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”
Imprisoned in this world of darkness few have known
A monster lusting blood and the hunger grows
Out on the street, danger's real, the killer's still at large
A trail of death through sewers to the underground
I feel their fleeting life draw into my bones
Hear the heart that pounds, the blood that flows
Eternity I damn thee let me rot into the ground
As the empty veins collapse, cast them down
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
I just can't go on
In this living hell
This town has worn thin everybody knows
Panic in the news and the terror grows
A tunnel full of filth escape into the night
Another hole to dwell in the underground
I feel their fleeting life draw into my bones
Hear the heart that pounds, the blood that flows
Eternity I damn thee let me rot into the ground
As the empty veins collapse, cast them down
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
I just can't go on
In this living hell
In this living hell
In this living hell
I feel their fleeting life draw into my bones
Hear the heart that pounds, the blood that flows
Eternity I damn thee let me rot into the ground
As the empty veins collapse, cast them down
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
I just can't go on
In this living hell
A monster lusting blood and the hunger grows
Out on the street, danger's real, the killer's still at large
A trail of death through sewers to the underground
I feel their fleeting life draw into my bones
Hear the heart that pounds, the blood that flows
Eternity I damn thee let me rot into the ground
As the empty veins collapse, cast them down
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
I just can't go on
In this living hell
This town has worn thin everybody knows
Panic in the news and the terror grows
A tunnel full of filth escape into the night
Another hole to dwell in the underground
I feel their fleeting life draw into my bones
Hear the heart that pounds, the blood that flows
Eternity I damn thee let me rot into the ground
As the empty veins collapse, cast them down
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
I just can't go on
In this living hell
In this living hell
In this living hell
I feel their fleeting life draw into my bones
Hear the heart that pounds, the blood that flows
Eternity I damn thee let me rot into the ground
As the empty veins collapse, cast them down
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
Living hell, whoa
I just can't go on
In this living hell
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