"A Natural Disaster" as written by and Daniel Cavanagh....
It's been a long cold winter without you
I've been crying on the inside over you
You just slipped through my fingers as life turned away
It's been a long cold winter since that day
It's hard to find, hard to find
Hard to find the strength now but I try
And I don't want to, I don't want to
I don't want to to speak now of what's gone by
'cause no matter what I say no matter what I do
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say, no matter what I do
I can't change what happened
You just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've paid
I've been crying on the inside over you
You just slipped through my fingers as life turned away
It's been a long cold winter since that day
It's hard to find, hard to find
Hard to find the strength now but I try
And I don't want to, I don't want to
I don't want to to speak now of what's gone by
'cause no matter what I say no matter what I do
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say, no matter what I do
I can't change what happened
You just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've paid
Lyrics submitted by Earthsick84
"A Natural Disaster" as written by Daniel Cavanagh
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I don't think, though, that it implies that the narrator screwed anything up in the relationship, or at least that there were no big-time screw-ups. Just a failure to keep the thing going (as in "You just slipped through my fingers").
I don't agree, either, that it's a particularily depressing song after a break-up. On the contrary, I think it's a great song (and great album, and great band) to listen to after that. Much better sitting home singing along to stuff like this (and later headbanging and airguitaring to Meshuggah), than going out, getting drunk and into fights, or getting drunk and calling the ex up at five in the morning.
by the way this is an extremely depressing song if you just broke up with someone... i cry every time i hear the part "youve just slipped through my fingers" theres something about her voice that is so sorrowful. If ive ever had depressing thoughts about an ex lover it was during this song.
A Natural Disaster; that's what death is.
As horrid as it is, its a part of life.
And i think she says [you just slipped through my fingers and i've failed] and not [I have paid].
Personally, a dear friend of mine tragically and unexpectedly passed away at the young age of thirty recently and this song makes me think of her and my feelings toward her.
She just slipped through my fingers and I'm crying on the inside but no matter what I do, no matter what I say I can't change what happened
And yes, headbanging to Meshuggah is one of the most rewarding, and difficult, challenges around. Maybe that's because I always try to follow the guitar and kick rhythms rather than the 4/4 Haake usually plays with his hands...
For me, her vocals do it all.
There's a certain finality and acceptance, as well as a 'coming to terms with situations' feel to this song.
You could say that it is negative in a way, because you're despaired of doing anything else.
But to me, it is better than living in denial. There are certain facts, the acceptance of the inevitability of which, is unavoidable.
I think that's the story.someone who cheated in a relationship
I think that's the story.someone who cheated in a relationship