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”
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Now that God is an athiest
Finally, well, I can sleep at night
In a hotel room
With holes in the curtains
I shivered as she slid up my leg
Well, she could convince me
A hundred Hail Marys
She whispered, "Dear boy, your god is dead"
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I can't sleep
In this dead, cold bed
In a hotel room
The color of their skin
Holes in the drapes spray beams of light
Strangling lovers
Were we kidding each other?
Gasping for breaths in poisonous lies
In a hotel room
Was my second communion
Is that your blood cleansing my veins?
If three little angels
Would peek in these curtains
They'd whisper, "Dear boy, your mouth was too warm"
Was too warm
Was too warm
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Now that God is an athiest
Finally, well, I can sleep at night
In a hotel room
With holes in the curtains
I shivered as she slid up my leg
Well, she could convince me
A hundred Hail Marys
She whispered, "Dear boy, your god is dead"
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I'll never go back there
Don't make me go back there
I can't sleep
In this dead, cold bed
In a hotel room
The color of their skin
Holes in the drapes spray beams of light
Strangling lovers
Were we kidding each other?
Gasping for breaths in poisonous lies
In a hotel room
Was my second communion
Is that your blood cleansing my veins?
If three little angels
Would peek in these curtains
They'd whisper, "Dear boy, your mouth was too warm"
Was too warm
Was too warm
Lyrics submitted by tsucol
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we all fucking know that it's a good song, that's why we're looking for the goddamn lyrics. are you that fucking dumb?
damn.