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”
Cause I watched
I've watched as dreams slowly waste away and die
You are a post mortem beauty queen
As razor blades cut me we suffer with every kiss
Thinking I'm dying, choking as I burn
As evil dies within me
Sewing me back together
Here again my heart is rusted through
Look as yourself lying on a picture of misconception
As we fall walking across the dead
This is a memory of rotting destiny
Our worst nightmare
Your throat will bleed your skin will burn
Your throat will bleed your skin will burn
I've watched your skin burn
Your warm hands touch my face
As I look into your eyes
Your dreams will slowly die
Can you hear my voice?
Your warm hands touch my face
I took into your eyes
Dreams will slowly die
Can you hear my voice?
Fuck you with all these lies
Break me with all your words
As I gasp for one last breath
The tears from the fallen angels
Will come to rise
Come to rise
Will come to rise
I've watched as dreams slowly waste away and die
You are a post mortem beauty queen
As razor blades cut me we suffer with every kiss
Thinking I'm dying, choking as I burn
You have become our worst nightmare
I've watched as dreams slowly waste away and die
You are a post mortem beauty queen
As razor blades cut me we suffer with every kiss
Thinking I'm dying, choking as I burn
As evil dies within me
Sewing me back together
Here again my heart is rusted through
Look as yourself lying on a picture of misconception
As we fall walking across the dead
This is a memory of rotting destiny
Our worst nightmare
Your throat will bleed your skin will burn
Your throat will bleed your skin will burn
I've watched your skin burn
Your warm hands touch my face
As I look into your eyes
Your dreams will slowly die
Can you hear my voice?
Your warm hands touch my face
I took into your eyes
Dreams will slowly die
Can you hear my voice?
Fuck you with all these lies
Break me with all your words
As I gasp for one last breath
The tears from the fallen angels
Will come to rise
Come to rise
Will come to rise
I've watched as dreams slowly waste away and die
You are a post mortem beauty queen
As razor blades cut me we suffer with every kiss
Thinking I'm dying, choking as I burn
You have become our worst nightmare
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