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”
Since day one I've been crass and far beyond
I couldn't laugh, I couldn't cry
Before you judge me, take a look at yourself
Condescending, outliving in a lie
Despite all the pain in my heart grinding through
It ain't due that you hate what I hate what you do
Despite all the piety you've been consuming thus far
A backstabbing motherfucker to the bone is what you are
And every day when the knife in my back starts to twinge and turn
My eyes are catching fire and my heart starts to burn
One foot away from you is like a bit closer to heaven
Then again it's like being needled twenty-four seven
You look down to me to see the scum of the earth to be
Fuck yeah, that's me, vile and obscene
I ain't happy about it but at least I don't judge and decree
To be better than another human being
Every day when the knife in my back starts to twinge and turn
My eyes are catching fire and my heart starts to burn
One foot away from you is like a bit closer to heaven
Then again it's like being needled twenty-four seven
Despite all the piety you've been consuming thus far
Can anyone, somebody tell me what the fuck is going on?
Every day when the knife in my back starts to twinge and turn
My eyes are catching fire and my heart starts to burn
One foot away from you is like a bit closer to heaven
Then again it's like being needled twenty-four seven
"Death? What do you all know about death?"
I couldn't laugh, I couldn't cry
Before you judge me, take a look at yourself
Condescending, outliving in a lie
Despite all the pain in my heart grinding through
It ain't due that you hate what I hate what you do
Despite all the piety you've been consuming thus far
A backstabbing motherfucker to the bone is what you are
And every day when the knife in my back starts to twinge and turn
My eyes are catching fire and my heart starts to burn
One foot away from you is like a bit closer to heaven
Then again it's like being needled twenty-four seven
You look down to me to see the scum of the earth to be
Fuck yeah, that's me, vile and obscene
I ain't happy about it but at least I don't judge and decree
To be better than another human being
Every day when the knife in my back starts to twinge and turn
My eyes are catching fire and my heart starts to burn
One foot away from you is like a bit closer to heaven
Then again it's like being needled twenty-four seven
Despite all the piety you've been consuming thus far
Can anyone, somebody tell me what the fuck is going on?
Every day when the knife in my back starts to twinge and turn
My eyes are catching fire and my heart starts to burn
One foot away from you is like a bit closer to heaven
Then again it's like being needled twenty-four seven
"Death? What do you all know about death?"
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