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”
In this night, I need to call you but all the lines are blown.
If only you knew, how empty I feel.
But maybe then you're lonely too,
And it's tearing through you like a punctured wound.
Maybe no one knows what to do.
When we know we're alone in a temporary home.
Maybe we'll realize that's a blessing in disguise.
A blessing in disguise.
Well don't you know the sound of anger brings a dark result.
And every insult is like a lightning bolt.
So go home now, oh yeah,
You don't have one, to some guy that you don't know.
And make a baby, but that won't change my problem though.
I spent the last three years setting myself on fire for you.
I spent the last three years never knowing if what you say is true.
And it'll be this way until one of us dies.
Is that a blessing in disguise?
It's a blessing in disguise.
And I tell myself what we're living for.
And say, rejoice, evermore.
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
'Til one of us dies.
'Til one of us dies.
Well I confess that so far happiness eludes me in my life.
You better hurry up if its ever to be mine.
Better hurry up now if we're ever gonna find, what we're living for.
If it's not you, anymore.
I'll learn,
To sing:
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
If only you knew, how empty I feel.
But maybe then you're lonely too,
And it's tearing through you like a punctured wound.
Maybe no one knows what to do.
When we know we're alone in a temporary home.
Maybe we'll realize that's a blessing in disguise.
A blessing in disguise.
Well don't you know the sound of anger brings a dark result.
And every insult is like a lightning bolt.
So go home now, oh yeah,
You don't have one, to some guy that you don't know.
And make a baby, but that won't change my problem though.
I spent the last three years setting myself on fire for you.
I spent the last three years never knowing if what you say is true.
And it'll be this way until one of us dies.
Is that a blessing in disguise?
It's a blessing in disguise.
And I tell myself what we're living for.
And say, rejoice, evermore.
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
'Til one of us dies.
'Til one of us dies.
Well I confess that so far happiness eludes me in my life.
You better hurry up if its ever to be mine.
Better hurry up now if we're ever gonna find, what we're living for.
If it's not you, anymore.
I'll learn,
To sing:
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
Evermore, rejoice.
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this song caught my ear immediately. the heavy guitar part is great and somehow they work in a choir at the end of the song. i figure its just about him resenting a woman for not having the same feelings about him as he does for her. and he sees the terrible things she does and he realizes its better they arent together in a serious way. but still he wants her.
amazing guitar.<br /> <br /> ah- i wouldnt say she doesnt have teh same feelings as him. somtimes people have the same feelings but one has an insight ,the other may not have, about the relationship. And so they move on because its whats best. And sometimes people just caught up on eachother and cant let go. maybe it wasnt working out so they gave eachother space.<br /> at first it says<br /> "if only you knew how empty i feel<br /> maybe then your lonley too"<br /> <br /> they werent together. he was alone hopeing she was lonely for him as well.<br /> <br /> " i spent the last three years<br /> setting my self on fire for you.<br /> <br /> i spent the last three years <br /> never knowing if what you say is true"<br /> <br /> he waited 3 years, hurting, burning, probly with the feeling of a big hole inside him. But wouldn't dare close the space between them compleatly- for whatever reason.<br /> <br /> <br /> to me it sounds like the broke up for some reason, she either started dating or had guy friends, and that hurt him. they probly talked now and then which turned to argueing and insults ["every insult is like a lighning bolt"]<br /> <br /> but in the end the music turns to a much more positive sound and he repeats over and over<br /> "it'll be this wat till one of us dies<br /> is that a blessing in disguise<br /> ....<br /> and say, rejoice evermore"<br /> <br /> <br /> He must of realized that the bond and love between them was really somthing. and even tho is had to be broken. It'll always be there, and maybe in the end, he was glad for everything. maybe he realized it was somthing great, letting the bitterness go.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> or maybe not?
angelique22 i love ur interpretation, cuz its just the way i see this song right now and parallels my life exactly at the moment
ANGELIQUE22 your interpretation is perfect. and inthebackground, this song parallels my life too. Me and a girl got real close over time but i sacrificed so much for her ("I spent the last three years setting myself on fire for you") and in the end we decided a little time apart would do us good ("is that a blessing in my disguise"). but now "if only you knew how empty i feel maybe then your lonley too" is what i'm thinking and i know she's moved on, embraced other guys, living life through weed and alcohol, basically become another person: ha, well in conclusion i've learned, "If it's not you anymore<br /> I learn to sing Evermore" End of My RANT.
Angelique22............you could have not hit the nail on the head more !! i especially agree about how you say maybe they did both love each other just as much as the other did but one had more insight that the other didnt.....BEEN THERE.....AMEN