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”
Bloodshot and belligerent on a sidewalk towards home
fading like a beach house tattoo
against my better judgement I look me in the eye
and I give myself a good talking to
The patrons and pedestrians and the young pioneers
decline my request to confide
the steely indifference is honed to a point
and thrust into the messenger’s side
Pull the shade from the ground
leave the howl for the hounds
Take the scar from the wound
and the evidence is gone
the protagonist moves on
Swallowing down curses and coughing up steam
an illness in search of a cure
a sense of abandon left me long ago
it’s the one thing of which I am sure
And I’m drifting between snow banks in this numb, hollow frame
like driving my parent’s old car
there’s a wasp on the dashboard, the window handle’s gone
and it’s only going to get you so far
Pull the shade from the ground
leave the howl for the hounds
Take the scar from the wound
and the evidence is gone
the protagonist moves on
Wilting in the starlight on a cold Boxing Day
lunging toward a London hotel
I catch me with a southpaw and finish with my right
and I’m woken by the clock tower bell
And the taxis and the toxins and the tender of the Queen
spill into the narrows and straights
against my inclination to slumber in the Thames
I wander through the embassy gate
Pull the shade from the ground
leave the howl for the hounds
Take the scar from the wound
and the evidence is gone
the protagonist moves on
Bloodshot and belligerent on a sidewalk towards home
fading like a beach house tattoo
fading like a beach house tattoo
against my better judgement I look me in the eye
and I give myself a good talking to
The patrons and pedestrians and the young pioneers
decline my request to confide
the steely indifference is honed to a point
and thrust into the messenger’s side
Pull the shade from the ground
leave the howl for the hounds
Take the scar from the wound
and the evidence is gone
the protagonist moves on
Swallowing down curses and coughing up steam
an illness in search of a cure
a sense of abandon left me long ago
it’s the one thing of which I am sure
And I’m drifting between snow banks in this numb, hollow frame
like driving my parent’s old car
there’s a wasp on the dashboard, the window handle’s gone
and it’s only going to get you so far
Pull the shade from the ground
leave the howl for the hounds
Take the scar from the wound
and the evidence is gone
the protagonist moves on
Wilting in the starlight on a cold Boxing Day
lunging toward a London hotel
I catch me with a southpaw and finish with my right
and I’m woken by the clock tower bell
And the taxis and the toxins and the tender of the Queen
spill into the narrows and straights
against my inclination to slumber in the Thames
I wander through the embassy gate
Pull the shade from the ground
leave the howl for the hounds
Take the scar from the wound
and the evidence is gone
the protagonist moves on
Bloodshot and belligerent on a sidewalk towards home
fading like a beach house tattoo
Lyrics submitted by krystian11
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