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”
Shayton never came so ill, he got skill
met a brother from the drill that gave my spine chills
all.. thirty three nerves controllin my curves
common sense just swerved everytime I got served
stress, frustration, empty rhetoric
cold as winter in Conneticut
compassion lackin deficit
thought it was love life, sent from above
you not a soulmate
more ways and actions of a crimate
who by low and census comin faker than extentions
pistol way offed in intentions outta here sister was missin
intuition baby it was me I couldn't see
holdin onto fantasy, gettin bitten by reality
[chorus]
war wound, purple heart, love veteran
morphine, pain killers, drugs and medicine
anything just to forget the hurt, INCOMING...
take cover hit the dirt
on the frontline, there's casualities in the mind
and the POW's get left behind
mentally scarred for life, love is war
and some chics are just too hard to wife
I shoulda debtted it from Genisis
instead of hittin them Guinnesses
now I'm free fallin cursin at the street brawlin
he cease callin, no appetite for free stallin
so deep all in, I bet he never stop ballin
women, forsake God for the scent of a man
sacrifice I hold life for a slice, overstand?
maybe it's a lack of pigment
loneliness imagine figment
ownly got the car tinted to pull extra G's in it
damn Jody... comin with the okie doke, pokie poke
steady rockin boats, got me aimin for ya throats
sniper scope, weren't we supposed to elope?
propose then ya froze, I don't think that I can cope
[chorus]
constant frustration, stemmin from a no win situation
rushin lust and fornication, adding to the complication
patience is a virtue, pain run deep with love desert you
listenin to wisperin, choosin chaos over discipline
simpleton, life should really be a piece of intimance
relationships swiftin in
flower essence: penstemon
gentlemen, my favorite shit, so I never forsaken it
I presevere, make it fit, sculptin and reshapin it
takin sips off a fifth and if passionate
inscense incenses candles lit, scandalous
emotional bandages, why would he abandon us?
guess he couldn't handle it, the boss is magnanimous
[chorus]
met a brother from the drill that gave my spine chills
all.. thirty three nerves controllin my curves
common sense just swerved everytime I got served
stress, frustration, empty rhetoric
cold as winter in Conneticut
compassion lackin deficit
thought it was love life, sent from above
you not a soulmate
more ways and actions of a crimate
who by low and census comin faker than extentions
pistol way offed in intentions outta here sister was missin
intuition baby it was me I couldn't see
holdin onto fantasy, gettin bitten by reality
[chorus]
war wound, purple heart, love veteran
morphine, pain killers, drugs and medicine
anything just to forget the hurt, INCOMING...
take cover hit the dirt
on the frontline, there's casualities in the mind
and the POW's get left behind
mentally scarred for life, love is war
and some chics are just too hard to wife
I shoulda debtted it from Genisis
instead of hittin them Guinnesses
now I'm free fallin cursin at the street brawlin
he cease callin, no appetite for free stallin
so deep all in, I bet he never stop ballin
women, forsake God for the scent of a man
sacrifice I hold life for a slice, overstand?
maybe it's a lack of pigment
loneliness imagine figment
ownly got the car tinted to pull extra G's in it
damn Jody... comin with the okie doke, pokie poke
steady rockin boats, got me aimin for ya throats
sniper scope, weren't we supposed to elope?
propose then ya froze, I don't think that I can cope
[chorus]
constant frustration, stemmin from a no win situation
rushin lust and fornication, adding to the complication
patience is a virtue, pain run deep with love desert you
listenin to wisperin, choosin chaos over discipline
simpleton, life should really be a piece of intimance
relationships swiftin in
flower essence: penstemon
gentlemen, my favorite shit, so I never forsaken it
I presevere, make it fit, sculptin and reshapin it
takin sips off a fifth and if passionate
inscense incenses candles lit, scandalous
emotional bandages, why would he abandon us?
guess he couldn't handle it, the boss is magnanimous
[chorus]
Lyrics submitted by Sociodemographic
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I think "pistol way offed in intention" should be "pissed away all good intentions"
and "pain run deep with love desert you" should be "pain run deep WHEN love desert you"
and "intuition baby it was me" should be "intuition MAYBE it was me"
and "thought it was love life" should be "thought it was love LIKE"
and "relationships swiftin in" i think is "relationships strengthenin'"
and "inscense incenses" should be "INTENSE inscence"
also, Connecticut and persevere are misspelled.
might just be a huge metaphor comparing love and war. First verse is all about love but the chorus directly compares love to war saying "love is war" and talking about the front line and casualties in the minds of people just like there are on the battlefield and then talking about how people deal with the stress in the same way, drugs. and ALSO the incoming hit the dirt part relates it to war. just my opinion but i dont think its just about love seems too simple for doom.
I think this song is about a disfunctional relationship. The guy leaves this chick and she turns to alcohal to deal with it.
correction, life should be a piece of entermanns, as in those delicious pastry treats
correction, life should be a piece of entermanns, as in those delicious pastry treats
This is terrible...also I think crimate is supposed to be primate? anyone? I could be wrong but i don't think I am.
This is terrible...also I think crimate is supposed to be primate? anyone? I could be wrong but i don't think I am.
This is terrible...also I think crimate is supposed to be primate? anyone? I could be wrong but i don't think I am.
Shade time never came so ill, he got skill met a brother from the drill that gave my spine chills all.. thirty three nerves controllin my curves common sense just swerved everytime I got served stress, frustration, empty rhetoric cold as winter in Conneticut compassion lackin deficit thought it was love like, sent from above you not a soulmate more ways and actions of a primate wooed by lower senses comin faker than extentions pissed away all good intentions outta here sister was missin intuition maybe it was me I couldn't see holdin onto fantasy, gettin bitten by reality
[chorus] war wounds, purple heart, love veteran morphine, pain killers, drugs and medicine anything just to forget the hurt, INCOMING... take cover hit the dirt on the frontline, there's casualities in the mine and the POW's get left behind mentally scarred for life, love is war and some chicks are just too hard to wife
I shoulda debted it from Genisis instead of hittin the Guinnesses now I'm free fallin cursin at your street brawlin he cease callin, no appetite for feast darlin so deep all in, I bet he never stop ballin women, forsake God for the sin of a man sacrifice a whole life overslice, overstand? maybe it's a lack of pigment loneliness imagine figment only got the car tinted to pull extra G's in it damn Jody... comin with the okie doke, hokey poke steady rockin boats, got me aimin for ya throats sniper scope, weren't we supposed to elope? proposed then ya froze, I don't think that I can cope
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constant frustration, stemmin from a no win situation rushin lust and fornication, adding to the complication patience is a virtue, pain run deep with love desert you listenin to whisperin, choosin chaos over discipline simpleton, life should really be a piece of intimance relationships swiftin in flower essence: penstemon gentlemen, my favorite shit, so I never forsaken it I presevere, make it fit, sculptin and reshapin it takin sips off a fifth and if passionate intense incenses candles lit, scandalous emotional bandages, why would he abandon us? guess he couldn't handle it, the boss is magnanimous
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