Lyric discussion by TafelAnatomie 

Cover art for The Rising Tide lyrics by Sunny Day Real Estate

Will you escape your life with all the walls you build? Smother your will and lead you into fasion...

Will you repair your life with all the holes you fill? Smother your will and drain you of your passion Will you defend your life and all the hope you feel? Or smother your will and lead you into fasion...

These fit perfectly about a friend I have... the war inside himself between the idealism which believes that hope exists, and the realism that won't accept the existence of hope. So he ends up building up walls to protect himself from any sort of pain. But that causes him to miss out on so much in life. I wish I could ask him that last question... I wish we could ride the rising tide together.

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