Tears on Tape

I believe this song is about empathy. We're all alone in the middle of the storm of life, 'lonely and afraid', looking for ways to survive it all, and the moments when we connect with each other, when we follow the pain into each others hearts - perhaps through music that speaks to everyone's pain together - are what give us enough hope to "convince us to keep breathing on."

Official lyrics from Japanese version of Tears on Tape:

Church bells toll, thunder roars around me I’ve been warned to prepare myself for the fall I’m armed to the teeth with tender pain of all yesterdays

Tears on tape I will follow into your heart Sketching rain from afar Tears on tape she surrenders, needle in arm While we dance into the storm

Darkness falls settling the score with love for once and for all Soaked in blood I cry my farewells to the summer rain lonely and afraid

Tears on tape I will follow into your heart Sketching rain from afar Tears on tape she surrenders, needle in arm While we dance into the storm

And for a moment there’s no pain For once there’s no more pain in your eyes but maybe a little love Just enough to convince us to keep breathing on

Tears on tape Tears on tape I will follow into your heart Tears on tape Tears on tape I will follow into your arms