Under a blackened sky
Far beyond the glaring streetlights
Sleeping on empty dreams
The vultures lie in wait
You lay down beside me then
You were with me every waking hour
So close I could feel your breath

When all we wanted was the dream
To have and to hold that precious little thing
Like every generation yields
The new born hope unjaded by their years

Pressed up against the glass
I found myself wanting sympathy
But to be consumed again
Oh, I know wouldn't be the death of me

And there is a love that's inherently given
A kind of blindness offered to appease
And in that light of forbidden joy
Oh, I know, I won't receive it

When all we wanted was the dream
To have and to hold that precious little thing
Like every generation yields
A newborn hope unjaded by their years

You know if I leave you now
It doesn't mean that I love you any less
It's just the state I'm in
I can't be good to anyone else like this
When all we wanted was the dream
To have and to hold that precious little thing
Like every generation yields
The new born hope unjaded by their years


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    To me this is a song about failed (or failing) marriage and depression. She's feeling smothered, he's always around and she has no time for herself or her dreams. She maybe feels guilty that the relationship is ending ('to have and to hold'). The 'blindness offered to appease' is her going along with it all cos it's easier for her. And finally, she can't take it anymore; she has to leave, mostly because she had no business being in the relationship to begin with ('the state I'm in...') because of her condition.

    reiko7176on March 26, 2008   Link

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