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”
How can you sit there in your room like a caged up refugee?
Barely alive and all worn out
with the fake plastic trees.
Is it the only thing that makes you feel like life has meaning?
The scars are tattooed down your arms.
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
Now all that's left is our hope and battle scars.
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
It's too damn hard to watch you fall apart.
What are you trying to find
driving late with no headlights?
When you go down that road
you can never go home again.
Can't lie around all day, blood and bone and tooth decay.
Down here, you know, no one ever survives.
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
Now all that's left is our hope and battle scars.
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
It's too damn hard to watch you fall apart.
It's too damn hard to watch you fall apart.
I remember the day the scent crept out under your door.
They found you three days later.
You were buried under your sheets.
It was too damn hard to watch
as heaven and hell held you down like anchors,
and your demons finally lulled you back to sleep.
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
Joey, you let them get to you.
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
How could you be so careless?
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
Can you hear us from where you are?
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
Now all that's left is our hope and battle scars.
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
It's too damn hard to watch you fall apart.
It's too damn hard to watch you fall apart.
Barely alive and all worn out
with the fake plastic trees.
Is it the only thing that makes you feel like life has meaning?
The scars are tattooed down your arms.
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
Now all that's left is our hope and battle scars.
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
It's too damn hard to watch you fall apart.
What are you trying to find
driving late with no headlights?
When you go down that road
you can never go home again.
Can't lie around all day, blood and bone and tooth decay.
Down here, you know, no one ever survives.
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
Now all that's left is our hope and battle scars.
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
It's too damn hard to watch you fall apart.
It's too damn hard to watch you fall apart.
I remember the day the scent crept out under your door.
They found you three days later.
You were buried under your sheets.
It was too damn hard to watch
as heaven and hell held you down like anchors,
and your demons finally lulled you back to sleep.
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
Joey, you let them get to you.
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
How could you be so careless?
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
Can you hear us from where you are?
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
Now all that's left is our hope and battle scars.
All we wait for is everything that used to matter.
It's too damn hard to watch you fall apart.
It's too damn hard to watch you fall apart.
Lyrics submitted by Surgical_Tools
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