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Evening Gray and Morning Red Lyrics
Wading in dark waters, a shovel at my side
Digging a grave for the depths to fill with defeat that I would hide
Hearing grace kiss the waves but afraid of the breakers roar
Who would set sail to hold a candle amidst a thunderstorm?
Like a hand grasping to sand, I am filled and emptied constantly
How could I quiet the ocean that’s in front of me?
Toil and sweat and aspiration is but wringing rags into the deep
Tell me how I would ever stay the swarming seas
Am I chasing the wind?
Am I drowning in the shallow end?
Counting every step I take and boundaries you've assigned
But Davy Jones he beckons me back to die amongst the brine
Feet still sinking further, my body’s run ashore
Only in my nightmares have I seen this once before
Drowning in the shallow under the weight of the undertow
Drowning in the shallow under the weight of the undertow
Like a hand grasping to sand, I am filled and emptied constantly
How could I quiet the ocean that's in front of me?
Toil and sweat and aspiration is but wringing rags into the deep
Tell me how I would ever stay the swarming seas
Am I chasing the wind?
Am I drowning in the shallow end?
Am I chasing the wind?
Am I drowning in the shallow end?
Digging a grave for the depths to fill with defeat that I would hide
Hearing grace kiss the waves but afraid of the breakers roar
Who would set sail to hold a candle amidst a thunderstorm?
How could I quiet the ocean that’s in front of me?
Toil and sweat and aspiration is but wringing rags into the deep
Tell me how I would ever stay the swarming seas
Am I drowning in the shallow end?
But Davy Jones he beckons me back to die amongst the brine
Feet still sinking further, my body’s run ashore
Only in my nightmares have I seen this once before
Drowning in the shallow under the weight of the undertow
How could I quiet the ocean that's in front of me?
Toil and sweat and aspiration is but wringing rags into the deep
Tell me how I would ever stay the swarming seas
Am I drowning in the shallow end?
Am I chasing the wind?
Am I drowning in the shallow end?
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Caught in an inescapable situation. There may be light (candle) but what would be the point when nothing can bring you out of the darkness. I think the sand verse is absolutely perfect to represent such a thought... "I am filled an emptied constantly". One minute you feel that you have a hold of something and can get past it then once emptied again.
I think this song can represent a relationship, depression, drug abuse. But my immediate interpretation would be a suffocating relationship you cannot escape.
Am I chasing the wind? Am I drowning in the shallow end? Am I chasing the wind? Am I drowning in the shallow end?
Doesn't matter what you do, you must face the inevitable.