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”
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
Tied to a wheel fingers got to feel
Bleeding through a tourniquet smile
I spin on a whim, I slide to the right
I felt you like electric light
For our love, for our fear
For our rise against the years and years and years
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
Deaf dumb, dirty
Starting to deserve this
Leaning on my conscience wall
Blood is like wine
Unconscious all the time
If I had it all again
I'd change it all
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe in, breathe in
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
Better than the rest, better than the rest
Machine head
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Breathe in
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
Tied to a wheel fingers got to feel
Bleeding through a tourniquet smile
I spin on a whim, I slide to the right
I felt you like electric light
For our love, for our fear
For our rise against the years and years and years
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
Deaf dumb, dirty
Starting to deserve this
Leaning on my conscience wall
Blood is like wine
Unconscious all the time
If I had it all again
I'd change it all
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe in, breathe in
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
Better than the rest, better than the rest
Machine head
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Lyrics submitted by lilsweetness77, edited by Kyosanshugi, kt808
Machinehead Lyrics as written by Gavin Rossdale
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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