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 found it difficult
To be a storytelling failure
For all those years
Living was a challenge
That caught me so off-balance
And passed me by
Repeatedly, I stared my future in the face
She walks away
Her silhouette confirming my worst predictions
She walks away
Hope is just four disconnected letters
Combined and put together
By a disconnected man who missed the point
My life was just a promise
That I uttered, then I broke it
And admitted as we all went up in flames
So I made a resolution that I'd pay back planet earth
I would send out this faded portrait
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on
I waited for a miracle
On a planet based on push and pull
And nothing changed
And one day, someone spoke inside of me
"Young man, rise and make your mark"
So today I will be free
With no one there to see
With no one there to see
So I made a resolution that I'd pay back planet earth
I would send out this faded portrait
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on
So I strapped it to a rocket and I sent it into space
Praying someday you would find it
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on (x3)
To be a storytelling failure
For all those years
Living was a challenge
That caught me so off-balance
And passed me by
Repeatedly, I stared my future in the face
She walks away
Her silhouette confirming my worst predictions
She walks away
Hope is just four disconnected letters
Combined and put together
By a disconnected man who missed the point
My life was just a promise
That I uttered, then I broke it
And admitted as we all went up in flames
So I made a resolution that I'd pay back planet earth
I would send out this faded portrait
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on
I waited for a miracle
On a planet based on push and pull
And nothing changed
And one day, someone spoke inside of me
"Young man, rise and make your mark"
So today I will be free
With no one there to see
With no one there to see
So I made a resolution that I'd pay back planet earth
I would send out this faded portrait
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on
So I strapped it to a rocket and I sent it into space
Praying someday you would find it
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on (x3)
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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Awesome song.
I think it goes: Hope is just four disconnected letters
This song almost made me cry. I LOVE THESE GUYS!
I think it goes: Hope is just four disconnected letters
This song almost made me cry. I LOVE THESE GUYS!
The correct lyrics for the EP version are as follows:
i found it difficult to be a storytelling failure for all those years
living was a challenge that caught me so off-balance and passed me by
repeatedly, i stared my future in the face she walked away her silhouette confirming my worst predictions she walks away
hope is just four disconnected letters combined and put together by a disconnected man who missed the point my life was just a promise that i uttered, then i broke it and admitted as we all went up in flames
so i made a resolution that i'd pay back planet earth and i would send out this faded portrait maybe we would all live on we'd soar on
so i strapped it to a rocket and i sent it into space praying someday you would find it maybe we would all live on we'd soar on
in all my years existing as a storytelling failure for all those years
i waited for a miracle on a planet based on push and pull and nothing changed
and one day, someone spoke inside of me: "young man, rise and make your mark" so today i will be free with no one there to see with no one there to see
hope is just four disconnected letters combined and put together by a disconnected man who missed the point my life was just a promise that i uttered, then i broke it and admitted as we all went up in flames
(so i made a resolution...)
so i made a resolution that i'd pay back planet earth and i would send out this faded portrait maybe we would all live on we'd soar on
so i strapped it to a rocket and i sent it into space praying someday you would find it maybe we would all live on we'd soar on
so i made a resolution that i'd pay back planet earth and i would send out this faded portrait maybe we would all live on we'd soar on
so i strapped it to a rocket and i sent it into space praying someday you would find it maybe we would all live on we'd soar on
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I think it's about having all these plans for the future, but then when the future came it turned out to be something he was never hoping for. And now he's basically trying to change that and make his mark on the earth... I'm pretty sure it's something along those lines.
I also kinda thought it could be about how our world's falling apart. Like due to poverty, global warming and such. But that's probably incorrect.
i love this song. powerspace is pure brilliance.
this songggg is amazinggg
and i agree, it's like his hope for something is destroyed for whatever reason. i'm just confused about the title >.