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”
The Noose of Jah City
It eats away at the brain
As your strain to try and maintain
Felt the same i'm always to blame
It took my days out of place
And integrates and negotiate a loss of faith
Now I'm surrounded
They saw me fall from here
But not hit the ground and I's been dying
The body found and my soul was left to drown
Suffocated in concrete it took a hold of me
Put me on repeat now your last routine
And you start to leave towards an escape
But I feel sustained
It eats away at the brain
As your strain to try and maintain
Felt the same i'm always to blame
It took my days out of place
And integrates and negotiate a loss of faith
These walls got taller
I start to lose the sense of life
The rubicon's a warning
As I see they're washing away my pride
And in the tide
I saw the crimes I passed them by
I wonder why? I question why?
It eats away at the brain
As your strain to try and maintain
Felt the same i'm always to blame
It took my days out of place
And integrates and negotiate a loss of faith
It eats away at the brain
As your strain to try and maintain
Felt the same i'm always to blame
It took my days out of place
And integrates and negotiate a loss of faith
Now I'm surrounded
They saw me fall from here
But not hit the ground and I's been dying
The body found and my soul was left to drown
Suffocated in concrete it took a hold of me
Put me on repeat now your last routine
And you start to leave towards an escape
But I feel sustained
It eats away at the brain
As your strain to try and maintain
Felt the same i'm always to blame
It took my days out of place
And integrates and negotiate a loss of faith
These walls got taller
I start to lose the sense of life
The rubicon's a warning
As I see they're washing away my pride
And in the tide
I saw the crimes I passed them by
I wonder why? I question why?
It eats away at the brain
As your strain to try and maintain
Felt the same i'm always to blame
It took my days out of place
And integrates and negotiate a loss of faith
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And at the beginning, he speaks:
The Noose of Jah City
remember to put that in italics
After listening closely, I believe these are the more accurate lyrics.s
It eats away at your brain As your strength to try and maintain felt the same And what was to blame
It took my days Out of place and into grace and nauseate I lost the faith
And I surrounded They saw me fall from heaven not hit the ground And I's been dyin' But he's found my soul's left to drown
Suffocated in concrete It took a hold of me Put me on repeat Now your life's routine And you start to lean Towards an escape But I feel sustained
It eats away at your brain As strength to try and maintain felt the same And what what was to blame It took my days out of place and into grace and nauseate I lost the faith
These walls grow too large I start to lose the sense of life The room becomes a warning as I see they're washing away my pride
And in the tide I saw the crimes that passed them by I wondered why I questioned why
It eats away at your brain As your strength to try and maintain felt the same And what was to blame It took my days out of place and into grace and nauseate I lost the faith