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 lie awake on a long, dark night
I can't seem to tame my mind
Slings and arrows are killing me inside
Maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
No, maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
Simple living is my desperate cry
Been trading love with indifference
And yeah it suits me just fine
I try to hold on but I'm calloused to the bone
Maybe that's why I feel alone
Yeah, maybe that's why I feel so alone
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
Naw, it just won't heal, no, no, no.
The sun shines and I can't avoid the light
I think I'm holding on to life too tight
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Sometimes I feel like giving up
Yeah, I said,
Sometimes I feel like giving up
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
It just won't heal, No.
The day reminds me of you
The night hides your truth
The earth is a voice
Speaking to you
Take all this pride
And leave it behind
'Cause one day it ends
One day we die
Believe what you will
That is your right
But I choose to win
I choose to fight
To fight
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't,
Covered with skin that peels
And it just won't
Covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal.
I can't seem to tame my mind
Slings and arrows are killing me inside
Maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
No, maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
Simple living is my desperate cry
Been trading love with indifference
And yeah it suits me just fine
I try to hold on but I'm calloused to the bone
Maybe that's why I feel alone
Yeah, maybe that's why I feel so alone
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
Naw, it just won't heal, no, no, no.
The sun shines and I can't avoid the light
I think I'm holding on to life too tight
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Sometimes I feel like giving up
Yeah, I said,
Sometimes I feel like giving up
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
It just won't heal, No.
The day reminds me of you
The night hides your truth
The earth is a voice
Speaking to you
Take all this pride
And leave it behind
'Cause one day it ends
One day we die
Believe what you will
That is your right
But I choose to win
I choose to fight
To fight
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't,
Covered with skin that peels
And it just won't
Covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal.
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Weathered Lyrics as written by Scott Stapp Mark Tremonti
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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fizzyb and preacherman837....
I can totally relate to both! fizzy, I can relate to some of what u said, I too have depression and this song hits home so much, sking that peels and it just wont heal and Im indiffernt because its easier than trying to fake being happy... but also what preacherman said, I realte to as well because I sin, do stupid and impulsive things that I know are wrong, and do them out of loneliness , and am tortued with guilt during those times.