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all of my heroes sit up straight
they stare at the ground
they radiate
me, I'm mumbling in the kitchen for the sun to pay up
lonely is a ring on a cold coffee cup
I'm some sick hound
digging for bones
if it weren't for second chances, we'd all be alone
my hands they were strangers lost in the night
they're waving around in the dusty light
I'm waiting in the wings while the trees undress
cupping my ear to hear the wind confess
I'm a ghost in the garden
scaring the crows
if it weren't for second chances, we'd all be alone
I'm running from nothing, no thoughts in my mind
oh my heart was all black
but I saw something shine
thought that part was yours, but it might just be mine
I could share it with you, if you gave me the time
I'm all bloody knuckles, longing for home
if it weren't for second chances, we'd all be alone
I'm a shot through the dark
I'm a black sinkhole
if it weren't for second chances, we'd all be alone
they stare at the ground
they radiate
lonely is a ring on a cold coffee cup
I'm some sick hound
digging for bones
if it weren't for second chances, we'd all be alone
they're waving around in the dusty light
I'm waiting in the wings while the trees undress
cupping my ear to hear the wind confess
I'm a ghost in the garden
scaring the crows
if it weren't for second chances, we'd all be alone
oh my heart was all black
but I saw something shine
thought that part was yours, but it might just be mine
I could share it with you, if you gave me the time
I'm all bloody knuckles, longing for home
if it weren't for second chances, we'd all be alone
I'm a black sinkhole
if it weren't for second chances, we'd all be alone
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Submitted by
stephenwill On Nov 12, 2013
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Isakov has a way of stringing words together that shouldn't make sense, but somehow the sentiment is still successfully expressed. "I'm all bloody knuckles, longing for home" by itself hardly means anything, but in the song, you can gather that he means he's tired and he wants to belong somewhere.
For me personally, I think this song is about realizing that we don't deserve anything good, but because of God's grace, there is still good to be found in our existence. Good friendship gives second chances. My relationship with God is unlike any other relationship I have, because I can't hide anything from him, so he sees every ounce of dark that I have. Yet, he continues to reach out to me and love me. Long story short, I think this song is about being given grace- in human relationships, too.
He's a unique songwriter, and one of the best around at the moment. At least I think so.
@bluecassette I appreciate your interpretation. As a devout Catholic I, too, found the connection with grace and forgiveness. Thanks.
@bluecassette I appreciate your interpretation. As a devout Catholic I, too, found the connection with grace and forgiveness. Thanks.
It could be this man has done something so terrible to someone in the past who loves him, that he can’t believe something terrible hasn’t happened to him in return. Although I believe this person knows he must rectify at some point what he has done, because his luck will in fact run out. He views this second chance as a gift because so far he has not had to “ pay” for any pain he has caused. But he soon will.