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”
You are the fucking disease.
Another day, another memory
But I have fucking failed.
I turned another lie
[Chorus]
So where is the cure?
Hundreds of souls
With the look
Of horror
On their face.
Now I rise from my knees.
I will not live in misery.
You won't take me.
You won't take me.
Now it's me.
Now it's me.
All that's left is a bitter taste
Of a life that was once so promising.
Rather cut at the wrist
Than laugh about your mistakes.
Sickness fills the air
Another life that you wish you could fake.
Your eyes will cut through me, but it's a risk,
That I must fucking take.
I must take!
[Chorus]
You won't take me.
You will not destroy me.
You cannot destroy me.
And I'll fight you with every ounce of strength I have left,
And, I'll seal it with a bullet and a kiss!
So look at your fucking horror!
Horror!
I want to see your face.
Show me your true face!
I want to see your face.
Show me your true face!
My heart belongs to you. So save me! Oh!
My heart belongs to you. (My heart belongs to you!) So Save me!
For the sake of giving away. (For the sake of giving away!)
It still beats! It still beats. It still beats! It still beats.
It still beats! It still beats!!
My heart belongs to you. So save me!
My heart still beats. And, my heart still beats.
My heart still beats. So save me.
My heart still beats.
Another day, another memory
But I have fucking failed.
I turned another lie
[Chorus]
So where is the cure?
Hundreds of souls
With the look
Of horror
On their face.
Now I rise from my knees.
I will not live in misery.
You won't take me.
You won't take me.
Now it's me.
Now it's me.
All that's left is a bitter taste
Of a life that was once so promising.
Rather cut at the wrist
Than laugh about your mistakes.
Sickness fills the air
Another life that you wish you could fake.
Your eyes will cut through me, but it's a risk,
That I must fucking take.
I must take!
[Chorus]
You won't take me.
You will not destroy me.
You cannot destroy me.
And I'll fight you with every ounce of strength I have left,
And, I'll seal it with a bullet and a kiss!
So look at your fucking horror!
Horror!
I want to see your face.
Show me your true face!
I want to see your face.
Show me your true face!
My heart belongs to you. So save me! Oh!
My heart belongs to you. (My heart belongs to you!) So Save me!
For the sake of giving away. (For the sake of giving away!)
It still beats! It still beats. It still beats! It still beats.
It still beats! It still beats!!
My heart belongs to you. So save me!
My heart still beats. And, my heart still beats.
My heart still beats. So save me.
My heart still beats.
Lyrics submitted by emoxcorekid
Love Lost In A Hail Of Gunfire Lyrics as written by Brian Leppke Scott Danough
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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