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”
The face and the lips
tremble as it rips
Your breath quickening
as heat rushes in
Pull harder
strings martyr
Stop your cry, that's a lie
Flush gasping
white reddening
You smile and destroy it
it's time that we end this
It's our curse
that makes this world so hopeless
Allowing our
king to spread his genocidal wings
Clawing the skin
each kill your weakness
Annihilation your masturbation
tyrant, I'll burn you down
Pull harder
strings martyr
Stop your cry, that's a lie
Flush gasping
white reddening
You smile and destroy it
it's time that we end this
It's our curse
that makes this world so hopeless
Allowing our
king to spread his genocidal wings
It's our curse
that makes this world so hopeless
Allowing our
king to spread his genocidal wings
My hands grip your throat
I need your end
Burned, staked, ripped apart
I avenge
For every life you have taken
I am here to repay
You ask me, "Oh, God, why?"
'Cause I'm God's fucking why
For every life you have taken
I am here to repay
Pull harder
strings, martyr
Stop your cry
that's a lie
Flush gasping
white reddening
You smile and destroy it
it's time that we end this
It's our curse
that makes this world so hopeless
Allowing our
king to spread his genocidal wings
It's our curse
that makes this world so hopeless
Allowing our
king to spread his genocidal wings
tremble as it rips
Your breath quickening
as heat rushes in
Pull harder
strings martyr
Stop your cry, that's a lie
Flush gasping
white reddening
You smile and destroy it
it's time that we end this
It's our curse
that makes this world so hopeless
Allowing our
king to spread his genocidal wings
Clawing the skin
each kill your weakness
Annihilation your masturbation
tyrant, I'll burn you down
Pull harder
strings martyr
Stop your cry, that's a lie
Flush gasping
white reddening
You smile and destroy it
it's time that we end this
It's our curse
that makes this world so hopeless
Allowing our
king to spread his genocidal wings
It's our curse
that makes this world so hopeless
Allowing our
king to spread his genocidal wings
My hands grip your throat
I need your end
Burned, staked, ripped apart
I avenge
For every life you have taken
I am here to repay
You ask me, "Oh, God, why?"
'Cause I'm God's fucking why
For every life you have taken
I am here to repay
Pull harder
strings, martyr
Stop your cry
that's a lie
Flush gasping
white reddening
You smile and destroy it
it's time that we end this
It's our curse
that makes this world so hopeless
Allowing our
king to spread his genocidal wings
It's our curse
that makes this world so hopeless
Allowing our
king to spread his genocidal wings
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Liking the song good choice for their new single!