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”
I cannot ever find a way
to throw these darkened thoughts away
Need no place to hide
It's thrown in my face everyday,
'cause it's is the price I have to pay
for what's inside my mind
I am alive
You gives'em to me everyday
That's okay, that's how I like to play
They're not first in line
What's in my head I didn't say [save]
It's something that I can't run away
What's inside my mind
I am alive
I am alive
I will never run away
Places inside
My heart screams inside with pride
Once I cry
Now I wipe away the tears
Once I die
Now I'm alive
Alive!
to throw these darkened thoughts away
Need no place to hide
It's thrown in my face everyday,
'cause it's is the price I have to pay
for what's inside my mind
I am alive
You gives'em to me everyday
That's okay, that's how I like to play
They're not first in line
What's in my head I didn't say [save]
It's something that I can't run away
What's inside my mind
I am alive
I am alive
I will never run away
Places inside
My heart screams inside with pride
Once I cry
Now I wipe away the tears
Once I die
Now I'm alive
Alive!
Lyrics submitted by HoldURBreath
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no one has posted a meaning yet this isnt a fuckin chat site.
@b0ttld up 1nside ironically you didn't post a meaning??
i think the meaning of the song is that he's proud of mind, his thoughts and who he is, thats the real him and hes happy about that, although many people may want to crush him for that he still wants to be him and not have to change himself just to have an easyer life, kinda saying he will not change or run from the real him, kinda like what faget of a clown was saying "Sumthing about it makes me wanna rise up like nothing can hold me done. you can never keep me down. I also think that is the meaning of this song. You'll never stop me from what i wanna do" and EinFlügelEngel was correct it is supposed to be guess instead of 'cause it's
What comes to my mind when I hear this song is Manic Depressive Bipolar disorder. Note that it says "I cannot ever find a way to throw these darkened thoughts away Need no place to hide It's thrown in my face everyday"
If you have this disorder then you can probably relate to this. I know I can. It's pretty much about being overcame with dark thoughts. Rather it be about suicide, or hurting someone. I think it's about getting so used to these feelings that eventually your heart goes along with it. It's been happening so long that you start to agree with all the thoughts that your having. Note it also says at the end "My heart screams inside with pride Once I cry Now I wipe away the tears"
Meaning once upon a time he cried from these feelings, now he's wiped away his tears and his heart screams out in pride.
I dont know if that makes any sense, but that's my thought.
@KellsieHxC You have to just accept your past and these thoughts and not fight them, but at the same time learn from your mistakes. If you try to fight sadness or a bad feeling then you're just going to make yourself anxious and your never going to find peace. A lot of the time Bipolar Disorder and Chronic Anxiety go hand in hand.<br /> <br /> I have both these disorders and that comment was spot on,
This song is about like what ever happens to you, you wipe away your tears and fight back!
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@ultamatekornfan04 well I do believe the sub-genre nu-metal was coined largely because of Korn, so they did technically make a "class of their own"
I only just heard the song a couple of days ago, and i think it's fucking great.
This song is awesome, it should have been on the album instead of Need To. This is back when these guys were actually good.
to answer b0ttld up 1nside this song is basicly stating that Jon Davis has had a tramatizing life but he countinues to survive in this bias world and he's proud of that and sometimes has to suffer and still refuses to take his life. Anti-suisidle so to speak
dude this song has the best chorus EVER. sumthing about it , i dunno wat it is but it gets too me Every time i hear it. Sumthing about it makes me wanna rise up like nothing can hold me done. you can never keep me down. I also think that is the meaning of this song. You'll never stop me from what i wanna do.