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”
Blink and you miss a beat
Keep one of your eyes open at all times
Think that you're on the brink?
The shit hasn't even begun to hit the fan
Consequence, you'll see, will be stranger than a gang of drunken mimes
Situation has a stink
Better clear the air before your son becomes a man
Before your son becomes a man
Blink, everything's been augmented, you've been left so far behind
I think, for sure, next time you should
Wear a pair of eyes in the back of your head
Consequence you've seen has been stranger than sci-fi of any kind
Situation baffles me
I guess it's true, you are too one of the walking dead
You better think fast, think fast
'Cause you never know what's coming around the bend
You better not blink, don't blink
For consequence is a bigger word than you think
It's bigger than you or me
You or me, you or me
You or me
You better think fast, think fast
'Cause you never know what's coming around the bend
You better not blink, don't blink
For consequence is a bigger word than you think
It's bigger than you or me
You or me, you or me
Keep one of your eyes open at all times
Think that you're on the brink?
The shit hasn't even begun to hit the fan
Consequence, you'll see, will be stranger than a gang of drunken mimes
Situation has a stink
Better clear the air before your son becomes a man
Before your son becomes a man
Blink, everything's been augmented, you've been left so far behind
I think, for sure, next time you should
Wear a pair of eyes in the back of your head
Consequence you've seen has been stranger than sci-fi of any kind
Situation baffles me
I guess it's true, you are too one of the walking dead
You better think fast, think fast
'Cause you never know what's coming around the bend
You better not blink, don't blink
For consequence is a bigger word than you think
It's bigger than you or me
You or me, you or me
You or me
You better think fast, think fast
'Cause you never know what's coming around the bend
You better not blink, don't blink
For consequence is a bigger word than you think
It's bigger than you or me
You or me, you or me
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"For Consequence is a bigger word than you think. It's bigger than you or me."
That is so true and so scary. Brandon must have meditated on that word!
Maybe he was thinking in the direction of someone he knew who was a parent and was doing a questionable job? But then he turns it on himself as well, like realizing there are things he is guilty of doing that will have dramatic consequences in his future. and now that he is on the subject, all of us are cautioned. be wary of your blind sheepery, your sleepwalk thru life because time passes quickly and if you wait too long you are gonna be one sorry sumbish!!
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you know that for sure??
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think that you're on the brink? the shit hasn't even begun to hit the fan.
ahhh i love that line.
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