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 watched you glide out the door
With poise I'd not seen before.
I saw you shine,
You shine.
I collapsed to the floor.
It promised it missed me more
And said, "True love
Is mine.
I missed you.
Did you miss me?"
Slowly, it's consuming me,
Deliberate and deep.
I can't take this deeper panic.
Teach me. Teach me not to dream,
Dream deeply.
I haven't left here for days.
My panic keeps me awake
As he unwinds
Inside.
He told me I should have known,
That he'd hated the way I'd grown
To love soft lies.
"She lied.
Do you miss her
Like I missed you?"
Slowly, it's consuming me,
Deliberate and deep.
I can't take this deeper panic.
Teach me. teach me not to dream,
Dream deeply.
Slowly, it's consuming me,
Deliberate and deep.
I can't take this deeper panic.
Teach me. teach me not to dream,
Dream deeply.
Slowly I swallowed your fears
For all of those years.
How could you let them consume me?
Teach me.Teach me how you sleep,
so sweetly.
Slowly, it's consuming me,
Deliberate and deep.
I can't take this deeper panic.
Teach me. Teach me how you sleep,
So sweetly.
With poise I'd not seen before.
I saw you shine,
You shine.
I collapsed to the floor.
It promised it missed me more
And said, "True love
Is mine.
I missed you.
Did you miss me?"
Slowly, it's consuming me,
Deliberate and deep.
I can't take this deeper panic.
Teach me. Teach me not to dream,
Dream deeply.
I haven't left here for days.
My panic keeps me awake
As he unwinds
Inside.
He told me I should have known,
That he'd hated the way I'd grown
To love soft lies.
"She lied.
Do you miss her
Like I missed you?"
Slowly, it's consuming me,
Deliberate and deep.
I can't take this deeper panic.
Teach me. teach me not to dream,
Dream deeply.
Slowly, it's consuming me,
Deliberate and deep.
I can't take this deeper panic.
Teach me. teach me not to dream,
Dream deeply.
Slowly I swallowed your fears
For all of those years.
How could you let them consume me?
Teach me.Teach me how you sleep,
so sweetly.
Slowly, it's consuming me,
Deliberate and deep.
I can't take this deeper panic.
Teach me. Teach me how you sleep,
So sweetly.
Lyrics submitted by theSeventh, edited by Manxbass, mmmsome, funkyman909
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