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”
There was a time when men would prosper
They saw a sign that would offer them the key
Immortality
The desert sand held a place of recourse
Their motivation driven by a higher source
A higher source
They let them know there's something more
The writings on the wall
Tell us the story of it all
It makes no sense
Show me the key
The coffin text
The disbelievers came to conquer
The secrets lost in a buried desert tomb
They sealed the truth
As evolution ate the pharaoh
Silenced the voice that cured all our sorrow
Oh, our sorrow
Silenced the voice that let us know
The writings on the wall
Tell us the story of it all
It makes no sense
Show me the key
The coffin text
Fighting, learning, saving, burning
Never knowing what is coming next
Lying, stealing, never healing
Safe to say we've all been hexed
It's in the coffin text
They saw a sign that would offer them the key
Immortality
The desert sand held a place of recourse
Their motivation driven by a higher source
A higher source
They let them know there's something more
The writings on the wall
Tell us the story of it all
It makes no sense
Show me the key
The coffin text
The disbelievers came to conquer
The secrets lost in a buried desert tomb
They sealed the truth
As evolution ate the pharaoh
Silenced the voice that cured all our sorrow
Oh, our sorrow
Silenced the voice that let us know
The writings on the wall
Tell us the story of it all
It makes no sense
Show me the key
The coffin text
Fighting, learning, saving, burning
Never knowing what is coming next
Lying, stealing, never healing
Safe to say we've all been hexed
It's in the coffin text
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i can't believe no one's put a comment on this song yet (wowee im the first yay) this song is soo good and it was before all the seeing red stuff so you all should listen to it!
this is one of the best songs on the album but i love all of them!
best UL song, fucking rad
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