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”
Heartbreak incarnate
I'm nothing if not your memories
Your heartbreak, please let me be your joy and your pain
Someday I will be, I'll be those common words spoken uniquely
Because I may... will forever be floating as you feel
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
Heartbreak incarnate
I'm nothing if not your memories
Your heartbreak, please let me be your joy and your pain
Someday I will be, I'll be that waking warmth from a fading dream
Because I will... I may at best, float as you feel
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
Let me be all the words, let me be all the words
Let me be all the words, let me be all the words
Let me be all the words echoing comfort
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay
Let me be all the words echoing comfort (comfort, comfort, comfort)
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay (unsay, unsay, unsay)
Let me be all the words echoing comfort
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay
Let me be all the words echoing comfort (comfort, comfort)
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay (unsay, unsay, unsay)
I'm nothing if not your memories
Your heartbreak, please let me be your joy and your pain
Someday I will be, I'll be those common words spoken uniquely
Because I may... will forever be floating as you feel
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
Heartbreak incarnate
I'm nothing if not your memories
Your heartbreak, please let me be your joy and your pain
Someday I will be, I'll be that waking warmth from a fading dream
Because I will... I may at best, float as you feel
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
Please let me haunt as scent on your pillow
Letters of past all tear stained and wrinkled
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
(Just say) Say you will for me (for me), invite me to your memory
(Just sing) Sing again for me (for me) that long forgotten song
Let me be all the words, let me be all the words
Let me be all the words, let me be all the words
Let me be all the words echoing comfort
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay
Let me be all the words echoing comfort (comfort, comfort, comfort)
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay (unsay, unsay, unsay)
Let me be all the words echoing comfort
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay
Let me be all the words echoing comfort (comfort, comfort)
Let me be all the words that you'd unsay (unsay, unsay, unsay)
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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Synesthites are also known for amazing memory in peritulcar aspects..maybe this has something to do with it, since the whole song is about his old love existing only in memories?