There is nowhere left to hide
There is nothing to be done
No people to be saved
No pets we've never names
40 miles from the sun
As darkness craves the mind
We come undone without our pride
No time on the earth to come
All the pleasures just begun
40 miles from the sun
In our coats beneath the layers
Wash my skin of all the hate
We should sleep late
Everything just kind of grates
40 miles from the sun
40 miles from the sun
40 miles from the sun
I need to lose to make it right
I'll confront the stars tonight
I will babble I will bite
You will never know how much you shine
40 miles from the sun
40 miles from the sun
40 miles from the sun
There is nothing to be done
No people to be saved
No pets we've never names
40 miles from the sun
As darkness craves the mind
We come undone without our pride
No time on the earth to come
All the pleasures just begun
40 miles from the sun
In our coats beneath the layers
Wash my skin of all the hate
We should sleep late
Everything just kind of grates
40 miles from the sun
40 miles from the sun
40 miles from the sun
I need to lose to make it right
I'll confront the stars tonight
I will babble I will bite
You will never know how much you shine
40 miles from the sun
40 miles from the sun
40 miles from the sun
Lyrics submitted by Moondragon
40 Miles from the Sun Lyrics as written by Gavin Rossdale
Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I'm glad that some other people thought this song could be about the world ending. Usually, when I read something like that in to a song, I'm alone in it. I don't think this song relates to just the aftermath of a disaster, I think it's about a situation where things will never go back to zero. I always imagined the last two people in the world just lying together and waiting to die, maybe after trying everything they could to save other people. It seems like they're just worn out and kind of lying there accepting their fate.
I also like to take the title literally, sometimes, and think of an abandoned space shuttle or something about to drift in to the sun.
I don't really, know, though. I can see a lot of different stories in it. That's what's great about it.
You just fucking blew my mind! You perfectly described one of the most intense bad trips I have ever had. And that is what this song reminds me of. Sitting in silence with my girlfriend pressed against my chest on the brink of the end. Knowing there was no going back but still clinging on to that moment not wanting it to end.