only with ourselves our whole life. No matter the life you live, how large or small, you will always only truly have yourself to guide you. This song reinforces the inevitable reminder that you are always going to end up alone with yourself through life.

My Interpretation
Cover art for Chamber of Reflection lyrics by Mac DeMarco

In greek mythology, 'chamber' represents 'excessively stretched ballsack', and 'reflection' represents vanity. This song is a cautionary tale that attempts to warn the listener that stretching one's ballsack tissue past a certain length will have diminishing returns, and in fact Reflect one's ego back filling the void inside the ballsack, ultimately destroying it.

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