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”
Dousing out this flame that's burned for you
I can not believe it but life is much more simple now
You left and I was lonely but now I'm moving on
The tears I've shed for you are gone
And you're not around to drag me down
I'm rising through the wreckage
I'm pulling through the storm
Lighting every candle that I see
Maybe this is love, maybe this is not for me
Setting my whole world ablaze
Just for comfort in another pretty face
Torching the mental monsters that I've made
They scream at me for mercy while with the memories they fade
Flooding out the sacred places only we knew
I don't even care, I welcome in the water
Bleeding from the veins now red from blue
I don't even care, I welcome in the slaughter
Taking everything right from my hands
How could such a lovely sickness make me feel so bad
The dryad's screaming from the treetops
Everytime you speak my heart stops
I don't even care that you're not here
A voice is calling from the rooftops
A life once known but now forgotten
Will someone tell me why we tie these knots
Lighting every candle that I see
Maybe this is love, maybe this is not for me
Setting my whole world ablaze
Just for comfort in another pretty face
Torching the mental monsters that I've made
They scream at me for mercy while with the memories they fade away
They fade away
They fade away
They fade away
They fade away
The comfort that I look for in another pretty face
The candlelight flickers slowly then it fades away
I can not believe it but life is much more simple now
You left and I was lonely but now I'm moving on
The tears I've shed for you are gone
And you're not around to drag me down
I'm rising through the wreckage
I'm pulling through the storm
Lighting every candle that I see
Maybe this is love, maybe this is not for me
Setting my whole world ablaze
Just for comfort in another pretty face
Torching the mental monsters that I've made
They scream at me for mercy while with the memories they fade
Flooding out the sacred places only we knew
I don't even care, I welcome in the water
Bleeding from the veins now red from blue
I don't even care, I welcome in the slaughter
Taking everything right from my hands
How could such a lovely sickness make me feel so bad
The dryad's screaming from the treetops
Everytime you speak my heart stops
I don't even care that you're not here
A voice is calling from the rooftops
A life once known but now forgotten
Will someone tell me why we tie these knots
Lighting every candle that I see
Maybe this is love, maybe this is not for me
Setting my whole world ablaze
Just for comfort in another pretty face
Torching the mental monsters that I've made
They scream at me for mercy while with the memories they fade away
They fade away
They fade away
They fade away
They fade away
The comfort that I look for in another pretty face
The candlelight flickers slowly then it fades away
Lyrics submitted by NothingFinal
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