Cannonball
Cannonball of Emotions: Love, Loss, and Resilience in Brandi Carlile's Melody
Lyrics
I was born when I met you
I came into existence when I met you.
Now I'm dying to forget you
Now, I strongly desire to erase you from my thoughts.
And that is what I know
This is the certainty that I have.
Though I dreamed I would fall
Even though I had aspirations of falling in love.
Like a wounded cannonball
Similar to a wounded cannonball, I feel myself descending, carrying the weight of my heart.
Sinking down with my heart in tow
Sinking down with my heart in tow.
Bright lights like white lightning
Bright lights, intense and sudden like white lightning.
Who shot me down?
Questioning who brought me down?
Who will cut me down?
Who will end my suffering?
I'm frozen in my bed 'til the day comes around
I'm stuck in my bed until a new day arrives.
How I'm lost, how I'm found
Describing the feelings of being lost and then found.
There's a man all alone
Depicting a solitary man
Telling me his friends are gone
Telling the narrator that his friends have departed.
That they've died and flown away
They've died and left.
So I told him he was wrong
Contradicting, asserting that friends are never truly gone.
That you friends are never gone
If one looks to the sky and prays.
If you look to the sky and pray
Bright lights like white lightning
Asking who brought me down?
Who shot me down?
Who will put an end to my suffering?
Who will cut me down?
Stating the continued state of being frozen in bed until a new day dawns.
I'm frozen in my bed till the day comes around
Describing the cycle of feeling lost and then found.
How I'm lost, how I'm found
Someone told me a lie
Direct eye contact, and the assurance that time will alleviate the pain.
Someone looked me in the eye
When one falls, the metaphorical cannonball of pain returns for the heart once again.
And said time will ease your pain
But behold, when you fall
Reiteration of bright lights like white lightning.
It's that same old cannonball
Asking who brought me down?
Coming back for your heart again
Who will put an end to my suffering?
Bright lights like white lightning
Leaving room for the possibility that the new day may arrive.
Who shot me down?
Until the day comes around.
Who will cut me down?
Describing the ongoing cycle of feeling lost and then found.
I'm frozen in my bed 'til the day comes around
And it may come around
I came into existence when I met you.
Until the day comes around
Now, I strongly desire to erase you from my thoughts.
How I'm lost, how I'm found
This is the certainty that I have.
I was born when I met you
Even though I had aspirations of falling in love.
Now I'm dying to forget you
Similar to a wounded cannonball, I feel myself descending, carrying the weight of my heart.
And that is what I know
Sinking down with my heart in tow.
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