This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
One less call to answer
Feeling full of despair
Don't think I can get through it
Just one last prayer
And it's a leap of faith
When you believe there's someone out there
It's a leap of faith
When you believe that someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you will you be right there?
Right there
Searching for the answer
Nobody seems to care
Oh, how I wish that you were here beside me
To wipe away my tears
And it's a leap of faith
When you believe there's someone out there
It's a leap of faith
When you believe that someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you will you be right there?
Right there
Waiting for the answer
Remembering times we would share
Somehow I feel you here beside me
Even though your not there
And it's a leap of faith
When you believe there's someone out there
It's a leap of faith
When you believe that someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you will you be right there?
Right there
Right there
And I'll be waiting by the window for your smile to come through
And I'll be waiting in the darkness when I call out to you
And I'll remember when you told me
I could trust in you
And it's a leap of faith
When you believe there's someone out there
It's a leap of faith
When you believe that someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you will you be right there?
Right there
It's a leap of faith
And I believe that you are out there
It's a leap of faith and I believe you truly care, oh
And when I call out to you I know you'll be right there
Right there
And it's a leap of faith
Feeling full of despair
Don't think I can get through it
Just one last prayer
And it's a leap of faith
When you believe there's someone out there
It's a leap of faith
When you believe that someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you will you be right there?
Right there
Searching for the answer
Nobody seems to care
Oh, how I wish that you were here beside me
To wipe away my tears
And it's a leap of faith
When you believe there's someone out there
It's a leap of faith
When you believe that someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you will you be right there?
Right there
Waiting for the answer
Remembering times we would share
Somehow I feel you here beside me
Even though your not there
And it's a leap of faith
When you believe there's someone out there
It's a leap of faith
When you believe that someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you will you be right there?
Right there
Right there
And I'll be waiting by the window for your smile to come through
And I'll be waiting in the darkness when I call out to you
And I'll remember when you told me
I could trust in you
And it's a leap of faith
When you believe there's someone out there
It's a leap of faith
When you believe that someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you will you be right there?
Right there
It's a leap of faith
And I believe that you are out there
It's a leap of faith and I believe you truly care, oh
And when I call out to you I know you'll be right there
Right there
And it's a leap of faith
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Leap of Faith Lyrics as written by Robert S. Kelly
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Michelle Branch is one of the most telented young singers I have heard in a long time! I really enjoy this song! I am divided about this song, it's clear from the beginning "one less call to answer" that it's talking about the end of a relationship. But then I believe it would be one of two things. Either it's talking about another person, a friend, who she turns to in her time of need after the end of the relationship, perhaps a close friend. Who she can depend on. On the other hand it could also be the rebirth of the same relationship that had fallen apart in the early lines. That would be the untimate leap of faith, trusting enough to start over with someone, believing that they still care despite what has been said during the end of the relationship. She's remembering that they said "I could trust in you," which is bittersweet. Obviously she thought that she could trust him before and now it is really a leap of faith to reaffirm that trust which has been broken. I'm really undecided though!
ohhhhhh i love this song! michelle branch is awesome shes one of the only not fake, super talented, female artists out there and i just love her i do....everyone should download this song right now or heck just go out and get the cd! why not shes great i love her and you will too
Michelle wrote the song after her grandma died. It was about her and how much Michelle missed her...
I feel this way whenever a breakup or something similar comes. You don't want to trust people ever again.
i think it symbolizes the end of a relationship.... any type of relationship. it shows gratitude as well as questions, and a little hint of lonliness. "and i'll remember when you told me i could trust in you..." it really is a leap of faith, though in any relationship.... this song is filled with truths not many people have the power to express as eloquently as she does.
I don't know why, but my favorite part is when she sings, "Somehow I feel you here beside me even though you're not there" I love this song; not only is it my favorite off of "Broken Bracelet," but it's one of my favorite songs by Michelle.
This is a good song, has great meaning, and awesome lyrics. Ups to Michelle.
* out of ***
I absolutely love this song, it's one of my favs besides Goodbye to you... but i think I have a different symbolization for this song, Michelle Branch is incredible.
This song is amazing...