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”
Human eyes will never know
The horrors that I've seen
The nature of the souls
And the lines I've read between
'Cause it's not the way they're ugly
And it's not the way they creep
It's the friendly way they greet us
And they watch us as we sleep
If you look into their soulless eyes
You'll see them
And know they cause the horrors
Of the world
Wherever there is evil you will find them
Reflected in the eyes of boys and girls
They love to feed the suffering
And the pain caused deep inside
Laughing at the torment
Of a broken, tortured mind
The power of their presence
Is more chilling than their call
'Cause the reason that they're here
Is to make monsters of us all
Monsters walk the earth
In the form of those we've known
They've sent us off to school
And they've watched us as we've grown
Always lurking there behind us
Controlling us from birth
You may call them parents
I know monsters walk the earth
The horrors that I've seen
The nature of the souls
And the lines I've read between
'Cause it's not the way they're ugly
And it's not the way they creep
It's the friendly way they greet us
And they watch us as we sleep
If you look into their soulless eyes
You'll see them
And know they cause the horrors
Of the world
Wherever there is evil you will find them
Reflected in the eyes of boys and girls
They love to feed the suffering
And the pain caused deep inside
Laughing at the torment
Of a broken, tortured mind
The power of their presence
Is more chilling than their call
'Cause the reason that they're here
Is to make monsters of us all
Monsters walk the earth
In the form of those we've known
They've sent us off to school
And they've watched us as we've grown
Always lurking there behind us
Controlling us from birth
You may call them parents
I know monsters walk the earth
Lyrics submitted by fishpunk
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this song is about how they see parents as evil-monsters always telling you what to do and watching over you "controlling us from birth". by the way, Teen Idols are not kids and they weren't when they wrote this song