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”
High Priestess you are the destruction
Of cities I sat in alone
With poisonous hands let me touch them
I'll have your throne
You've learned every song of the charmer
You've tamed every beast in the sea
Bite marks have covered my armor
Now come tame me
Wake up, the moon is gone, I know you're to blame
Well I watched you sink it to the depths of your lake
I knew the danger but I still said your name
Behold the dances of the snake
I know who started all the fires in this country
I will be counting every breath that you take
I knew the danger but I still let you touch me
Behold the dances of the snakes
Well if you got the magic and I got the moves
Then we'll see who will be hanging whom
Well if you got the magic and I got the moves
We'll see who will be hanging whom
Must you leave your broom at
The side of my bed, the side of my bed
I can't let, you do that
Cast spells on my head
Well if you got the magic then I got the moves
Then we'll see who wakes up next to whom
Well if you got the magic then I got the moves
Then we'll see who wakes up, then we'll see who wakes up
Wake up, the moon is gone and you're not to blame
But I still left you at the base of your stake
I knew the dangers but I left anyway
Behold the dances of the snake
Must you leave your broom at
The side of my bed, the side of my bed
I can't let you do that
Cast spells on my head
Must you leave your broom at
The side of my bed
I drank with the dungeon witch
Left my ring on her nightstand
I woke with the dungeon witch
And now she's got the upper hand
I drank with the dungeon witch
Left my ring on her nightstand
I woke with the dungeon witch
And now she's got the upper hand
Of cities I sat in alone
With poisonous hands let me touch them
I'll have your throne
You've learned every song of the charmer
You've tamed every beast in the sea
Bite marks have covered my armor
Now come tame me
Wake up, the moon is gone, I know you're to blame
Well I watched you sink it to the depths of your lake
I knew the danger but I still said your name
Behold the dances of the snake
I know who started all the fires in this country
I will be counting every breath that you take
I knew the danger but I still let you touch me
Behold the dances of the snakes
Well if you got the magic and I got the moves
Then we'll see who will be hanging whom
Well if you got the magic and I got the moves
We'll see who will be hanging whom
Must you leave your broom at
The side of my bed, the side of my bed
I can't let, you do that
Cast spells on my head
Well if you got the magic then I got the moves
Then we'll see who wakes up next to whom
Well if you got the magic then I got the moves
Then we'll see who wakes up, then we'll see who wakes up
Wake up, the moon is gone and you're not to blame
But I still left you at the base of your stake
I knew the dangers but I left anyway
Behold the dances of the snake
Must you leave your broom at
The side of my bed, the side of my bed
I can't let you do that
Cast spells on my head
Must you leave your broom at
The side of my bed
I drank with the dungeon witch
Left my ring on her nightstand
I woke with the dungeon witch
And now she's got the upper hand
I drank with the dungeon witch
Left my ring on her nightstand
I woke with the dungeon witch
And now she's got the upper hand
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Read Revalation 17 through here:
Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: Rev 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. Rev 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. Rev 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: Rev 17:5 And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Rev 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Rev 17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. Rev 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. Rev 17:9 And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, [and] the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. Rev 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. Rev 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Rev 17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. Rev 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful. Rev 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. Rev 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. Rev 17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. Rev 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
There's the meaning!!!
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~~Ryan