Lyrics
Things have never been worse
Expressing a current state of extreme difficulty or hardship.
I try to change my life
Attempting to make positive changes in life.
But only end up worse
Despite efforts, the situation worsens.
It's written with a sure hand
Referring to a predetermined destiny or fate.
But so loath to speak
Reluctant or unwilling to communicate.
Another year in its grips
Another year controlled or influenced by a difficult situation.
All night and no release
No relief throughout the entire night.
Presaging the end
Foretelling or predicting the end of something.
Then the moon one day over-full
Describing the moon as exceptionally full on a particular day.
Surrounding me
The moon's presence surrounding the speaker.
Surrendering
Suggesting a surrender or giving in to a situation.
You'll always be more alive yesterday
The idea that memories of the past seem more vibrant and alive.
Surrounding me
Similar to line 11, the moon or a surrounding force.
Beauty
Beauty is introduced as a theme.
Is to feel
Defining beauty as the ability to feel a change.
A change in front of you
The change is occurring directly in front of the individual.
It comes so quickly
Change happens rapidly and unexpectedly.
Then it leaves
Similar to line 19, emphasizing the transient nature of change.
Quicker than it's seen
Change is fleeting and gone before fully comprehended.
And it's so bittersweet
Describing the mixed emotions associated with the transience of beauty.
That you bend
Bending around the ephemeral nature of beauty.
Around it
Breathing into the experience of beauty.
That you breathe
Feeling lost or disconnected without beauty.
Into it
Metaphorically, investing oneself into the experience of beauty.
You feel adrift without it
Expressing a sense of aimlessness or despair without beauty.
Dying without it
Suggesting a sense of figurative death or deterioration without beauty.
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