Burning Daylight
Embracing Despair: Dirt Cannon's Burning Daylight Reveals a Journey Through Pain
Lyrics
It has come, well it keeps on coming and I have none
Expresses the ongoing challenges or struggles faced, possibly with a sense of loss or emptiness.
Do you suppose that I have risen to a time of action
Ponders whether the speaker has reached a moment that demands action or change.
Just one, there's only one million days and one million reasons
Highlights the limited time available, emphasizing the urgency with one million days and reasons.
If I could get my head together from the pieces that I’ve scattered
Suggests a need to gather and reconcile one's thoughts or life from the fragments that are scattered.
Well, I’d be done
Implies that achieving the mentioned reconciliation would signify completion or resolution.
Faith is just good excuse for your mistakes
Comments on the use of faith as an excuse for mistakes, possibly critiquing its role in justifying errors.
Tales of simpler, easier times, that bullshit that has drowned your mind
Rejects nostalgic tales of simpler times as misleading and detrimental to one's mindset.
You wait, you work it out and make it right
Encourages patience and effort in resolving issues and making things right.
I can see it coming closer, winds of change are getting stronger
Anticipates impending change and challenges, emphasizing their growing intensity.
Hold on tight, if it's not getting worst it's getting better
Advises holding on through difficult times, acknowledging that situations may either worsen or improve.
When it's late at night I hear it knocking
Describes a persistent, possibly unsettling, presence or realization late at night.
When it's late at night I know you're there
Reiterates the awareness of someone's presence during late-night hours.
And until the early morning we'll be running to the spastic pulse of my despair
Portrays a continuous struggle or movement in the face of despair, possibly with a frantic pace.
Curse my life, curse this fucking pain, I’m just a child in chains okay, you come and get me
Expresses frustration, pain, and a sense of being confined or controlled, inviting a challenge to this condition.
I’m wide awake, never lived the dream, no, nothing’s what it seems
Denies having experienced an idealized dream, emphasizing a harsh reality where nothing is as it appears.
I know, but I can’t, but I don’t let it go
Acknowledges awareness of a situation but struggles to let go or move past it.
If I have a come that far I must have been right, I’ll make it through the night
Reflects on perseverance and the belief that reaching a certain point indicates correctness and the ability to endure.
This daylight dwells on every fucking thought, if I could burn it and make peace
Conveys the intrusive nature of daylight, which intensifies every thought, expressing a desire to burn it and find peace.
Burn it and quit
Suggests a desire to end or escape from the persistent thoughts, possibly through burning them metaphorically.
Dwells on every fucking thought if I could sleep
Reiterates the impact of daylight on thoughts, expressing a wish for relief or release through sleep.
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