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No Hope In The Air Lyrics
There is a man that I know
For seventeen years he never spoke
Guess he had nothing to say
He opened his mouth on judgement day
I listened with all of my might
But was scared by the look in his eyes
Like he'd already lost the fight
And there was no hope ever in sight
No hope in the air,
No hope in the water,
Not even for me,
Your life serving daughter
I have seen men provoked
I have watched lives revoked
And I looked at my life and I choked
And from there, no more ever has spoke
Why fear death?
Be scared of living
Our hearts are small and ever thinning
There is no hope ever of winning
So why fear death?
Be scared of living
But I won't give up that quick
My life is a candle and a wick
You can't put it out but you can't break it down
In the end, we are waiting to be lit
There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But no hope for me, your life serving daughter
Speak minds handed down to you
By the lies handed down by your truth
Your angels that dance at your will
Will mask your scrambling youth
I forgave you your shortcomings
And ignored your childish behavior
Laid a kiss on your head
And before I left said,
"Stay away from fleeting favour"
Oh, pick up your rope, Lord
Sling it to me
If we are to battle, I must not be weak.
And give us your strength, World
and your food and your water
Oh I am your saviour,
Your life serving daughter
There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But sadly, not me, your life serving daughter
For seventeen years he never spoke
Guess he had nothing to say
He opened his mouth on judgement day
But was scared by the look in his eyes
Like he'd already lost the fight
And there was no hope ever in sight
No hope in the water,
Not even for me,
Your life serving daughter
I have watched lives revoked
And I looked at my life and I choked
And from there, no more ever has spoke
Be scared of living
Our hearts are small and ever thinning
There is no hope ever of winning
So why fear death?
Be scared of living
My life is a candle and a wick
You can't put it out but you can't break it down
In the end, we are waiting to be lit
There's hope in the water
But no hope for me, your life serving daughter
By the lies handed down by your truth
Your angels that dance at your will
Will mask your scrambling youth
And ignored your childish behavior
Laid a kiss on your head
And before I left said,
"Stay away from fleeting favour"
Sling it to me
If we are to battle, I must not be weak.
And give us your strength, World
and your food and your water
Oh I am your saviour,
Your life serving daughter
There's hope in the water
But sadly, not me, your life serving daughter
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i'm obsessed with this song off the new album. the title is hope in the air though.
"Why fear death? Be scared of living Our hearts are small and ever thinning There is no hope ever of winning So why fear death? Be scared of living"
i can't believe we're the same age! makes me feel lazy!
I know. I don't feel lazy because I don't even have the potential to do what she's doing. She makes me feel stupid :(
I know. I don't feel lazy because I don't even have the potential to do what she's doing. She makes me feel stupid :(
She added a verse for the album: A friend is a friend forever And a good one will never leave never but you've never been south of what rolls off your mouth you will never understand the effort/ever
She added a verse for the album: A friend is a friend forever And a good one will never leave never but you've never been south of what rolls off your mouth you will never understand the effort/ever
I can't hear the phrasing that well and it's really ironic I can't understand that last word.... maybe I'll never understand it...
I can't hear the phrasing that well and it's really ironic I can't understand that last word.... maybe I'll never understand it...
if you're not sure about the lyrics, you can always go to her website (http://www.lauramarling.com) i actually bought this album (and the first one as well) so they have the lyrics up there too. (although i'm not home so i checked on her web.. :P ) anyway! the last word is "ever". "you will never understand ever."
if you're not sure about the lyrics, you can always go to her website (http://www.lauramarling.com) i actually bought this album (and the first one as well) so they have the lyrics up there too. (although i'm not home so i checked on her web.. :P ) anyway! the last word is "ever". "you will never understand ever."
i'm not that good in english so sometimes it's hard for me to understand her songs. but i guess this one is easy. i suppose it talks about her father, and it amazes me how a 20...
i'm not that good in english so sometimes it's hard for me to understand her songs. but i guess this one is easy. i suppose it talks about her father, and it amazes me how a 20 year old girl sounds so mature for her age. much more then me (i'm 21) so i can relate to what you said about feeling stupid :) i could never write like her, not even close. and it's not only the writing, and that's the really amazing part - she knows life. it's like she knows everything. she writes like a 30 year old woman, when, apparently she wrote this song when she was 17? ("There is a man that I know, For seventeen years he never spoke.") she refers to her father like he was a little child. but not from a disrespectful place. it sounds like she speaks from pain and anger. i guess he wasn't much of a warm loving father... and to be in this judgmental place, to understand so well, to know the difference between right and wrong, to criticize you're own father... at 20's!
anyway, this girl/woman is perfect. simply perfect.