Ashes
Embracing Change: Navigating Life's Crossroads with Arthur Alexander's 'Ashes'
Lyrics
There comes a time when you know it,
There is a moment of realization.
The time has come when it's best to move on.
The time has come to move on.
It's alright to cry, you can show it,
It's acceptable to express emotions, including crying.
There's no turning back
Once the feeling is gone, there's no going back.
Once you find that the feeling's gone.
And it's hard to have to shut your mind,
It's difficult to close off your thoughts.
And it hurts to leave it all behind,
Leaving everything behind is painful.
And it's worse when you're trying to save
Trying to save something can be worse.
A handful of ashes!
Refers to a futile attempt to salvage what's lost - represented as ashes.
Some got it made, they can do it,
Some people navigate life easily, oblivious to certain realities.
Go through this life with their heads in the sand.
Describes a carefree attitude that the speaker finds challenging.
Well, all I can say is, I've been through it,
Expresses personal experience of difficulty, something intolerable.
It's really a drag, a kind of thing I just couldn't stand.
Refers to a burdensome and unbearable situation.
You can run and see what money will buy,
Suggests options to escape, like pursuing material wealth.
You can hide and go on living a lie,
Emphasizes the possibility of living a falsehood.
You can try playing games and win
Playing games to win represents deceptive actions.
A handful of ashes!
Reiterates the theme of attempting to grasp something unattainable - ashes.
Am I right?
Questions the correctness of the situation.
Am I wrong?
Questions the speaker's judgment.
What's the difference,
Highlights the insignificance, as it's just a song.
It's just a song!
Questions the importance of the difference.
Is it true?
Is it real?
Questions the truth or reality of the situation.
All I can tell you is how I feel!
Expresses the speaker's emotional state.
There comes a time when you know it,
Repeats the earlier realization, emphasizing the need for action.
The time is here to cross the bridge, pay the toll.
Indicates a critical moment to face consequences and pay the price.
You no longer care if you blow it
No longer caring about the outcome due to the unbearable situation.
'Cause living this way is just like not living at all!
Living in such a way feels equivalent to not living at all.
I don't want to tell you what to do,
Declines to give advice but expresses a desire to avoid a specific situation.
I don't care if you believe it's true
Indifferent to whether others believe the speaker's experience.
I just don't wanna be around
Desires to avoid being in the presence of something undesirable - ashes.
A handful of ashes!
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