Slip away, your vanity is gone, I'm falling out of place (I think he dated someone who was vain. She changed and she doesn’t find him attractive anymore. Usually vain people care more about the sex than the person inside. With her vanity gone, she no longer is attracted to him and moved on)
We all fall down, the pain goes on (People feel broken every once and a while and they live through the pain)
We bear through the war and turn the lost away (People sometimes look the other way when someone needs help)
We all fall down, the pain goes on (They fall and the pain in continuous)
And I'll be the fire that dries the flood (He’ll be the one to make her tears go away. Or he’ll be the one to dry up his own flood of tears)
As I fight for one last prayer, I keep holding on (He’s holding on and fighting to get her back)
No love to believe in (There’s no reason for him to believe that she still loves him)
As I drag the Devil down, I will stand alone (He wrestles with his demons inside his mind. He fights alone)
No longer defeated (but they won’t win)
Stripped away, we rise above it all, forgotten and betrayed (I think this is referring to them now. They both overcame a lot of bull crap. They were betrayed by people and forgotten)
We all fall down, the pain goes on (Everyone takes a fall during their life and the pain is constant)
No better than before, still broken and afraid (Even though they rose above it, they’re no better than before. They both are still broken people who have to deal with their fears)
We all fall down, the pain goes on (It happens to everyone. The pain lives on)
And I'll be the cloud that hides the sun (He’ll be the darkness hiding the light. He’ll hide the truth from her if it means that she will take him back or love him)
chorus- see above
I'm falling to pieces, (Pained and used) (he feels ripped to shreds. It was almost abusive. She abused him because she used him only for sex. “Pained and used” It’s very painful to him and he still feels like he wants her. He knows he was only used by her.)
I know what I needed, it's not you (He needed love, not someone who was going to use him for sexual favors)
It's not you (not her)
(chorus) see above
No longer defeated
No longer defeated (either he wins her back or he stops loving her “no longer defeated”)
Slip away, your vanity is gone, I'm falling out of place (I think he dated someone who was vain. She changed and she doesn’t find him attractive anymore. Usually vain people care more about the sex than the person inside. With her vanity gone, she no longer is attracted to him and moved on) We all fall down, the pain goes on (People feel broken every once and a while and they live through the pain) We bear through the war and turn the lost away (People sometimes look the other way when someone needs help) We all fall down, the pain goes on (They fall and the pain in continuous)
And I'll be the fire that dries the flood (He’ll be the one to make her tears go away. Or he’ll be the one to dry up his own flood of tears)
As I fight for one last prayer, I keep holding on (He’s holding on and fighting to get her back) No love to believe in (There’s no reason for him to believe that she still loves him) As I drag the Devil down, I will stand alone (He wrestles with his demons inside his mind. He fights alone) No longer defeated (but they won’t win)
Stripped away, we rise above it all, forgotten and betrayed (I think this is referring to them now. They both overcame a lot of bull crap. They were betrayed by people and forgotten) We all fall down, the pain goes on (Everyone takes a fall during their life and the pain is constant) No better than before, still broken and afraid (Even though they rose above it, they’re no better than before. They both are still broken people who have to deal with their fears) We all fall down, the pain goes on (It happens to everyone. The pain lives on)
And I'll be the cloud that hides the sun (He’ll be the darkness hiding the light. He’ll hide the truth from her if it means that she will take him back or love him)
chorus- see above
I'm falling to pieces, (Pained and used) (he feels ripped to shreds. It was almost abusive. She abused him because she used him only for sex. “Pained and used” It’s very painful to him and he still feels like he wants her. He knows he was only used by her.) I know what I needed, it's not you (He needed love, not someone who was going to use him for sexual favors) It's not you (not her)
(chorus) see above
No longer defeated No longer defeated (either he wins her back or he stops loving her “no longer defeated”)