We're All Thieves
Echoes of Desperation: Unraveling the Meaning Behind Circa Survive's 'We're All Thieves'
Lyrics
Lost in a haunting thought.
Lost in contemplation or obsession with a troubling thought.
Spinning me around once more.
Feeling disoriented or emotionally affected, as if being spun around.
I wake just to feel the way.
Waking up to experience a certain emotion or state of being.
As the daylight comes around I turn.
Turning away as daylight arrives, possibly avoiding something.
With my eyes on the back door.
Focusing on an exit or escape route, perhaps from a situation.
Your face is light and cocaine white.
Describing someone's face as pale, possibly suggesting stress or anxiety.
One message beating through.
Receiving a persistent message or idea.
Smoke's filled the air and I'm struggling to breath.
Struggling to breathe in a smoky environment, indicating difficulty in a situation.
Let them be calm so I can finally sleep.
Desiring calmness from others to find peace and sleep.
Everything you intended to say,
Addressing the speaker's expectation of communication.
Don't go back on your words.
Encouraging honesty and consistency in words and actions.
You always said you'd tell me first.
Reminding someone of a promise to share information.
Verse after ending endless verse.
Expressing the repetition of verses, possibly in the speaker's life.
I can't escape the echoed words.
Feeling trapped by repeated and lingering words or memories.
I long to find the cure for the feeling
Seeking a solution or remedy for a persistent emotional state.
I find in these chords.
Finding emotional resonance or connection in music.
I smile as it burns.
Finding satisfaction or release in pain or difficulty.
I've been erased from the picture.
Feeling excluded or removed from a situation or relationship.
Excuse, oh no anything goes.
Suggesting a lack of excuses or justifications for actions.
Excuses, you know it doesn't work.
Acknowledging that excuses are ineffective or futile.
Excuses don't work.
Reiterating that making excuses is not a viable solution.
Excuse me this will calls out desperate.
Suggesting desperation or urgency in a phone call or message.
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