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”
Why did you steal the matches
From the one room motel
Once they gave you answers
Now they give you hell
They will never understand
They wonder where did they go wrong
How could you be so selfish
Why can't you get along
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
You've seen it in the movies
And you've heard it on the street
Craving the affection
Your blood is full of heat
They don't listen to your reasons
As original as sin
Deny all that you feel
And they will bring you home again
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
Your body is alive
But no one told you what you'd feel
The empty aching hours
Trying to conceal
The natural progression
Is the coming of your age
But they cover it with shame
And turn it into rage
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
You are digging for the answers
Until your fingers bleed
To satisfy the hunger
To satiate the need
They feed you on the guilt
To keep you humble keep you low
Some man and myth they made up
A thousand years ago
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
Mothers tell your children
Be quick you must be strong
Life is full of wonder
Love is never wrong
Remember how they taught you
How much of it was fear
Refuse to hand it down
The legacy stops here
Oh my child
From the one room motel
Once they gave you answers
Now they give you hell
They will never understand
They wonder where did they go wrong
How could you be so selfish
Why can't you get along
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
You've seen it in the movies
And you've heard it on the street
Craving the affection
Your blood is full of heat
They don't listen to your reasons
As original as sin
Deny all that you feel
And they will bring you home again
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
Your body is alive
But no one told you what you'd feel
The empty aching hours
Trying to conceal
The natural progression
Is the coming of your age
But they cover it with shame
And turn it into rage
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
You are digging for the answers
Until your fingers bleed
To satisfy the hunger
To satiate the need
They feed you on the guilt
To keep you humble keep you low
Some man and myth they made up
A thousand years ago
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
Mothers tell your children
Be quick you must be strong
Life is full of wonder
Love is never wrong
Remember how they taught you
How much of it was fear
Refuse to hand it down
The legacy stops here
Oh my child
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Sheer
Sheer, are you crazy? I mean seriously? It's possible to be a moral sexual animal? Please tell me you didn't just say that. It's not. Sex is something that should be feared? It brings with it teen pregnantsy which ruins young peoples lives up every day. It also comes with the danger of catching diseases. The words moral and sexual don't belong in the same sentence. <br /> <br /> The implimentation of Christians is rotten? I'd say the parade of partner swapping is whats rotten. You know, if your gay ur gay, and thats all cool. But if your going to sit there and say crap like that then here we go. The only problem I see with the gay community is that love doesn't exsist. That God that sent his son to die for your sins did that to show you how much he loves you. LOVES YOU. If you wanna be gay cool, just learn how to actually love each other and find the one you LOVE and stop all this jumping around from one to an other. If you only understand how much God loves you. Even with all your stupid stuff you wrote and probably do, he STILL loves you and will be there for you. Why, I dont understand but, its not for me to understand. Thats yours and his business. But lay off the christians. They don't hate you. The hate what you do. Is it right? No. But they are human, JUST LIKE YOU!
Sheer, are you crazy? I mean seriously? It's possible to be a moral sexual animal? Please tell me you didn't just say that. It's not. Sex is something that should be feared? It brings with it teen pregnantsy which ruins young peoples lives up every day. It also comes with the danger of catching diseases. The words moral and sexual don't belong in the same sentence. <br /> <br /> The implimentation of Christians is rotten? I'd say the parade of partner swapping is whats rotten. You know, if your gay ur gay, and thats all cool. But if your going to sit there and say crap like that then here we go. The only problem I see with the gay community is that love doesn't exsist. That God that sent his son to die for your sins did that to show you how much he loves you. LOVES YOU. If you wanna be gay cool, just learn how to actually love each other and find the one you LOVE and stop all this jumping around from one to an other. If you only understand how much God loves you. Even with all your stupid stuff you wrote and probably do, he STILL loves you and will be there for you. Why, I dont understand but, its not for me to understand. Thats yours and his business. But lay off the christians. They don't hate you. The hate what you do. Is it right? No. But they are human, JUST LIKE YOU!