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”
Well I'm sure you're near
And I can almost smell you
But the winds are up at the walls again
I can hear you coming
Heaven helped you coming
I believe in heaven it's a wait away
Did you learn just how I loved you?
Did you see how far I'd been?
Would you meet me in an hour?
I could tell you what I've seen
What I've seen
[Chorus]
Cold bread
Cold bread
We had
Would you whine in water
Pull your chips back in
So you crawl like a crab across black fries bridge
Suffer none to fade
Hit the homeward road
I'm a bowling green
A delivery boy
Have a heart that skips a beat
Oh come on
Roll along for free
In the middle of the morning
Swap your drinking nights with me
With me
[Chorus: x2]
I can live with dying
I can chew my bit
Play panic to my senses
And hijack my head
It's the rhythm of moving
And a rolling and a rattle
Its a giving instead
It's a well sprung bed
We can roll around forever
We can pray for all we've been
We can knock it hell for leather
We can call it all a dream
All a dream
[Chorus: x2]
For your outward bound
Remember what we found
And I can almost smell you
But the winds are up at the walls again
I can hear you coming
Heaven helped you coming
I believe in heaven it's a wait away
Did you learn just how I loved you?
Did you see how far I'd been?
Would you meet me in an hour?
I could tell you what I've seen
What I've seen
[Chorus]
Cold bread
Cold bread
We had
Would you whine in water
Pull your chips back in
So you crawl like a crab across black fries bridge
Suffer none to fade
Hit the homeward road
I'm a bowling green
A delivery boy
Have a heart that skips a beat
Oh come on
Roll along for free
In the middle of the morning
Swap your drinking nights with me
With me
[Chorus: x2]
I can live with dying
I can chew my bit
Play panic to my senses
And hijack my head
It's the rhythm of moving
And a rolling and a rattle
Its a giving instead
It's a well sprung bed
We can roll around forever
We can pray for all we've been
We can knock it hell for leather
We can call it all a dream
All a dream
[Chorus: x2]
For your outward bound
Remember what we found
Lyrics submitted by MuchTooMuch, edited by flynner, Macphisto12
Cold Bread Lyrics as written by Joe Zeitlan Adam Beach
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Cold Bread
Well I'm sure you're near, and I can almost smell you, But the winds are up at the walls again. I can hear you coming-Heaven helped you coming- I believe in heaven it's a way away.
Did you learn just how I've missed you? (recording: "how I loved you") Did you see how far I've been? Would you meet me in an hour? I could tell you what I've seen... what I've seen
Cold Bread... Cold Bread... we had.
Put your wine (not whine) in water pull your chips back in I saw you crawl like a crab across black friar's bridge Suffer naught to fate (as in, "take no chances"), hit the homeward road, I'm a bowling green, I'm a livery boy
Have a heart that (which) skips a beat Oh, come on! Roll along for free In the middle of the morning. Swap your drinking nights with me... with me.
Cold Bread... Cold Bread... we had. (x2)
Genius musical interlude.
I can live dying, I can chew my bit, And play pander to my senses and hijack my head Eat the rhythm of moving and a rolling and a rattle. It's a giving instead, it's a well sprung bed, We can roll around forever, We can pray for all we've been, We can knock it hell for leather We can call it all a dream... all a dream
Cold Bread... Cold Bread... we had. (x2)
Thanks so much. Those were the lyrics I thought he said. <br />