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”
I caught the darkness, it was drinking from your cup
I caught the darkness drinking from your cup
I said is this contagious?
You said just drink it up.
I got no future,
I know my days are few
The present's not that pleasant
Just a lot of things to do
I thought the past would last me
But the darkness got that too
I shoulda seen it coming
It was right behind your eyes
You were young and it was summer
I just had to take a dive
When I knew was easy, the darkness was the price.
I don't smoke no cigarette, I don't drink no alcohol
I ain't had much loving yet
But that's always been your call
Hey I don't miss it baby
I got no taste for anything at all
I used to love the rainbow
And I used to love the view
Another early morning, I'd pretend that it was you
But I caught the darkness baby
And I got it worse than you
I caught the darkness, it was drinking from your cup
I caught the darkness, drinking from your cup
I said is this contagious?
You said just drink it up
I caught the darkness drinking from your cup
I said is this contagious?
You said just drink it up.
I got no future,
I know my days are few
The present's not that pleasant
Just a lot of things to do
I thought the past would last me
But the darkness got that too
I shoulda seen it coming
It was right behind your eyes
You were young and it was summer
I just had to take a dive
When I knew was easy, the darkness was the price.
I don't smoke no cigarette, I don't drink no alcohol
I ain't had much loving yet
But that's always been your call
Hey I don't miss it baby
I got no taste for anything at all
I used to love the rainbow
And I used to love the view
Another early morning, I'd pretend that it was you
But I caught the darkness baby
And I got it worse than you
I caught the darkness, it was drinking from your cup
I caught the darkness, drinking from your cup
I said is this contagious?
You said just drink it up
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I think it's about being a gimp.
The darkness was him adventuring into BDSM as a noob after being tempted by a dominant woman. He just wanted it to be a fling, not something he got hooked on.
Now flash forward to now and he's just locked up in cage being tortured by his mistress. "Just a lot of things to do" are the sex acts she makes him do. He thought the good times when he still was able to go back to his "normal" life when he could still go home and this was just a hobby. But unfortunately the lifestyle got him so hooked that now it's his life.
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He can't smoke or drink because his mistress won't allow him. She barely gives him any affection since she dominates the relationship. She's given him just enough to keep him hooked, but at this point he's so miserable and numb that he doesn't even care anymore.
Again thinking back on the past before the darkness took hold, how much he enjoyed small things, and how now he never gets that because the mistress dominates his life entirely. But what she doesn't know is that he's even more invested than she is this point.
Either that or heroin. Because everything is about heroin.