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”
Among all of God's creatures it is only men who kill
With the venom strong enough to melt the fool upon the hill
Who is eager just to watch and offer intimate advice
As he slips into the liquid of his own self sacrifice
Among all of God's creatures it is only men who seize
Upon friendship and devotion as if they were the disease
To be cured and violated, white-washed and despised
Never wondering why the heart is growing black and oversized
Among all of God's creatures it is only men who lie
With the energy of lava oozing up into the sky
Spreading rivers of regret as dark and cold as outer-space
And as infinite in madness as the beauty of the chase
Among all of God's creatures it is only men who trust
In the devil and his robin to deliver what is just
From the hand of he who suffers to the handshake of the thief
As the ashes of indifference incinerate our sleep
Among all of God's creatures it is only men who cry
And one day when I'm ancient I will look at you and sigh
As I sink into the places where I'll wish I could've been
As I slip beneath the surface of your soft and wrinkled skin
With the venom strong enough to melt the fool upon the hill
Who is eager just to watch and offer intimate advice
As he slips into the liquid of his own self sacrifice
Among all of God's creatures it is only men who seize
Upon friendship and devotion as if they were the disease
To be cured and violated, white-washed and despised
Never wondering why the heart is growing black and oversized
Among all of God's creatures it is only men who lie
With the energy of lava oozing up into the sky
Spreading rivers of regret as dark and cold as outer-space
And as infinite in madness as the beauty of the chase
Among all of God's creatures it is only men who trust
In the devil and his robin to deliver what is just
From the hand of he who suffers to the handshake of the thief
As the ashes of indifference incinerate our sleep
Among all of God's creatures it is only men who cry
And one day when I'm ancient I will look at you and sigh
As I sink into the places where I'll wish I could've been
As I slip beneath the surface of your soft and wrinkled skin
Lyrics submitted by popbrocks4
AMONG ALL OF GOD'S CREATURES Lyrics as written by Rachael Sage
Lyrics © FLYING DYBBUK MUSIC
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