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”
I feel it welling up inside and Robert Smith lied
Boys do cry and with blood tears in my eyes
I'm an Anne Rice novel come to life
I can't hide the monster anymore
One can only feel desolate for so long
Until one starts to change
Into something the mirror doesn't recognize
I metamorphasize
The darkness has been biding its time
To claim its latest victim
Fresh meat for carnal desires
To become what I became
I viewed the sun for the last time
Will you still
Hold me when you see what I've done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips (crimson and red)
My heart is dead and so are you
And it pulses through, the desire
To change, to deconstruct all of my
All of my past failings
But where to begin because when you live in sin
It's hard to look at saints
Without them Reflecting your jet black auras back on you
And all I have is hope
My inner burn's not fading
I'll wipe the blood from my cheek
And get on with my day
Will you still
Hold me when you see what I've done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
My heart is dead and so are you (crimson and red)
And all I have is hope
And all I need is time
To bury and hide under six feet of time
The lies I told me about myself
Claw my way out, pick the splinters from under my fingernails
I won't lose hope
I won't give in
Just live and breathe
Try not to die again
Just live and breathe
Try not to die again
Just live and breathe
Try not to die again
I'll try not to die again
Will you still
Hold me when you see what I've done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
Crimson and red (My heart is dead and so are you)
Will you still
Hold me when you see what I've done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips (when you taste my victim's blood)
My heart is dead and so are you
Boys do cry and with blood tears in my eyes
I'm an Anne Rice novel come to life
I can't hide the monster anymore
One can only feel desolate for so long
Until one starts to change
Into something the mirror doesn't recognize
I metamorphasize
The darkness has been biding its time
To claim its latest victim
Fresh meat for carnal desires
To become what I became
I viewed the sun for the last time
Will you still
Hold me when you see what I've done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips (crimson and red)
My heart is dead and so are you
And it pulses through, the desire
To change, to deconstruct all of my
All of my past failings
But where to begin because when you live in sin
It's hard to look at saints
Without them Reflecting your jet black auras back on you
And all I have is hope
My inner burn's not fading
I'll wipe the blood from my cheek
And get on with my day
Will you still
Hold me when you see what I've done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
My heart is dead and so are you (crimson and red)
And all I have is hope
And all I need is time
To bury and hide under six feet of time
The lies I told me about myself
Claw my way out, pick the splinters from under my fingernails
I won't lose hope
I won't give in
Just live and breathe
Try not to die again
Just live and breathe
Try not to die again
Just live and breathe
Try not to die again
I'll try not to die again
Will you still
Hold me when you see what I've done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
Crimson and red (My heart is dead and so are you)
Will you still
Hold me when you see what I've done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips (when you taste my victim's blood)
My heart is dead and so are you
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My Notes: (What it could be saying) (What I think it's saying)
hardcore voice I feel it welling up inside and rough as they (die) or (thrive). Point to crying with the tears in my eyes. I've had it! I starve or come to life, I can't hide the monster. Anymore, what can? Won't they feel desolate for so long? Until, one starts to change into something, the mirror doesn't recognize. (Metamorphesis!) or (Metamorphasize!) The darkness turns been blinding inside. Dark clay that plays a specter, fresh meat, forgotten desire. To become what I became, I feel the sun falls on my time. /hardcore voice
chorus Will you still hold me, when you see what I have done. Will you still kiss me the same? When you taste my victim's blood. So crimson and red! I feel it flowing from your neck. Crimson and red. My heart is dead and so are you!! /chorus
hardcore voice When it pulls out slow the desire to change. The danger stuck, over my one of my past feelings. I'd light up again, because when you're at that time, time turns against me. What doesn't reflecting your jet black aura back at you? And, all I have is hope. My inner burns start fading. I wipe the blood from my cheek and get on with my day. /hardcore voice
chorus Will you still hold me, when you see what I have done? Will you still kiss me the same? When you taste my victim's blood. So crimson and red! I feel it flowing from your neck! Crimson and red. (My heart is dead!) All this for you?! (and so are you!) /chorus
non-hardcore voice & whispering And all I have is hope. (And, All I have is hope. is hope.) And all I need is time. (And, All I need is time. my time.) To bury a line under six feet of time. (To bury a line under six feet of time.) The lies I told me about myself. (The lies I told me about myself.) Carve my way out, (Carve a way out) pick the splinter from under my fingernails. (Pick the splinter from under my fingernails. My fingernails.) I won't lose hope. (Hope...) I won't give in. (I won't give in. Giving in.) /non-hardcore voice & no whispering
dual vocals Just live and breathe. (Just live and breathe!) Try not to die again. (Try not to die again.) Just live and breathe. (Just live and breathe!) Try not to die again. (Try not to die again.) Just live and breathe. (Just live and breathe!) Try not to die a... gain! (Try not to die a... gain!) I try not to die again! /dual vocals
chorus Will you still hold me, when you see what I have done? Will you still kiss me the same? When you taste my victim's blood. so crimson and red! I feel it flowing from your neck! Crimson and red. My heart is dead and so are you!!! /chorus
chorus Will you still hold me, when you see what I have done? Will you still kiss me the same? When you taste my victim's blood. so crimson and red! I feel it flowing from your neck. (When you taste my victim's blood.) My heart is dead! And so are you! /chorus