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”
Egomaniac, egomaniac, egomaniac
Feeling good inside
Take a look around
Suck air into your lungs
And stride across the ground
You know yourself you made yourself
Drunken with the glory
Sober with the force
Carelessly once more to rule without remorse
Dazzling like a diamond in the sun
Egomaniac
Can you hear them say 'thy will be done'?
Egomaniac yes you could confide
But they'd never understand the comfort you provide
The splendor you have planned
Something strange is happening to you
You're on your own, can you hear them talking?
Trust is an unknown, are they breaking through
When you're the best who needs the rest
Dazzling like a diamond in the sun
Egomaniac
Can you hear them say 'thy will be done'?
Egomaniac
Dazzling like a diamond in the sun ego may
Weary to your bones with ease you domineer
No challenge left to rise to
No foeman left to fear
In your mind you feel them breaking through
You hardly feel the silence, all the puppet chatter gone
Who cares that no one follows
So long as you lead on
Could there be another point of view
Dazzling like a diamond in the sun
Egomaniac
Can you hear them say 'thy will be done'?
Egomaniac
Dazzling like a diamond
Dazzling like a diamond
Feeling good inside
Take a look around
Suck air into your lungs
And stride across the ground
You know yourself you made yourself
Drunken with the glory
Sober with the force
Carelessly once more to rule without remorse
Dazzling like a diamond in the sun
Egomaniac
Can you hear them say 'thy will be done'?
Egomaniac yes you could confide
But they'd never understand the comfort you provide
The splendor you have planned
Something strange is happening to you
You're on your own, can you hear them talking?
Trust is an unknown, are they breaking through
When you're the best who needs the rest
Dazzling like a diamond in the sun
Egomaniac
Can you hear them say 'thy will be done'?
Egomaniac
Dazzling like a diamond in the sun ego may
Weary to your bones with ease you domineer
No challenge left to rise to
No foeman left to fear
In your mind you feel them breaking through
You hardly feel the silence, all the puppet chatter gone
Who cares that no one follows
So long as you lead on
Could there be another point of view
Dazzling like a diamond in the sun
Egomaniac
Can you hear them say 'thy will be done'?
Egomaniac
Dazzling like a diamond
Dazzling like a diamond
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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