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'm not scared but this is happening
I'm not afraid but this is real
This is real
It all comes at once
From every single direction
This time I'm not
I'm not sleeping at all
How could this be real?
I've failed you
I've failed you
I was lying when I said
I was looking north
I was too scared to show
What I am
Bear with me, bear with me
This is all I have left
This might be more
Than a simple
Conversation
Conversation
It's been dancing around in my head
For quite some time
Just the though
Of cleaning up myself
I was lying when I said
I was looking north
I was too scared to show
What I am
Bear with me, bear with me
This is all I have left
This might be more
Than a simple
Conversation
I'm not sleeping
I'm not sleeping at all
I stare at the wall
Watching my time float away
It's all been a blur
And nothing will change
I stare at the wall
Watching my time float away
It's all been a blur
And nothing will change
I was lying
I was lying
I was lying
I was lying
I was lying
I was lying
This is defeat
I'm not afraid but this is real
This is real
It all comes at once
From every single direction
This time I'm not
I'm not sleeping at all
How could this be real?
I've failed you
I've failed you
I was lying when I said
I was looking north
I was too scared to show
What I am
Bear with me, bear with me
This is all I have left
This might be more
Than a simple
Conversation
Conversation
It's been dancing around in my head
For quite some time
Just the though
Of cleaning up myself
I was lying when I said
I was looking north
I was too scared to show
What I am
Bear with me, bear with me
This is all I have left
This might be more
Than a simple
Conversation
I'm not sleeping
I'm not sleeping at all
I stare at the wall
Watching my time float away
It's all been a blur
And nothing will change
I stare at the wall
Watching my time float away
It's all been a blur
And nothing will change
I was lying
I was lying
I was lying
I was lying
I was lying
I was lying
This is defeat
Lyrics submitted by i am a HERON, edited by SlashedO
A Fault Line, A Fault of Mine Lyrics as written by Christopher Dudley Aaron Gillespie
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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