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”
Deadly as the viper
Peering from its coil
The poison there is coming to the boil
Ticking like a time bomb
The fuse is running short
On the verge of snapping if it's caught
And all the pressure that's been building up
For all the years it bore the load
The cracks appear, the frame starts to distort
It's ready to explode
Jawbreaker
Crouching in the corner
Wound up as a spring
Piercing eyes that flash are shimmering
Muscles are all contorted
Claws dug in the dirt
Every ounce of fiber on alert
And all the pressure that's been building up
For all the years it bore the load
The cracks appear, the frame starts to distort
It's ready to explode
Jawbreaker
And all the pressure that's been building up
For all the years it bore the load
The cracks appear, the frame starts to distort
It's ready to explode
Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker
Peering from its coil
The poison there is coming to the boil
Ticking like a time bomb
The fuse is running short
On the verge of snapping if it's caught
And all the pressure that's been building up
For all the years it bore the load
The cracks appear, the frame starts to distort
It's ready to explode
Jawbreaker
Crouching in the corner
Wound up as a spring
Piercing eyes that flash are shimmering
Muscles are all contorted
Claws dug in the dirt
Every ounce of fiber on alert
And all the pressure that's been building up
For all the years it bore the load
The cracks appear, the frame starts to distort
It's ready to explode
Jawbreaker
And all the pressure that's been building up
For all the years it bore the load
The cracks appear, the frame starts to distort
It's ready to explode
Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker
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Ya, so I think we all know what this is about, especially after Halford revealed that he is gay...
@Brahm_K Then ( I mean the Year of releasing " Defenders of the faith ", ( and they meant it ! ) then i was 14 years old third year as my favorite band but young without idea of what is sexuality , gay bad - man good, and it was casus beli if someone dare to say that R. Halford is gay, Jawbreaker it was Halford breaking jaws in my point of view, now i am 54 and i was right only for that voice is rare. You are the first who knows that the lyrics was Robert ready to explode, in Killing Machine and at Tokyo because the Managers and CBS ( 70% ) they didn't allowing to say so he starting to wear the gay clothes , leather pants, the hat Al Pacino and the result was the opposite , Motley Crue, Accept , the Heavy Metal starts to wear the outfit , and the Jawbreaker have meaning, probably you know the story and i think that you never read this reply...
@Brahm_K Then ( I mean the Year of releasing " Defenders of the faith ", ( and they meant it ! ) then i was 14 years old third year as my favorite band but young without idea of what is sexuality , gay bad - man good, and it was casus beli if someone dare to say that R. Halford is gay, Jawbreaker it was Halford breaking jaws in my point of view, now i am 54 and i was right only for that voice is rare. You are the first who knows that the lyrics was Robert ready to explode, in Killing Machine and at Tokyo because the Managers and CBS ( 70% ) they didn't allowing to say so he starting to wear the gay clothes , leather pants, the hat Al Pacino and the result was the opposite , Motley Crue, Accept , the Heavy Metal starts to wear the outfit , and the Jawbreaker have meaning, probably you know the story and i think that you never read this reply...( 17 years after ... )