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Strangers Lyrics
Everyday at sunrise I got to
Empty my pockets, I got four
Cups of coffee in these empty sockets
And the dreams I have so tender loom
In the air around my bedroom
I think about the rising sun
And the day to come
And I wonder where you went, where you went
Are you wide awake
Did you read all the letters that I sent
Are you fast asleep
Did you know I keep
Your memory
Buried away so deep
'Til all the walls fall
We'll just keep being strangers
As the world rearranges
Every blade, every seed, every ounce of greed
And the sunrise is a welcome thing
But I wish it was more welcoming
'Cause this life has such an awful sting
And a price to pay for everything
And everyday they say
Just get away
They say just get back up
They say just stand tough
You've got to keep it up
You've got to learn to play rough
You've got to run through a field on a sunlit day
Laugh it off then sleep at night
But, I don't care
I just don't care
'Cause if you're not here
There's no one to laugh at the jokes we share
Are you fast asleep
Did you know I keep
Your memory
Buried away so deep
'Til all the walls fall
We'll just keep being strangers
As the world rearranges
Every blade, every seed, every ounce of greed
And the sunrise is a welcome thing
But I wish it was more welcoming
'Cause this life has such an awful sting
And a price to pay for everything
I saw you last night
In the cell where I sleep
And your shyness was such a surprise
And you said I hold you in me
Like a secret I keep
And the truth of that moment defies all that we know
Oh, oh, oh
where'd we go
Oh, oh, oh
So I think
'Til all the walls fall
I'll just keep getting stranger
The world will rearrange her
Into something just as beautiful
I know that I won't know you then
But I see no reason to pretend
'Cause I love you now and I'll love you then
And the sun will shine on everything
And oh
'Til all the walls fall
We'll just keep being strangers
And the world will rearrange us
Into things we never planned to be
As the sunrise is around us
It continues to confound us
Its beauty will surround us
And share its light with everything
Empty my pockets, I got four
Cups of coffee in these empty sockets
And the dreams I have so tender loom
In the air around my bedroom
I think about the rising sun
And the day to come
And I wonder where you went, where you went
Are you wide awake
Did you read all the letters that I sent
Are you fast asleep
Did you know I keep
Your memory
Buried away so deep
We'll just keep being strangers
As the world rearranges
Every blade, every seed, every ounce of greed
And the sunrise is a welcome thing
But I wish it was more welcoming
'Cause this life has such an awful sting
And a price to pay for everything
Just get away
They say just get back up
They say just stand tough
You've got to keep it up
You've got to learn to play rough
You've got to run through a field on a sunlit day
Laugh it off then sleep at night
I just don't care
'Cause if you're not here
There's no one to laugh at the jokes we share
Are you fast asleep
Did you know I keep
Your memory
Buried away so deep
We'll just keep being strangers
As the world rearranges
Every blade, every seed, every ounce of greed
And the sunrise is a welcome thing
But I wish it was more welcoming
'Cause this life has such an awful sting
And a price to pay for everything
In the cell where I sleep
And your shyness was such a surprise
And you said I hold you in me
Like a secret I keep
And the truth of that moment defies all that we know
Oh, oh, oh
where'd we go
Oh, oh, oh
'Til all the walls fall
I'll just keep getting stranger
The world will rearrange her
Into something just as beautiful
I know that I won't know you then
But I see no reason to pretend
'Cause I love you now and I'll love you then
And the sun will shine on everything
'Til all the walls fall
We'll just keep being strangers
And the world will rearrange us
Into things we never planned to be
As the sunrise is around us
It continues to confound us
Its beauty will surround us
And share its light with everything
Song Info
Submitted by
phx27 On Feb 26, 2015
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Great song, can't believe there haven't been any comments!
What an upbeat way to view something so sad! The singer has been denied by someone he deeply cares for, and this is his rationalization and acceptance. Running through a banal life, yet keeping his love deep within his (prison) cell, aka his mind.
If you haven't ever felt this, you are lucky. The sunlight doesn't seem as friendly and it's hard to heed the readily given advice of "toughen up and move on." But life and the world keeps moving on, as the singer points out.
The climax of the song is so beautifully expressed:
"I saw you last night In the cell where I sleep And your shyness was such a surprise And you said I hold you in me Like a secret I keep And the truth of that moment defies all that we know"
In his dreams, she confesses her secret devotion to him in her memory, exactly matching his feelings. But the "truth" of that (dreaming) moment defies all we know, because if they both felt the same in the waking world, they wouldn't need to be strangers until all the walls fall, which in this case probably means death; his feelings are unrequited by all accounts.
This song makes an interesting lyrical/imagery pairing with Coldplay's "Ghost Story," considering the impenetrable walls, the singer's ghosts (memories), and the underlying hopelessness of the situation.