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Alibis Lyrics
I saw you in a photograph.
The answer is in your eyes.
It's dragging me back
To everything else we left behind.
You're hiding inside a perfect life.
A picture of us.
I'm hearing you whisper alibis.
There is a shadow here,
But there's no light behind me.
The stains of blood on the floor
Serve to remind me
The time is drawing near.
Turns like a knife inside me.
I've never wanted it more.
Come stand beside me.
The walls are moving closer now.
This feeling won't wash away.
The message is clear.
"There's nobody here. Just walk away."
I'm waiting for you.
I'm all alone.
And through the wall
I'm hearing you whisper alibis.
Come stand beside me.
There's a shadow that we cast aside,
In the blood that we left behind.
I've never wanted it more.
Come stand beside me.
There was never any light behind.
Feel it turn like a knife inside me.
I've never wanted it more.
Come stand beside me.
The answer is in your eyes.
It's dragging me back
To everything else we left behind.
A picture of us.
I'm hearing you whisper alibis.
But there's no light behind me.
The stains of blood on the floor
Serve to remind me
The time is drawing near.
Turns like a knife inside me.
I've never wanted it more.
Come stand beside me.
This feeling won't wash away.
The message is clear.
"There's nobody here. Just walk away."
I'm waiting for you.
I'm all alone.
And through the wall
I'm hearing you whisper alibis.
Come stand beside me.
In the blood that we left behind.
I've never wanted it more.
Come stand beside me.
There was never any light behind.
Feel it turn like a knife inside me.
I've never wanted it more.
Come stand beside me.
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about someone trying to make excuses about the past
The only thing i then dont understand is 'Ive never wanted it more, come stand beside me"
To me it reads like a failed marriage or long term relationship. Hiding inside a perfect life, feeling like your all alone, waiting for them to return to your side? I can't be the only one who's felt that. Obviously this can be interpreted a lot of ways but that's the feelings this song evokes for me.
It\'s about taking back an abusive partner that you know is no good for you, but you\'re conditioned.\n\n"I saw you in a photograph.\nThe answer is in your eyes.\nIt\'s dragging me back\nTo everything else we left behind."\n\nFinding an old picture of the person and being pulled back to something you thought you left behind.\n\n"You\'re hiding inside a perfect life.\nA picture of us.\nI\'m hearing you whisper alibis."\n\nPleasant, "perfect life" on the outside. Abusive monster within that after the fact, "whispers alibis"--excuses.\n\n"There is a shadow here,\nBut there\'s no light behind me.\nThe stains of blood on the floor\nServe to remind me"\n\nThere\'s only darkness in this place. The literal bloodstain on the floor reminds me why I shouldn\'t go back.\n\n"The time is drawing near.\nTurns like a knife inside me.\nI\'ve never wanted it more.\nCome stand beside me."\n\nI want the abuser back more than anything, even if I\'m hurt in the process.\n\n"The walls are moving closer now.\nThis feeling won\'t wash away.\nThe message is clear.\n"There\'s nobody here. Just walk away.""\n\nI want you back, and I know I shouldn\'t. I am trapped but can\'t escape.\n\n"I\'m waiting for you.\nI\'m all alone.\nAnd through the wall\nI\'m hearing you whisper alibis.\nCome stand beside me."\n\nThe abuser is the cage/walls closing around me. I hear the lies/alibis and I believe them and want you with me.\n\n"There\'s a shadow that we cast aside,\nIn the blood that we left behind.\nI\'ve never wanted it more.\nCome stand beside me.\nThere was never any light behind.\nFeel it turn like a knife inside me.\nI\'ve never wanted it more.\nCome stand beside me."\n\nThere was never anything good in our relationship. I know this. I don\'t care. I need you.