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”
At times I’ve shouted out unprovoked, at the world and you,
Just to see if the people around me react.
Sometimes I think they’re all acting,
At times I’m scared that I’m acting too, like
My movements are stage directions.
Was that a change in topic or a beat in the scene?
Have I been taking my emotional cues from scripts I wrote at sixteen?
Maybe I just think about it all so much
That that the fear stays close to all the ghosts I’ve touched.
Makes me question
Was it love or just lust?
Caked in blood or old rust?
I don’t know.
Don’t we remember all the moments we remember the best
Framed in poems and in pictures, sang aloud in refrains?
Does this cycle of pain and disdain for the past
Not work exactly the same?
Maybe it’s just as much about what comes our way as it is about how we react.
Just as much about the things that we’ve still got as it is about the things we lack.
I know we won’t always keep around those we feel we need—
some will fade in frames, some were born to leave—
But if we’re still here, and we still breathe,
At least we’ve still got time to figure it out,
To know what to do,
To know how to feel,
Know the things that I’ve been making up inside my head, and
To know what’s real.
I want to believe that the way I am is just the way it goes.
For the things that came, not the things I chose
to come.
I want to know if I had any control.
I want to know if it’d comfort me.
And if my heart just stops, pack my memories in it—
I want to know all the love I’ve got.
And if my heart just stops, keep me alive for a minute—
I want to know if a curtain drops.
Just to see if the people around me react.
Sometimes I think they’re all acting,
At times I’m scared that I’m acting too, like
My movements are stage directions.
Was that a change in topic or a beat in the scene?
Have I been taking my emotional cues from scripts I wrote at sixteen?
Maybe I just think about it all so much
That that the fear stays close to all the ghosts I’ve touched.
Makes me question
Was it love or just lust?
Caked in blood or old rust?
I don’t know.
Don’t we remember all the moments we remember the best
Framed in poems and in pictures, sang aloud in refrains?
Does this cycle of pain and disdain for the past
Not work exactly the same?
Maybe it’s just as much about what comes our way as it is about how we react.
Just as much about the things that we’ve still got as it is about the things we lack.
I know we won’t always keep around those we feel we need—
some will fade in frames, some were born to leave—
But if we’re still here, and we still breathe,
At least we’ve still got time to figure it out,
To know what to do,
To know how to feel,
Know the things that I’ve been making up inside my head, and
To know what’s real.
I want to believe that the way I am is just the way it goes.
For the things that came, not the things I chose
to come.
I want to know if I had any control.
I want to know if it’d comfort me.
And if my heart just stops, pack my memories in it—
I want to know all the love I’ve got.
And if my heart just stops, keep me alive for a minute—
I want to know if a curtain drops.
Lyrics submitted by krikitarmy
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At times I’ve shouted out unprovoked at the world and you Just to see if the people around me react Sometimes I think they’re all acting, Sometimes I’m scared I’m acting to lie My movements are stage directions Was that a change in topic or a ___ Have I been taking my emotional cues from the scripts I wrote at sixteen?
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And if my heart just stops pack my memories in it, I want to know all the love I’ve got And if my heart just stops keep me alive for a minute, I want to know if a curtain drops
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"Was that a change in topic or a beat in the scene"<br /> I'm pretty sure thats the line. Amazing song, Amazing band.