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”
Amongst the stone and smoke
We never laid before
Images floating all about
Life in the afterglow
My decaying mind pretends
None of this ever happened
We either learn to live a lie
Or we're waiting here to die
And after all this suffering
I could lie here for good
But with a mind on fire
I try and stand my ground
Illuminate and I will follow
Amongst the stone and smoke
Rising above it all
Broken but not beyond repair
Let's see how this soul fares
And after all this suffering
I could lie here for good
But with a mind on fire
I try and stand my ground
Illuminate and I will follow you
(Everything you thought you've lost you have now)
(Who's laughing now? Who's laughing now? Now, now, who's laughing now?)
Let's see how this soul fares
"The Private does what The General says
The General does what The President says
The President does what The First Lady says
So, so they say"
We never laid before
Images floating all about
Life in the afterglow
My decaying mind pretends
None of this ever happened
We either learn to live a lie
Or we're waiting here to die
And after all this suffering
I could lie here for good
But with a mind on fire
I try and stand my ground
Illuminate and I will follow
Amongst the stone and smoke
Rising above it all
Broken but not beyond repair
Let's see how this soul fares
And after all this suffering
I could lie here for good
But with a mind on fire
I try and stand my ground
Illuminate and I will follow you
(Everything you thought you've lost you have now)
(Who's laughing now? Who's laughing now? Now, now, who's laughing now?)
Let's see how this soul fares
"The Private does what The General says
The General does what The President says
The President does what The First Lady says
So, so they say"
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Saved Lyrics as written by Casey Blue Crescenzo
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