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Everyone is so self-righteous
Lift your head again and try this
If you want this, I do
And I want this, but I can't break through
And I can see you begin to glow
Everyone is so self-righteous
Get up everyone
We're on our own now
Lift your head again, try this
And feel you, I do
And I want this but I can't break through
And your burning lights, red and blue
Everyone is so self-righteous
Where have all you sinners gone?
All you sinners
What's ours is ours
And we're all alone
What's ours is ours
And outside rain
It's just a shower
And then I feel you breathe
And I let go of the hours
And I feel your skin
And I let you in
And that's my dream
Again and again
I feel the hours
Sliding by
Get up on your own now
Way up all alone now
Lift your head again and try this
Do you want this in you
You're the only thing that's real
And we don't need to beg or steal
Everyone is so self-righteous
Lift your head again and try this
If you want this, I do
And I want this, but I can't break through
And I can see you begin to glow
Everyone is so self-righteous
Get up everyone
We're on our own now
Lift your head again, try this
And feel you, I do
And I want this but I can't break through
And your burning lights, red and blue
Everyone is so self-righteous
Where have all you sinners gone?
All you sinners
What's ours is ours
And we're all alone
What's ours is ours
And outside rain
It's just a shower
And then I feel you breathe
And I let go of the hours
And I feel your skin
And I let you in
And that's my dream
Again and again
I feel the hours
Sliding by
Get up on your own now
Way up all alone now
Lift your head again and try this
Do you want this in you
You're the only thing that's real
And we don't need to beg or steal
Everyone is so self-righteous
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This is all speculation, but I think the song is about a couple in love and almost ready to admit it to each other. "Everyone is so self-righteous" is directed at people talking trash about the couple. "and your burning lights red and blue" are the cops. "Lift your head again try this" references overcoming/forgetting about their bleak past. Hence, the people talking trash about them.
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