Under The Clouds
Rising Above Despair: A Journey Under The Clouds
Lyrics
She wipes her eyes, her baby in her arms
Depicts a woman wiping her eyes while holding her baby.
God has not been around for a while
Suggests a feeling of abandonment by God for a prolonged period.
Can't turn the page, no space to dream
Expresses a sense of stagnation and lack of space for dreams.
Everyday feels like the last one
Conveys a monotonous and repetitive feeling in her daily life.
She learns forgiveness, she learns fear
Describes the woman learning both forgiveness and fear.
She learns to pull faith from under the clouds
Highlights her ability to find faith even in challenging circumstances.
She sees a million faces of million races
Describes the diverse faces she encounters in a metaphorical sense.
Her wish is on a sign and she holds it high
Her wish is public, displayed on a sign as she seeks recognition.
I'm starving, I'm cold and I'm lost
Expresses her desperate state, including hunger, coldness, and feeling lost.
Don't walk through my walls like a ghost
Asks for respect and awareness, cautioning against being like a ghost.
Don't turn your head away
Requests not to ignore her plight and to face the reality.
Everyday, I wake up under the clouds
Every day, waking up under challenging circumstances.
She'll numb her body, she'll numb her mind
Implies a coping mechanism of numbing her body and mind.
In the blaring sirens it'll get her through the night
Suggests finding solace in loud sirens during the night.
A prayer is no miracle, a church is no shelter
Reflects skepticism about the effectiveness of prayer and church as refuge.
Fractured smiles won't lift her up
Fractured smiles symbolize that surface-level happiness doesn't help her.
Spare a dime, take your time
Requests help and acknowledges the importance of time.
Love's not stronger than justice
Questions the strength of love compared to justice.
No direction, no inspiration
Conveys a sense of being lost without direction or inspiration.
Home is everywhere her feet have touched the ground
Suggests a nomadic lifestyle, finding home wherever she has been.
I'm starving, I'm cold and I'm lost
Reiterates the desperate state of hunger, coldness, and being lost.
Don't walk through my walls like a ghost
Repeats the caution against being unseen and unheard like a ghost.
Don't you turn your head away
Reiterates the plea not to turn away from her suffering.
Everyday, I wake up under the clouds
Everyday waking up under challenging circumstances.
Under the clouds
Emphasizes the recurring theme of facing difficulties under the clouds.
Under the clouds
-Under the clouds
-She'll face her demons
Expresses her determination to confront and overcome demons and fears.
She'll face her fears
-She'll face the lie of
Addresses the false promise of help and the need to face reality.
Help is here
-She knows her dreams were
Acknowledges her dreams as valuable but forgotten in adversity.
As good as anyones
-But she can't remember
Expresses confusion about how circumstances have changed.
How the wind has turned
-Please tell me how
Pleads for an explanation of why the winds of fortune have shifted.
Please tell me how
-Tell me why the winds have turned
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