You're watching everything you ever held on to
Slip away from you
And all you're running from well it's catching up to you

Got you looking for a lifeline
Swimming in the high tide
Waiting for the daylight
To bring you home

The world is too big to never ask why
The answers don't fall straight out of the sky
I'm fighting to live and feel alive
But I can't feel a thing without you by my side
Send me out a lifeline

You're watching everyone you ever belonged to
Walk away from you
Maybe all along you've been running from the truth

Got you looking for a lifeline
You're swimming in the high tide
Waiting for the daylight
To bring you home

The world is too big to never ask why
The answers don't fall straight out of the sky
I'm fighting to live and feel alive
But I can't feel a thing without you by my side
Oh send me out a lifeline

There's nothing I would change, I'd give it all away
For you again and again and over again
Everything I own is in your control

I'm looking for a lifeline
Swimming in the high tide
Waiting for the daylight
To bring me home

The world is too big to never ask why
The answers don't fall straight out of the sky
I'm fighting to live and feel alive
But I can't feel a thing without you by my side
Send me out a lifeline
Won't you send me out a lifeline
Send me out a lifeline


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Lifeline Lyrics as written by Matthew Jones Trent Dabbs

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    My Interpretation

    i think he's singing about a girl who is confused, insecure, and searching for answers, for her purpose in this world. and she never seems to be settled because she never can find that answer. so she's always lost and wandering, running around. she's invested her life in things that don't last, and she's seen that "everything she's ever belonged to" has left her. and so she's always run away from her life, from facing reality and truth. and he wants her to see that her answer and life purpose should be find in God. i don't know. that's just how i interpret this song.

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