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Staring at the Ceiling Lyrics
Things will seem much better in the morning light
Love will be much easier to own
Things will look much better in the pale sunlight
We can be together like before
You just need time to forget
You just need time to explain
You just need time to forget yourself again
You're lying on the floor and
Staring at the ceiling
Thinking of a place you
Have never seen before
Remember when you held someone for the first time?
Remember when this fire was all we had?
Now you want life without death
And you want love without pain
But you want time to go back and start again
You're lying on the floor and
Staring at the ceiling
Thinking of a place you
Have never seen before
Thinking of your old friends
And waiting for the feeling
Waiting for the old burning feeling to return
These days, you don't know who you are
These days, you don't know where you are
These days, we don't know who we are
So meet me by the wall
Where we used to go
You're lying on the floor and
Staring at the ceiling
Thinking of a place you
Have never seen before, seen before
Waiting for the phone call
And waiting for the feeling
Waiting for the old raging feeling to return
Oh oh
Love will be much easier to own
Things will look much better in the pale sunlight
We can be together like before
You just need time to explain
You just need time to forget yourself again
Staring at the ceiling
Thinking of a place you
Have never seen before
Remember when this fire was all we had?
And you want love without pain
But you want time to go back and start again
Staring at the ceiling
Thinking of a place you
Have never seen before
Thinking of your old friends
And waiting for the feeling
Waiting for the old burning feeling to return
These days, you don't know where you are
These days, we don't know who we are
Where we used to go
You're lying on the floor and
Staring at the ceiling
Thinking of a place you
Have never seen before, seen before
Waiting for the phone call
And waiting for the feeling
Waiting for the old raging feeling to return
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About wanting more? Does this song imply that you should be happy with what you've got?
It's pointing to this feeling of wanting the past back, the way things were, and waiting for things to become right again even though they'll never be the same. All the passion you used to have (for someone/something) is gone and you're waiting to get a similar feeling back (waiting for the old burning feeling to return). And there's the feeling of being lost in between a cherished past and a faceless future (These days, you don't know who[/where] you are) imagining things that you have yet to discover (thinking of a place you have never seen before). The mentioning of morning, like "morning light", acknowledges that time goes on and each day is a chance to change your attitudes and the way you live (even when you have no idea how).
@Sistina Yep. Exactly how I see it..
@Sistina Yep. Exactly how I see it..