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”
I leave as I enter, another boy caught in-between
Now all I can muster are whispers to your screams
Don't you remember how you eased my disgrace?
Don't you remember the love you saw in my face?
Perfected in silence
A physical presence
I sought affection, but now I realize
A cold rejection, the movement in your eyes
But I can remember when you shook against me
I can remember when I saw what love could be
Perfected in silence
A physical presence
Ain't what she did, it's the way that she did it
When I couldn't give, only she could forgive it
Ain't what she did, it's the way that she did it
As long as I live, it's for me to relive it
Silence
Part of the answer is that there's really no escape
Part of the answer is that life can have such perfect shape
Don't you remember all the nights you shared in my disgrace?
Don't you remember that the love that filled this empty space
Was
Perfected in silence?
A physical presence
Perfected in silence
A physical presence
Now all I can muster are whispers to your screams
Don't you remember how you eased my disgrace?
Don't you remember the love you saw in my face?
Perfected in silence
A physical presence
I sought affection, but now I realize
A cold rejection, the movement in your eyes
But I can remember when you shook against me
I can remember when I saw what love could be
Perfected in silence
A physical presence
Ain't what she did, it's the way that she did it
When I couldn't give, only she could forgive it
Ain't what she did, it's the way that she did it
As long as I live, it's for me to relive it
Silence
Part of the answer is that there's really no escape
Part of the answer is that life can have such perfect shape
Don't you remember all the nights you shared in my disgrace?
Don't you remember that the love that filled this empty space
Was
Perfected in silence?
A physical presence
Perfected in silence
A physical presence
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Physical Presence Lyrics as written by Mark King Philip Gabriel Gould
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
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