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”
Violent screams have me buckled down
From the way that it seems
We need a remedy
Embody me and kill this aching emptiness
These are just fantasies
Embalming me
As I sleep
What if you covered the face of the sun
I am just a man what gives me hope
I've shrouded the pain for too long
I'm under the gun
As I take a breath and take the plunge
We expose our fears
As these two cities burn
In the back of my mind
The will to move the will to die
So I guess these tombs are
More suited for the living
Behind the curse reveals a man
And I'm broken down
Is it just possibly
Revealing me
No time to breathe
What if you covered the face of the sun
I am just a man what gives me hope
I've shrouded the pain for too long
I'm under the gun
As I take a breath and take the plunge
We expose our fears
As these two cities burn
In the back of my mind
The will to hope the will to die
What weathers him in the night
And if misery shadows fate
Then I've been caught
Caught living on borrowed time
This is my life
Life on a splintering thread
Open my eyes
And blind this soul
Swing by the sway
Clinched to the thread
This is my life
At the hands of a serrated edge
Open my eyes
And blind this soul
Tear from my mouth
The most violent screams
What if you covered the face of the sun
I am just a man what gives me hope
I've shrouded the pain for too long
I'm under the gun
As I take a breath and take the plunge
We expose our fears
As these two cities burn
In the back of my mind
It's almost time
The will to move
It's almost time
The will to hope
It's almost time
The will to die
From the way that it seems
We need a remedy
Embody me and kill this aching emptiness
These are just fantasies
Embalming me
As I sleep
What if you covered the face of the sun
I am just a man what gives me hope
I've shrouded the pain for too long
I'm under the gun
As I take a breath and take the plunge
We expose our fears
As these two cities burn
In the back of my mind
The will to move the will to die
So I guess these tombs are
More suited for the living
Behind the curse reveals a man
And I'm broken down
Is it just possibly
Revealing me
No time to breathe
What if you covered the face of the sun
I am just a man what gives me hope
I've shrouded the pain for too long
I'm under the gun
As I take a breath and take the plunge
We expose our fears
As these two cities burn
In the back of my mind
The will to hope the will to die
What weathers him in the night
And if misery shadows fate
Then I've been caught
Caught living on borrowed time
This is my life
Life on a splintering thread
Open my eyes
And blind this soul
Swing by the sway
Clinched to the thread
This is my life
At the hands of a serrated edge
Open my eyes
And blind this soul
Tear from my mouth
The most violent screams
What if you covered the face of the sun
I am just a man what gives me hope
I've shrouded the pain for too long
I'm under the gun
As I take a breath and take the plunge
We expose our fears
As these two cities burn
In the back of my mind
It's almost time
The will to move
It's almost time
The will to hope
It's almost time
The will to die
Lyrics submitted by HAMMAinthetrees
Trigger Happy Tarantula Lyrics as written by Joe Brown Dan Arnold
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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