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 want to find the water
That will wash the whole damned slate clean
Break down
Break up
We sleep in what we create
Right now, I'm living so much hate
Right here, my sins have all been paid
To you
Your friends
And for your sake
I feel dirty and
So depraved
My knees have bled
To hold you here
But now I've lost the taste
For lies force fed as time well spent
Right now, I'm living so much hate
Right here, my sins have all been paid
To you
Your friends
And for your sake
I feel dirty and
So depraved
And if another angel
Says just grin and bear it
I might be forced
To smash it's head
Against a wall
And never sin again
And if another angel
Says just grin and bear it
I might be forced
To smash it's fucking head
Against a wall
And never sin again
Against myself and trust in anyone
Write me off for suffering
It's a joke
I give up
That will wash the whole damned slate clean
Break down
Break up
We sleep in what we create
Right now, I'm living so much hate
Right here, my sins have all been paid
To you
Your friends
And for your sake
I feel dirty and
So depraved
My knees have bled
To hold you here
But now I've lost the taste
For lies force fed as time well spent
Right now, I'm living so much hate
Right here, my sins have all been paid
To you
Your friends
And for your sake
I feel dirty and
So depraved
And if another angel
Says just grin and bear it
I might be forced
To smash it's head
Against a wall
And never sin again
And if another angel
Says just grin and bear it
I might be forced
To smash it's fucking head
Against a wall
And never sin again
Against myself and trust in anyone
Write me off for suffering
It's a joke
I give up
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I can't beleive of all the songs by BSF that I'm the second one to put something down for this song. I mean it's such a rad song and it's got all the emo of the other songs that have 15 hits. Crazy. Oh well hidden gem I guess. So I guess I can put down what I think. Hmmm... I like listening to what everyone else puts and making my own conclusions. Not that I look to others to etch beliefs in my head, but you can find pieces of each persons interpretation and find truth in it.