eyes glazed over another daylight dream cutting kisses from invisible lips a ghost coexistent to the touch of fingertips i have lost the my faith in first impressions i've lost my faith in you i can't remember when i stopped writing in cursive but i knew it had something to do with consequence, a crush of esteem i taste your name in a stale complexion a burden lost in my world i taste your name in the sky, in the sun, in the stars no more resurrections


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    i think this is about getting over some1 who hurt u deeply

    lossforwordson July 26, 2002   Link
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    It's a great song but the lyric is actually pretty meaningless... he wrote it way to personal for anyone to make a good interpretation of.

    Karamellpojkenon September 22, 2002   Link
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    Yum.

    a_boy_and_a_roseon September 24, 2002   Link
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    i love this song, it's probably my favorite from tdf.

    xMILKxon April 27, 2003   Link
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    sounds like hes losing his faith in god.

    birdface2317on May 01, 2003   Link
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    sounds like hes losing his faith in god.

    birdface2317on May 01, 2003   Link
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    I don't really have an interpritation of this song but I love turning it on full blast when I get home from a crap day or when someones pissed me off...it's great.

    emosk8anicon July 05, 2003   Link
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    I interpret it as someone he would really like to be with, but for some reason or another she/he (gotta be politically correct) is unattainable. The first lines, "eyes glazed over another daylight dream cutting kisses from invisible lips..." and "I taste your name in the sky, in the sun, in the stars..." make me think that he is creating scenes in his head of a relationship, but in reality it will never happen.

    gymmasochistson May 24, 2004   Link

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