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”
I’m movin’ with the strength of a spear
I’m cruisin’ with the past in my mirror
Done leveling my city of ghosts
Cool ashes, like it’s all that she wrote
Shake off the sadness soot
It’s doin’ me good
Embrace the solitude
It’s doin’ me good
I’m darting through the traffic alone
Dim shadows carve the streets that I roam
Bewitching is the need to be held
I try to fight it
But I’m under that spell
Knee deep in sadness soot
It’s doin’ me good
Embrace the solitude
That’s welcoming us
Face the night
And all it’s fireworks
Wrap yourself up
In the silence
Birthing dreams of love and hurt
Aborted by the cry of sirens
Face the night
Face the night alone
I’m swimming with the weight of my heart
Upstream to where to green river parts
Two directions force my will to decide
Shall I drift before I swim for my life
Shake off the sadness soot
We’re gathering rust
Embrace the quiet flood
That’s welcoming us
Shake loose the saddness (repeats until end)
I’m cruisin’ with the past in my mirror
Done leveling my city of ghosts
Cool ashes, like it’s all that she wrote
Shake off the sadness soot
It’s doin’ me good
Embrace the solitude
It’s doin’ me good
I’m darting through the traffic alone
Dim shadows carve the streets that I roam
Bewitching is the need to be held
I try to fight it
But I’m under that spell
Knee deep in sadness soot
It’s doin’ me good
Embrace the solitude
That’s welcoming us
Face the night
And all it’s fireworks
Wrap yourself up
In the silence
Birthing dreams of love and hurt
Aborted by the cry of sirens
Face the night
Face the night alone
I’m swimming with the weight of my heart
Upstream to where to green river parts
Two directions force my will to decide
Shall I drift before I swim for my life
Shake off the sadness soot
We’re gathering rust
Embrace the quiet flood
That’s welcoming us
Shake loose the saddness (repeats until end)
Lyrics submitted by Xoji
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i think this song is about about how love holds the "sadness soot" in us which can weigh us down and tear us to peices