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 used to go to church. (x14)
"All right, no problem, no problem." (x2)
I used to go to church. (x2)
Walking through a life, you'll find
it's so easy to get hung up on these troubled times
and so hard to know what's right to do.
You just go on walking through.
Holding to what you've been taught,
now you're burned by all the lies that you once bought
and all the demons they created you once fought.
Has it all been for naught?
And by now I've gotten used to the cold,
without a heavy coat to call my own.
And as we walk on through, past the church and the school in Bloomfield
(or wherever you say),
well I'd like to feel robbed, but there aren't any jobs
that would suit me anyway.
Walking through a life like mine,
wherein a Crucifixation nailed itself into your mind,
you'll find no matter what you try to do,
they're gonna put that Cross on you.
And by now you've gotten used to the nails...
Never do what you are told. (x6)
Walking through a life, you'll find
it's so easy to get hung up on these troubled times
and so hard to know what's right to do.
You just go on walking through.
Holding to what you've been taught,
now you're burned by all the lies that you once bought
and all the demons they created you once fought.
Has it all been for naught?
And by now I've gotten used to the cold,
without a heavy coat to call my own.
And as we walk on through, past the church and the school in Bloomfield
(or wherever you say),
well I'd like to feel robbed, but there aren't any jobs
that would suit me anyway.
Walking through a life like mine,
wherein a Crucifixation nailed itself into your mind,
you'll find no matter what you try to do,
they're gonna put that Cross on you.
And by now you've gotten used to the nails...
"All right, no problem, no problem." (x2)
I used to go to church. (x2)
Walking through a life, you'll find
it's so easy to get hung up on these troubled times
and so hard to know what's right to do.
You just go on walking through.
Holding to what you've been taught,
now you're burned by all the lies that you once bought
and all the demons they created you once fought.
Has it all been for naught?
And by now I've gotten used to the cold,
without a heavy coat to call my own.
And as we walk on through, past the church and the school in Bloomfield
(or wherever you say),
well I'd like to feel robbed, but there aren't any jobs
that would suit me anyway.
Walking through a life like mine,
wherein a Crucifixation nailed itself into your mind,
you'll find no matter what you try to do,
they're gonna put that Cross on you.
And by now you've gotten used to the nails...
Never do what you are told. (x6)
Walking through a life, you'll find
it's so easy to get hung up on these troubled times
and so hard to know what's right to do.
You just go on walking through.
Holding to what you've been taught,
now you're burned by all the lies that you once bought
and all the demons they created you once fought.
Has it all been for naught?
And by now I've gotten used to the cold,
without a heavy coat to call my own.
And as we walk on through, past the church and the school in Bloomfield
(or wherever you say),
well I'd like to feel robbed, but there aren't any jobs
that would suit me anyway.
Walking through a life like mine,
wherein a Crucifixation nailed itself into your mind,
you'll find no matter what you try to do,
they're gonna put that Cross on you.
And by now you've gotten used to the nails...
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I believe these lines:
"in blue, or whatever you say/well id like to be wrong"
are actually:
"In Bloomfield, or where ever you say/well, I'd like to feel robbed"
It makes more sense because it would make reference to Bloomfield, NJ (where Ted lives(?)/has lived) and just sounds better anyway.
you are absolutely right, i'm an idiot.
i think in the beginning of this song "i used to goto church" is repeated and like scratched and towards the end "never do what you are told" is repeated i like the end part
the lyrics are sorta like in Ghost; "lift up your lonely heart and walk right on through"
about getting through the hard times i guess :)
Seems to have a lot to do with his experiences in Catholic school. "Now you're burned by all the lies that you once bought/And all the demons they created you once fought/Has it all been for nought?" I think those lines are about believing in the church and the things taught by the church, but then getting older and regretting those beliefs, but as indicated by the last verse "Well wear the cruxifications they've fixated to your mind" not being completely able to shake the spectre of those beliefs.