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”
Soon come a burning
Soon come a reaving
Spare the rod, spoil the child
Resume the righteous beating
Hubris has been spoon-fed to you
On a silver platter
The weak will run weeping
Delusion shattered
No one owes you a god damn thing
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
A walking portrayal, your life's fucking done
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
Condemn the hive
The well's run dry
Narcissist fills it with tears of blood
Poison Juno's choking lapdog deepen the cut
No one cares what the fuck you think
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
A walking portrayal, your life's fucking done
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
Condemn the hive
Sired by, worthless beginners
Severed all reason, in a fractured mirror
Sullen stares are leaving high expectations
A generation’s entitlement comes undone
Your life is fucking done
Your pitiful life
Condemning the hive
So feeble inside
Condemning the hive
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
A walking portrayal, your life's fucking done
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
The privileged ones.
Soon come a reaving
Spare the rod, spoil the child
Resume the righteous beating
Hubris has been spoon-fed to you
On a silver platter
The weak will run weeping
Delusion shattered
No one owes you a god damn thing
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
A walking portrayal, your life's fucking done
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
Condemn the hive
The well's run dry
Narcissist fills it with tears of blood
Poison Juno's choking lapdog deepen the cut
No one cares what the fuck you think
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
A walking portrayal, your life's fucking done
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
Condemn the hive
Sired by, worthless beginners
Severed all reason, in a fractured mirror
Sullen stares are leaving high expectations
A generation’s entitlement comes undone
Your life is fucking done
Your pitiful life
Condemning the hive
So feeble inside
Condemning the hive
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
A walking portrayal, your life's fucking done
Bloated with pride, the privileged ones
The privileged ones.
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