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”
It was cheap at half the price
Took a shovel where a spoon would suffice
Now I can't see you
Now I can't see you
Regimental in my way
Detrimental at the end of the day
But you won't be told
No, you won't be told
I will be, I will be
I won't be frightened
I will be, I will be
I'll be enlightened
Word of pain you so to say
There's a splinter in your
Splendor today
I could believe you
I would believe you
There's a world inside your world
There's a glass house where the insults are held
But you won't be told
No, you won't be told
I will be, I will be
I won't be frightened
I will be, I will be
I'll be enlightened
Took a chainsaw to my mind
Did arrange I'd left a sad world behind
But all will be fine
Yes, all will be fine
I will be, I will be
I won't be frightened
I will be, I will be
I won't be enlightened
I will be, I will be
(you're shy _______)
I won't be frightened
(you try but still the words won't come)
I will be, I will be
(you're shy _______)
I won't be enlightened
I will be, I will be
(you're shy _______)
I won't be frightened
(you try but still the words won't come)
I will be, I will be
(your chance had turned)
I won't be enlightened
I will be, I will be
I won't be frightened
I will be, I will be
I won't be enlightened
Took a shovel where a spoon would suffice
Now I can't see you
Now I can't see you
Regimental in my way
Detrimental at the end of the day
But you won't be told
No, you won't be told
I will be, I will be
I won't be frightened
I will be, I will be
I'll be enlightened
Word of pain you so to say
There's a splinter in your
Splendor today
I could believe you
I would believe you
There's a world inside your world
There's a glass house where the insults are held
But you won't be told
No, you won't be told
I will be, I will be
I won't be frightened
I will be, I will be
I'll be enlightened
Took a chainsaw to my mind
Did arrange I'd left a sad world behind
But all will be fine
Yes, all will be fine
I will be, I will be
I won't be frightened
I will be, I will be
I won't be enlightened
I will be, I will be
(you're shy _______)
I won't be frightened
(you try but still the words won't come)
I will be, I will be
(you're shy _______)
I won't be enlightened
I will be, I will be
(you're shy _______)
I won't be frightened
(you try but still the words won't come)
I will be, I will be
(your chance had turned)
I won't be enlightened
I will be, I will be
I won't be frightened
I will be, I will be
I won't be enlightened
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Enlighten Me Lyrics as written by William Alfred Sergeant Leslie Thomas Pattinson
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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