Settle For Satin Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cbacci 

Cover art for Settle For Satin lyrics by Alkaline Trio

As one of the oldest Alk3 fans (in age), this song is about settling. Basically, the older you get, the more you realize how people settle for something less than they imagined they ever would. How many people stay in relationships or jobs or cities - because it's 'comfortable'. And that is all they have known? I see it everyday everywhere. People giving up on dreams and faking it (affectations) because it's easier to settle than to get what you really want. Think about it.

Fyi -- here are the lyrics from the CD liner:

SETTLE FOR SATIN

It's not so much a storm But just a cloud that lives inside of me He doesn't stir so easily these days But when he wakes he goes the distance In a marathon of days too long Open containers that sing songs You'll never dream again but you can pray

I guess we all settle in to what we know I guess we always settle in, we know That there is comfort in our world Where darkness is the only thing we see And cold is all we have to breathe Where affectations keep us company Where the lies we tell to eyes that roll in doubt Are somehow out of our control

It's not about the scars But more the crowds that walk all over me They don't give up too easily these days But when they break they go to pieces Fall apart right here in North Side bars Under a sky that knows no stars You'll never shine again but you will stay

I guess we all settle in to what we know I guess we always settle in, we know That there is comfort in our world Where darkness is the only thing we see And cold is all we have to breathe Where affectations keep us company Where the lies we tell to eyes that roll in doubt Are somehow out of our control

That there is comfort in our world Where darkness is the only thing we see And cold is all we have to breathe Where affectations keep us company Where the lies we tell to eyes that roll in doubt Are somehow out of our control We lost control