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”
Take my breath away, I don't need it anyway
'Cause I'm fine here in my old forgotten world
Where I can be myself, left with the hand I'm dealt
It's hard to get a grip when you're holding onto something
You just let slip away
All these thoughts stuck in my mind
Spinning round like endless time
For once in my life I do wanna feel
Something you call real
I don't think that I've got
Time for these scars to heal
And the days just go by,
Leaving questions in my mind
I guess I'll find the answers
Some day in another life
Here with my old friend, the silence in the end
And it rings so loud that I cannot pretend
If I just close my eyes and ask a thousand whys
Will it change or stay the same? Will it ever go away?
The question still remains
All these thoughts are in my mind
Spinning around like endless time
For once in my life I do wanna feel
Something you call real
I don't think that I've got
Time for these scars to heal
And the days just go by,
Leaving questions in my mind
I guess I'll find the answers
Some day in another life
Warning signs read desolation
On the road of desperation
Happiness machines, I'm coming clean
What can you do for me?
I do want to feel
Something you call real
I don't think that I've got
Time for these scars to heal
And the days just go by,
Leaving questions in my mind
I guess I'll find the answers
Some day in another life
Oh oh oh oh
So here now I stand at the end
Of a dark road out of hell
It's not so hard as I depart
What a way to become a man
'Cause I'm fine here in my old forgotten world
Where I can be myself, left with the hand I'm dealt
It's hard to get a grip when you're holding onto something
You just let slip away
All these thoughts stuck in my mind
Spinning round like endless time
For once in my life I do wanna feel
Something you call real
I don't think that I've got
Time for these scars to heal
And the days just go by,
Leaving questions in my mind
I guess I'll find the answers
Some day in another life
Here with my old friend, the silence in the end
And it rings so loud that I cannot pretend
If I just close my eyes and ask a thousand whys
Will it change or stay the same? Will it ever go away?
The question still remains
All these thoughts are in my mind
Spinning around like endless time
For once in my life I do wanna feel
Something you call real
I don't think that I've got
Time for these scars to heal
And the days just go by,
Leaving questions in my mind
I guess I'll find the answers
Some day in another life
Warning signs read desolation
On the road of desperation
Happiness machines, I'm coming clean
What can you do for me?
I do want to feel
Something you call real
I don't think that I've got
Time for these scars to heal
And the days just go by,
Leaving questions in my mind
I guess I'll find the answers
Some day in another life
Oh oh oh oh
So here now I stand at the end
Of a dark road out of hell
It's not so hard as I depart
What a way to become a man
Lyrics submitted by Bskiffington
Happiness Machine Lyrics as written by Deryck Jason Whibley
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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In the last stanza posted "For once in my life I didn't wanna feel" should be "I do wanna feel".
The lyrics posted are also missing a stanza at the end of the song:
So here now I stand at the end Of a dark road out of hell It's not so hard as I depart What a way to become a man