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”
Ashes, ashes, dust to dust
It doesn't hurt enough yet, does it, does it?
(I'm gonna make you feel it
Gonna make you want it)
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
Half of you's still underground
(I'm gonna make you feel it
Gonna make you want it.)
Don't you want to feel something
In those heavy little veins of yours?
Clock's ticking now, get your body off the floor
This is your addiction
So you can play the victim
But you can't make me play along
Oh fight back your demons
Don't let them take you down
Oh scream like you mean it
Make me believe you now
Ashes, ashes in the air
Remains of dead dreams everywhere
(I'm gonna make you feel it
Gonna make you want it)
Ashes, ashes, could be you
But you're still beating aren't you?
(I'm gonna make you feel it
Gonna make you want it)
Aren't you gonna do something with that pretty little heart of yours?
Get up, move, get your body off the floor
This world is twisted
It's the human condition
But you don't have to play along
Pain didn't change me
I changed my pain
Pain didn't change me
I changed my pain
Oh fight back your demons
Don't let them take you down
Oh scream like you mean it
Make me believe you now
We didn't come this far to just get this far
(We didn't come this far to just get this far)
You didn't come this far to just get this far
(You didn't come this far to just get this far)
We didn't come this far to just get this far
(We didn't come this far to just get this far)
You didn't come this far to just get this far
(You didn't come this far to just get this far)
You didn't come this far to just get this far
You didn't shoot for the moon just to hit the stars
You didn't work this hard just to fade to black
It cuts me in half to see you hold back
And you'll know when you're lost 'cause I won't let you sleep through the night
I won't let you sleep through the night
I promise you I'll be here screaming at you baby fight baby fight baby fight...
Oh fight back your demons
Don't let them take you down
Oh scream like you mean it
Make me believe you now
It doesn't hurt enough yet, does it, does it?
(I'm gonna make you feel it
Gonna make you want it)
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
Half of you's still underground
(I'm gonna make you feel it
Gonna make you want it.)
Don't you want to feel something
In those heavy little veins of yours?
Clock's ticking now, get your body off the floor
This is your addiction
So you can play the victim
But you can't make me play along
Oh fight back your demons
Don't let them take you down
Oh scream like you mean it
Make me believe you now
Ashes, ashes in the air
Remains of dead dreams everywhere
(I'm gonna make you feel it
Gonna make you want it)
Ashes, ashes, could be you
But you're still beating aren't you?
(I'm gonna make you feel it
Gonna make you want it)
Aren't you gonna do something with that pretty little heart of yours?
Get up, move, get your body off the floor
This world is twisted
It's the human condition
But you don't have to play along
Pain didn't change me
I changed my pain
Pain didn't change me
I changed my pain
Oh fight back your demons
Don't let them take you down
Oh scream like you mean it
Make me believe you now
We didn't come this far to just get this far
(We didn't come this far to just get this far)
You didn't come this far to just get this far
(You didn't come this far to just get this far)
We didn't come this far to just get this far
(We didn't come this far to just get this far)
You didn't come this far to just get this far
(You didn't come this far to just get this far)
You didn't come this far to just get this far
You didn't shoot for the moon just to hit the stars
You didn't work this hard just to fade to black
It cuts me in half to see you hold back
And you'll know when you're lost 'cause I won't let you sleep through the night
I won't let you sleep through the night
I promise you I'll be here screaming at you baby fight baby fight baby fight...
Oh fight back your demons
Don't let them take you down
Oh scream like you mean it
Make me believe you now
Lyrics submitted by sylcollective
Demons Lyrics as written by Ariel Bloomer Shawn Jump
Lyrics © TUNECORE INC, TuneCore Inc., Bluewater Music Corp., Songtrust Ave
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