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Redemption Lyrics
I was walking home to my house through the snow from the station
When Springsteen came clear in my headphones with a pertinent question
Oh is love really real and can any of us hope for redemption
Or are we are merely biding our time down to the lonely conclusions
Darling let me take your hand as I talk you through this
How loneliness edged into deep seeded psychosis
Lying away in crowded hotel rooms focused on takers
With my feelings laid clear on the ceiling
I don't think I can do this
I don't think I can do this
Well I tried so hard to not turn into my father
If I only ever skip out his choices will I ever choose better
The sad truth is the grass it will always seem greener
So I left you alone in a restaurant in London in winter
You deserved better
Out of trash some might back in my ears
Sound comes clear and brings the awful truth that I can't stand what I've done to you
And it's written clear in my diary today should have been our anniversary
And I'm far way and I'm far apart
And you're back home with a broken heart
And loves is real and I can't escape
I'll only ever have myself to blame
These failures shift and save me in the night
Like a fever I can't break try as I might
Wake me darling I need you to take me home
But I know in the end redemption is mine and mine alone
So if each of us is made up of a tally of mistakes and successes
Then the hour in that restaurant makes my score less than impressive
If each can be redeemed with the courage by which he confesses
So darling I miss you, your music and your musk and your kisses
I don't think I can do this
When Springsteen came clear in my headphones with a pertinent question
Oh is love really real and can any of us hope for redemption
Or are we are merely biding our time down to the lonely conclusions
Darling let me take your hand as I talk you through this
How loneliness edged into deep seeded psychosis
Lying away in crowded hotel rooms focused on takers
With my feelings laid clear on the ceiling
I don't think I can do this
I don't think I can do this
If I only ever skip out his choices will I ever choose better
The sad truth is the grass it will always seem greener
So I left you alone in a restaurant in London in winter
You deserved better
Sound comes clear and brings the awful truth that I can't stand what I've done to you
And it's written clear in my diary today should have been our anniversary
And I'm far way and I'm far apart
And you're back home with a broken heart
And loves is real and I can't escape
I'll only ever have myself to blame
Like a fever I can't break try as I might
Wake me darling I need you to take me home
But I know in the end redemption is mine and mine alone
Then the hour in that restaurant makes my score less than impressive
If each can be redeemed with the courage by which he confesses
So darling I miss you, your music and your musk and your kisses
I don't think I can do this
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everytime he sings "I don't think I can do this" it wrenches my heart a bit.
A major theme of this album: REGRETS...I guess with Frank getting older he is realizing what alot of us do in middle age...regrets get fucking bigger and worse the older you get...you start to see things (choices parents made) differently..you now know some of the things you THOUGHT you knew when you were younger...now knowing you didnt know SHIT..powerful stuff people
I honestly think this is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard.
I wish this song wasn't so relatable and perfectly fitting to my situation, which makes the reality ever more brutal if you've ever lived through a break up that you could have prevented and are only left with your regrets of what could have been for the rest of your miserable lonely life.
This song is so honest and passionately raw and beautiful and the emotional build up comes to such a grand climax that it brings me to tears every time no matter the place or mood.
In the end we're left with our actions and regrets but also our hope and resolve to learn from the past and soldier on dispite the heartache, although you can never totally leave it behind.
Wondering if the Springsteen reference is about Springsteens "Born to Run"?!
"Out of trash some might back in my ears"
I'm pretty sure this lyric is not right. I can't fully tell what he's saying though. My best guess is it should be something like:
Out of the trash It's on my back And in my ears
@JayKlook -- You're right. The lyric is:
@JayKlook -- You're right. The lyric is:
"Adam Trask is on my back and in my ears..."
"Adam Trask is on my back and in my ears..."
I read somewhere that Frank is referencing Adam Trask from the book East of Eden.
I read somewhere that Frank is referencing Adam Trask from the book East of Eden.