Ambulance
Eternal Circles of Hope and Despair
Lyrics
The lights burned down
The lights have dimmed or faded.
Don't you love the sound?
Is there an appreciation for the sound amidst the dimming lights?
The sedative buzzing
A sedative quality in the buzzing of the speaker's words.
Of my words
Do the words lack significance or meaning?
Signifying nothing?
Are the speaker's words ultimately meaningless?
The bang and whimper
Contrasting bang and whimper, perhaps symbolizing life's highs and lows.
God's lonely call
Reference to a lonely call from God.
All you hold dear
Everything cherished is subject to the cycles of rise and fall.
Is to rise and fall
Life is marked by ups and downs.
And I've stuck electrodes to what should be alive
The speaker has applied electrodes to something that should be alive.
I know hope dies last, oh, but lastly it dies
Acknowledgment that hope persists but eventually fades.
Can't seem to see you as a white rose or a halo over me
Difficulty seeing someone as a symbol of purity or protection.
We fell from grace
A reference to a fall from a state of favor or grace.
Beneath the bottom line of things unsaid
Exploration of unspoken things beneath a baseline.
The remnants of our terrible mistakes
The lingering effects of significant errors or regrets.
The shape that love takes when it freezes up
Love taking on a distorted form when faced with challenges.
I spent half a year setting fires with my brittle hands
A period of destructive actions with fragile hands.
We are crawling in circles
Cycles of repetitive and unproductive behavior.
We're circles in circles
A description of being stuck in circular patterns.
We're lighting wildfires
Engaging in destructive and creative actions simultaneously.
Extinguishing flames
Putting an end to destructive elements.
We're the hope and ruin
The simultaneous existence of hope and ruin.
We're holding on tighter
Holding onto something tightly.
Pushing us away
Actions pushing away the very thing being held onto.
We're circles and circles and circles in us
Repetition of circular patterns within.
Always breaking down. Constantly rebuilding
A cycle of breakdowns and rebuilding, a constant in life.
Always breaking down. Constantly rebuilding
Reiterating the theme of perpetual breakdowns and rebuilding.
Oh, I've stuck electrodes to what should be alive
Repetition of applying electrodes to something that should be alive.
I know hope dies last, oh, but lastly it dies
Hope persists but eventually fades away.
Can't seem to see you as a white rose or a halo over me
Continued difficulty seeing purity or protection in someone.
We'll fall from grace again
A prediction or acknowledgment of another fall from grace.
Oh, I can't feel a pulse of what's dead like the night
Inability to sense life or vitality in what is lifeless.
I know hope dies last but I've seen its faded eyes
A recognition of hope's persistence, even in its weakened state.
Can't seem to see you as a white rose or a halo over me
Continued difficulty seeing purity or protection in someone.
We fell from grace
Another reference to a fall from a state of favor or grace.
We're circles in circles
Reiteration of being stuck in repetitive and unproductive patterns.
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