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”
This doesn't mean I'm waiting
Anticipating death
Capital on kindness
Laying me to rest
I'm not that easy
You're not that smart
You're not to say I'm not about to fall apart
Grasping for more time
Struggling with my pride
Bend me till I break
Till I make a sad mistake
That brings you down on me
Making fun of me
Making fun of me
I hope it makes you laugh
Until all the tensions gone
Whatever makes you shake
Whatever turns you on
It's not that easy
You're not that smart
I'm not to say you're not about to fall apart
Here he is your torture for your secrets all exposed
Easy equations multiply your ego
Up for the stroke
Whatever makes you shake
I hope it makes you choke
I hope it makes you choke
Running circles round he
Hoping to provoke him
Look him in the eye
With a stare like ice
Up for a stroke
I hope it makes you choke
That all the tensions gone
I hope it makes you choke
Kindness is a virtue prefered the little upsets
Bringing on the breakdown
Breaker to the broken
Breaker to the broken
Breaker to the broken
Breaker to the broken
Did I put you on the spot
Even make you hot
Did it hit that spot?
Does it make you hot or leave you cold?
Starting to feel old
Does it make you hot or leave you cold?
Starting to feel old
I'd be living in eternal youth
You'd be genocide to hide the proof
I'd drag you down if you'd let me follow
Sabotage quitter
Low Blow
Schitzo
The weakness is the secret of the strength
The weakness is the sweetness in the stench
The weakness is the secret of the strength
The weakness is the sweetness in the stench
The weakness is the secret of the strength
The weakness is the sweetness in the stench
Anticipating death
Capital on kindness
Laying me to rest
I'm not that easy
You're not that smart
You're not to say I'm not about to fall apart
Grasping for more time
Struggling with my pride
Bend me till I break
Till I make a sad mistake
That brings you down on me
Making fun of me
Making fun of me
I hope it makes you laugh
Until all the tensions gone
Whatever makes you shake
Whatever turns you on
It's not that easy
You're not that smart
I'm not to say you're not about to fall apart
Here he is your torture for your secrets all exposed
Easy equations multiply your ego
Up for the stroke
Whatever makes you shake
I hope it makes you choke
I hope it makes you choke
Running circles round he
Hoping to provoke him
Look him in the eye
With a stare like ice
Up for a stroke
I hope it makes you choke
That all the tensions gone
I hope it makes you choke
Kindness is a virtue prefered the little upsets
Bringing on the breakdown
Breaker to the broken
Breaker to the broken
Breaker to the broken
Breaker to the broken
Did I put you on the spot
Even make you hot
Did it hit that spot?
Does it make you hot or leave you cold?
Starting to feel old
Does it make you hot or leave you cold?
Starting to feel old
I'd be living in eternal youth
You'd be genocide to hide the proof
I'd drag you down if you'd let me follow
Sabotage quitter
Low Blow
Schitzo
The weakness is the secret of the strength
The weakness is the sweetness in the stench
The weakness is the secret of the strength
The weakness is the sweetness in the stench
The weakness is the secret of the strength
The weakness is the sweetness in the stench
Lyrics submitted by Akolade
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