So this is continuous happiness
You know, I always imagined it something more
With the right drapes, the right paints
The right frames, this could really work
What a great day to spend indoors

[Chorus]
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up

In a hail of sparks
And a tangle of wires
Everything went wrong

So where has all the day gone?
And why are my lungs aching when I breathe?
Is there something wrong with the heat? Why am I so cold?
And my heart feels sick and it hurts when I speak
And this is not what I hoped for

[Chorus]

Was this what we hoped for?
Was this what we hoped for?
Was this what we, what we hoped for?
Was this what we hoped for?
Was this what we hoped for?
Was this?


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    I agree with lyricalrockstar in a sense with respect to the music being about how the listener perceives it. I apply it to anxiety .. Suffering at an younger age with it I remember not wanting to leave the house .. And at some point I was actually content to sit in and not do anything .. Telling myself it wasn't that bad of a life. I'd decorate things around me to make my world brighter inside the house (right paints, frames .. This could really work) ... Then there's the part of me fighting it ... (Wake up) ... My anxiety was to do pains in my chest and lungs .. I had a spontaneous pnuemothorax and ectopic heartbeats (heart feels sick .. Lungs aching) .. Both quite common and normal for a young man .. This brought on a hypersensitivity towards my health which manifested as anxiety. I'd feel sick not eat ... Then the (is this what we hoped for) ... That's the two parts of my the rational and irrational asking one another is this the life we wanted. Its not what he meant I don't think just eerie how it seems to fit and that why its in my opinion mny favourite song of that sort of genre .. Vocals are breathtaking.

    tears4squireon February 07, 2011   Link

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