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”
There's not a day that passes by
The pain has not amassed inside
It's breaking me down to the ground
It's like I crashed and died
It's hard to leave your past behind
Especially when you're last in line
And half the time it acts like vines
And wraps inside my fragile mind
Hiding in plain view it seems
The same old shit I choose between
Taking who I used to be
And keep it subdued beneath
Close to dead and losing me
You took a chance and you believed
So did I, I let you lead
And grabbed the line you threw to me
You saved me, you made me
And through it all you changed me forever
You love me, you hate me
And through it all you changed me forever
You've given me a chance to change
Helped me in ways I can't explain
I'll never understand the way
You took my hand with no dismay
Now I'm who I am today
And that's the man I plan to stay
But can't escape, I can't evade
You stranded me and ran away
Why'd you do it why'd you leave
Why'd you help me find my feet
Why'd you guide me blindingly
Then turn and say goodbye to me
All this time I tried to be
The person you applied to me
This lie you feed that I'd succeed
Is why I'm me, a dying breed
You saved me, you made me
And through it all you changed me forever
You love me, you hate me
And through it all you changed me forever
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse this person that you made me
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse you changed me forever
It's killing me down deep within
It makes me strain to breath again
All this pain I keep it in
If it's the end where'd we begin
It's so hard to comprehend
Where we are is where we end
Let's make believe let's just pretend
You don't hate me and want me dead
What you said stays in my head
An unrelenting discontent
It torments me to no extent
Entrenches me just like cement
It makes no sense what your intent
Bled for me then fled instead
You never meant to be content
Fuck the words let's just be friends
You saved me, you made me
And through it all you changed me forever
You love me, you hate me
And through it all you changed me forever
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse this person that you made me
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse you changed me forever
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse this person that you made me
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse you changed me forever
The pain has not amassed inside
It's breaking me down to the ground
It's like I crashed and died
It's hard to leave your past behind
Especially when you're last in line
And half the time it acts like vines
And wraps inside my fragile mind
Hiding in plain view it seems
The same old shit I choose between
Taking who I used to be
And keep it subdued beneath
Close to dead and losing me
You took a chance and you believed
So did I, I let you lead
And grabbed the line you threw to me
You saved me, you made me
And through it all you changed me forever
You love me, you hate me
And through it all you changed me forever
You've given me a chance to change
Helped me in ways I can't explain
I'll never understand the way
You took my hand with no dismay
Now I'm who I am today
And that's the man I plan to stay
But can't escape, I can't evade
You stranded me and ran away
Why'd you do it why'd you leave
Why'd you help me find my feet
Why'd you guide me blindingly
Then turn and say goodbye to me
All this time I tried to be
The person you applied to me
This lie you feed that I'd succeed
Is why I'm me, a dying breed
You saved me, you made me
And through it all you changed me forever
You love me, you hate me
And through it all you changed me forever
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse this person that you made me
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse you changed me forever
It's killing me down deep within
It makes me strain to breath again
All this pain I keep it in
If it's the end where'd we begin
It's so hard to comprehend
Where we are is where we end
Let's make believe let's just pretend
You don't hate me and want me dead
What you said stays in my head
An unrelenting discontent
It torments me to no extent
Entrenches me just like cement
It makes no sense what your intent
Bled for me then fled instead
You never meant to be content
Fuck the words let's just be friends
You saved me, you made me
And through it all you changed me forever
You love me, you hate me
And through it all you changed me forever
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse this person that you made me
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse you changed me forever
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse this person that you made me
Through it all you changed me
I'm not the same me
For better or for worse you changed me forever
Lyrics submitted by MusicFREAK20
Through It All Lyrics as written by Timothy Michael Donofrio Matthew A Brandyberry
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Man! What a complicated song!
I've been reading through the lyrics and have come to the conclusion that the main character of the song is a student/trainee and the other person is the mentor/teacher/trainer. After the mentor taught him all he needed to know, he left him alone as he should be. The mentors job was done.
However, there are lines about the mentor hating him. I believe this to be the blood sweat and tears that the student shed while under the teaching of the mentor. The student can become frustrated when It becomes difficult to match the physical or mental torture he must endure to achieve victory so he questions the mentors knowledge. This leads to conflict between the two people. (Which is kinda why the mentor hates him) The reason that the hate only comes from the mentor is because the student now realizes, after victory that the mentor was right all along. The student now desperately tries to apologize and seek out forgiveness for taking advantage of the mentor.
But it is too late, the mentor knows the student just used him for his own gain. And felt the student would just throw him to the side when he achieved victory, so the mentor left.
The mentor changed the students life for better and for worse.