Lyrics
Heard the squeaking of the stair
Perception of a sound, possibly indicating movement or approach.
Feel you close to me and I’m running out of air
Feeling the proximity of someone, with a sense of breathlessness.
How long since you locked me in?
Expressing being confined or restrained by someone else.
You sharpen your knife like a violin
Metaphorical comparison of sharpening a knife to playing a violin.
Babe, look up; you see the storm?
Inviting attention to an impending emotional storm or conflict.
Go hard or go back home, my love
Encouraging a commitment to a challenging situation or relationship.
Glory won’t be yours this time
Anticipation that success or victory may not be achieved this time.
God forgive me for tonight
A plea for forgiveness or absolution from a higher power.
How did we find ourselves here?
Reflection on the current situation and questioning how it was reached.
(Sky dark, clouds low, on a battlefield
Describing a dark and ominous atmosphere resembling a battlefield.
Gotta up, knives out, on a battlefield)
Call to action, suggesting a need to be on guard in a challenging situation.
Can’t remember - when love turned to fear
Expressing uncertainty about when love transformed into fear.
(Your heart, my heart, on a battlefield
Shared experience of emotional turmoil on a metaphorical battlefield.
There’s no way back, no they never heal)
Emphasizing the irreversible nature of certain emotional wounds.
Maybe this was a mistake
Acknowledging the possibility of a mistake in the situation.
(Sky dark, clouds low, on a battlefield
Reiteration of the battlefield imagery and the inability to escape.
Gotta up, knives out, on a battlefield)
Repeating the call to action in a challenging environment.
Like a nightmare, now we can't escape
Describing the current situation as resembling a nightmarish scenario.
(Your heart, my heart, on a battlefield
Reiterating the permanent nature of emotional scars.
There’s no way back, no they never heal)
Emphasizing the lack of recovery from emotional wounds.
Babe, look up; you see the storm?
Recalling attention to the approaching emotional storm.
Go hard or go back home, my love
Encouraging a commitment to facing challenges in the relationship.
Glory won’t be yours this time
Reiteration of the potential unattainability of glory in the current situation.
God forgive me for tonight
A repeated plea for forgiveness or absolution.
If you see if you see me breath
Possibly addressing the importance of being noticed or acknowledged.
Put your swords, put your swords on me
A symbolic request to face and confront challenges or conflict.
(You say, you say)
A repeated declaration, potentially emphasizing a point or request.
If you see if you see me breath
Reiteration of the symbolic request to confront challenges or conflict.
Put your swords, put your swords on me
Repeating the symbolic act of facing challenges or conflict.
If you see if you set me free
Expressing a desire for freedom or release from a difficult situation.
Put your swords, put your swords on me
Reiterating the symbolic act of facing challenges or conflict for freedom.
If you see if you see me breath
Repetition of the symbolic request, emphasizing the need for attention.
Put your swords, put your swords on me
Final repetition of the symbolic act, possibly pleading for resolution or acknowledgment.
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