Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
and eye was like 13
and it was a Sunday morning eye think
and
eye think both my parents were still asleep
eye remember
eye was gonna play sick so eye wouldn't have to go to church that day
[don't stop]
[don't stop]
and eye turned over
and there he was
[my beloved]
[my beloved]
holding a pillow
he smelled of sweat & regret
and he said ....
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
and it was a Sunday morning eye think
and
eye think both my parents were still asleep
eye remember
eye was gonna play sick so eye wouldn't have to go to church that day
[don't stop]
[don't stop]
and eye turned over
and there he was
[my beloved]
[my beloved]
holding a pillow
he smelled of sweat & regret
and he said ....
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Lyrics submitted by maggot261
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this song is kool but it kinda pisses me off but everything pisses me off so its all koool
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i guess she was molested as a child, and i think she enjoyed it. with the background lines (my beloved) and (don't stop) but i also think it did some damage to her. i can't realy tell.
I seriously doubt that she enjoyed any part of it. I think it's obvious that Otep was severely damaged by the things that happened to her during her childhood. No one enjoys rape or molestation. No one. If they did, it wouldn't be considered that. It would just be sex. I think the "my beloved" refers to the person that hurt her. Which would mean he was obviously some close to her. Many people continue loving and caring about the people that hurt them. That doesn't mean that they like the abuse.
Her father would rape her when she was younger.
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Oh wow, oh boy, so she's writing to herself? Interesting. But she puts it on an album that gets sold to the public, and plays it live to audiences, and enjoys all the income it gets her.
But it's just for herself.
If you're going to write something, make some damned sense.
I used to be pretty into Otep (because of some of her more meaningful songs), but then I started watching some of her vlogs, and I got the distinct impression that she's a poser. She's not the angry, anti-religion person she sounds like in her music. She's ass-kissy and dimure.