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”
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who will make it out alive
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who will make it out alive
Over and over and over again
We play the same old games
Cards kept close to our chest
That way the secret's kept
So wear your poker face
Here's to the fool, here's to the thief
Fiction is bitter
And you got a taste
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand
Cut me up and wear my skin
Show me how to live
Tear me down, clean me up
Now spill my fucking guts
Just help me find a way
Just help me find a way
Just help me find a way
Just help me find a way
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls with my brain
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls with my brain
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls
Now you know
Now you know
Now you know
Now you know, you can go, you can give up trying
Should've just called it quits
Should've just called it quits
Leave before it's too late
Now you know you can go, you can give up trying
Should've just called it quits
Should've just called it quits
Leave before it's too late
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who will make it out alive
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
And I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who'll make it out
Alive
Yeah
So put a gun to my head
And paint the walls with my fucking brain, oh
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls with my brain
Put a gun to my head and paint the fucking walls
I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who will make it out alive
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who will make it out alive
Over and over and over again
We play the same old games
Cards kept close to our chest
That way the secret's kept
So wear your poker face
Here's to the fool, here's to the thief
Fiction is bitter
And you got a taste
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand
Cut me up and wear my skin
Show me how to live
Tear me down, clean me up
Now spill my fucking guts
Just help me find a way
Just help me find a way
Just help me find a way
Just help me find a way
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls with my brain
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls with my brain
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls
Now you know
Now you know
Now you know
Now you know, you can go, you can give up trying
Should've just called it quits
Should've just called it quits
Leave before it's too late
Now you know you can go, you can give up trying
Should've just called it quits
Should've just called it quits
Leave before it's too late
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who will make it out alive
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
And I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who'll make it out
Alive
Yeah
So put a gun to my head
And paint the walls with my fucking brain, oh
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls with my brain
Put a gun to my head and paint the fucking walls
Lyrics submitted by xdaysivediedx, edited by AdamArtz
Alligator Blood Lyrics as written by Lee David Malia Jona Weinhofen
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No one else has implied anything to do with divination... Tbh, i only found about this from, In Hearts Wake...
I believe this song is about 'Divination".
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This idea is supported by the music video, where Oli is playing a sort of spin off of, Russian Roulette, Poker (and other gambling games), with divination card, with a masked individual, who we later find out to be OLI himself... Confusing? IKR. Some examples of Divination cards are, The Fool (in the music video), The Star, Wheel of Fortune (in the music video), The Thief (mentioned in the song), The Lovers (in the music video), The Hierophant (see here for more details, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hierophant ), and then there is even, Death (in the music video).
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