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”
Forgiven or damned, whispered Scarbo
With a spiderweb for shroud I'll bury you down below
And into the crypt where you'll have to die
Out in the limbo you'll hear the children cry
Let me have an aspen leave to cradle me across the lake
Unless the trunk of (the) tarentula will suck me down inside my grave
No way, he laughed
You'll be the fodder of the beetle hunting it's prey at dusk
Wrapped in a snakeskin, covered with gold
Your only escape is a dive in the void
(A birdsong in the distance invites my look through the trees)
And when my life is over, remember I taught you how to please me
Come with me, follow me if you dare
On a strange journey, a trip to nowhere
I will take you down below
with Charon for guide to visit the unknown
Your life will be a way for me to pay for all my sins
I'm sure the shores of hell will find in you a graceful gift
Forgiven or damned, whispered Scarbo
You'll soon understand
That it don't mean nothing
For those who are blinded by insanity
Heaven or hell it means nothing to thee
Means nothing to thee
It means nothing to thee
Those who are blinded by insanity
Come with me, follow me if you dare
on a strange journey, a trip to nowhere
I will take you down below
with Charon for guide to visit the unknown
Your life will be a way for me to pay for all my sins
I'm sure the shores of hell will find in you a graceful gift
Forgiven or damned, whispered Scarbo
With a spiderweb for shroud I'll bury you down below
And into the crypt where you'll have to die
Out in the limbo, you'll hear the children cry
With a spiderweb for shroud I'll bury you down below
And into the crypt where you'll have to die
Out in the limbo you'll hear the children cry
Let me have an aspen leave to cradle me across the lake
Unless the trunk of (the) tarentula will suck me down inside my grave
No way, he laughed
You'll be the fodder of the beetle hunting it's prey at dusk
Wrapped in a snakeskin, covered with gold
Your only escape is a dive in the void
(A birdsong in the distance invites my look through the trees)
And when my life is over, remember I taught you how to please me
Come with me, follow me if you dare
On a strange journey, a trip to nowhere
I will take you down below
with Charon for guide to visit the unknown
Your life will be a way for me to pay for all my sins
I'm sure the shores of hell will find in you a graceful gift
Forgiven or damned, whispered Scarbo
You'll soon understand
That it don't mean nothing
For those who are blinded by insanity
Heaven or hell it means nothing to thee
Means nothing to thee
It means nothing to thee
Those who are blinded by insanity
Come with me, follow me if you dare
on a strange journey, a trip to nowhere
I will take you down below
with Charon for guide to visit the unknown
Your life will be a way for me to pay for all my sins
I'm sure the shores of hell will find in you a graceful gift
Forgiven or damned, whispered Scarbo
With a spiderweb for shroud I'll bury you down below
And into the crypt where you'll have to die
Out in the limbo, you'll hear the children cry
Lyrics submitted by bananahero
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