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”
Falsify, riding on the wings of time
Ancient tribes saw the future in fire
Reason for departure will void all questions
We didn't have this sort of thing in mind
De-evolution's started, we can only lay down
And hope there's a better place
People talking, judgment walking, evaluation's coming soon
Parallel minds buying their time, gonna find the end of mankind
Electrify, crowds of people turn and stare
No disguise, watch our lives get re-arranged
A public announcement about to be made
For all of those concerned to hear
There are people outside, all wanna come in
Come on in out of the rain
Buildings standing, bodies falling, evaluation's coming soon
Parallel minds buying their time, gonna find the end
Time for change before it's too late
Peace must reign, it's such a shame
You don't know what the future has in store for you
Time for change, it's such a shame
Peace must reign, before it's too late
No more lies, there's not a cloud up in the sky
Tempers flare, see the world go through a change
Life as we knew it just ain't the same
The children will ask the reasons why
How good and evil both live in fear
From conflict that started in the brain
Time for change before it's too late
Peace must reign, it's such a shame
You don't know what the future holds for you
Time for change before it's too late
Peace must reign, it's such a shame
You don't know what the future has in store for you
Ancient tribes saw the future in fire
Reason for departure will void all questions
We didn't have this sort of thing in mind
De-evolution's started, we can only lay down
And hope there's a better place
People talking, judgment walking, evaluation's coming soon
Parallel minds buying their time, gonna find the end of mankind
Electrify, crowds of people turn and stare
No disguise, watch our lives get re-arranged
A public announcement about to be made
For all of those concerned to hear
There are people outside, all wanna come in
Come on in out of the rain
Buildings standing, bodies falling, evaluation's coming soon
Parallel minds buying their time, gonna find the end
Time for change before it's too late
Peace must reign, it's such a shame
You don't know what the future has in store for you
Time for change, it's such a shame
Peace must reign, before it's too late
No more lies, there's not a cloud up in the sky
Tempers flare, see the world go through a change
Life as we knew it just ain't the same
The children will ask the reasons why
How good and evil both live in fear
From conflict that started in the brain
Time for change before it's too late
Peace must reign, it's such a shame
You don't know what the future holds for you
Time for change before it's too late
Peace must reign, it's such a shame
You don't know what the future has in store for you
Lyrics submitted by JucaOPastor
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