this song is about someone who has found a new relationship. she want to be able to look at it with open eyes like she did when she was young "can i look at you with different eyes? like the girl that i was when i was 17" she is scared to get back into a realtionship because of her past "the fallen empires the shattered glass the wicked echoes of my past" she is questioning weather or not he will be there tomorrow when things get tough and he won't just leave her to deal with all the problems "so your waves don't crash around me" she wants to look at everything and be smart about this so she can see whats coming "I'm staying one steep ahead of the tide" she wants him to be different than the past where she didn't know what was happening she was going to fast before she knew what was going on she didn't pay attention"i got caught up in a daze" she want him to teach her how to be loved because in the past it didn't work so she's taking a second chanse at love and going to trust him "can i give my self just one more second chance? and put my trust in love please don't hurt me" she what to give this relationship a try but she wants it to be different so she will trust hims and try it out
this song is about someone who has found a new relationship. she want to be able to look at it with open eyes like she did when she was young "can i look at you with different eyes? like the girl that i was when i was 17" she is scared to get back into a realtionship because of her past "the fallen empires the shattered glass the wicked echoes of my past" she is questioning weather or not he will be there tomorrow when things get tough and he won't just leave her to deal with all the problems "so your waves don't crash around me" she wants to look at everything and be smart about this so she can see whats coming "I'm staying one steep ahead of the tide" she wants him to be different than the past where she didn't know what was happening she was going to fast before she knew what was going on she didn't pay attention"i got caught up in a daze" she want him to teach her how to be loved because in the past it didn't work so she's taking a second chanse at love and going to trust him "can i give my self just one more second chance? and put my trust in love please don't hurt me" she what to give this relationship a try but she wants it to be different so she will trust hims and try it out