"Looking Out" as written by Brandi M. Carlile, Timothy Jay Hanseroth and Phillip John Hanseroth....
I went out looking for the answers and never left my town.
I'm no good at understanding, but I'm good at standing ground.
And when I asked a corner preacher I couldn't hear him for my youth.
Some people get religion some people get the truth.
I never get the truth, I never get the truth.
I know the darkness falls on you. And it's just a point of view
When you're outside looking in you belong to someone and when
You feel like giving in and the coming of the end, like your
Heart can break in two, someone loves you.
I lay this suitcase on my chest so I can feel somebody's weight.
And I lay you to rest just to feel a give and take?
I got a new interpretation and it's a better point of view, you
Were looking for a landslide I was looking out for you, I was
Looking out for you, someone's looking out for you
I know the darkness falls on you.
And it's just a point of view
When you're outside looking in you belong to someone and when
You feel like giving in and the coming of the end,
Like your heart can break in two, someone loves you.
I am afraid of crossing lines.
I am afraid of flying blind.
Afraid of inquiring minds.
Afraid of being left behind.
I close my eyes I think of you, I take a step I think of you,
I catch my breath I think of you, I cannot rest I think of you
My one and only wrecking ball, and you're cutting through my walls.
When you're outside looking in you belong to someone and
When you feel like giving in and the coming of the end,
Like your heart could break in two, someone loves you.
I'm no good at understanding, but I'm good at standing ground.
And when I asked a corner preacher I couldn't hear him for my youth.
Some people get religion some people get the truth.
I never get the truth, I never get the truth.
I know the darkness falls on you. And it's just a point of view
When you're outside looking in you belong to someone and when
You feel like giving in and the coming of the end, like your
Heart can break in two, someone loves you.
I lay this suitcase on my chest so I can feel somebody's weight.
And I lay you to rest just to feel a give and take?
I got a new interpretation and it's a better point of view, you
Were looking for a landslide I was looking out for you, I was
Looking out for you, someone's looking out for you
I know the darkness falls on you.
And it's just a point of view
When you're outside looking in you belong to someone and when
You feel like giving in and the coming of the end,
Like your heart can break in two, someone loves you.
I am afraid of crossing lines.
I am afraid of flying blind.
Afraid of inquiring minds.
Afraid of being left behind.
I close my eyes I think of you, I take a step I think of you,
I catch my breath I think of you, I cannot rest I think of you
My one and only wrecking ball, and you're cutting through my walls.
When you're outside looking in you belong to someone and
When you feel like giving in and the coming of the end,
Like your heart could break in two, someone loves you.
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"Looking Out" as written by Phillip John Hanseroth Brandi M. Carlile
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Is she presenting religion as an "either/or" in her comment about the truth, or is she saying some people "get religion" as in the classic sense of the word ( meaning "learning from a mistake" ) and the truth being also attainable through what the preacher said?
I would think it was an either/or but then she says that she knows the "darkness pulls on you", suggesting the darkness is lack of faith or doubt. I know that religion features in a lot of Brandi's songs and her struggle with being a former Baptist, though I'm not sure what she considers herself now.
Or the darkness could be people's judgmental opinions regarding homosexuality and how she reminds the person who is suffering from those comments that it's just a point of view and not to give it too much weight. And that she has found a new interpretation in her life ( that not all Christians are so judgmental or perhaps a comment about religion in general )
She then goes on reassure the subject of the song that she is afraid of things too, and that he/she serves as an inspiration to her constantly keeping him/her on her mind.
Then possibly the "wrecking ball" comment is further saying how much that person affects her ( in positive ways ) taking down her natural barriers and affecting how she thinks and feels.
To me much of this is pretty ambiguous... I can't help but feel it's beautiful no matter what it truly means. So much of Brandi's songs are so subtle. I'm always in awe of her. And this is coming from a former metal head!
Stevie Nicks-- The reflection on the snow covered hill until the landslide comes and erases you. While this person was looking for their own reflection and attempting self-preservation, Brandi (or whomever) was looking out for them.