Heaven Wasn't Built to Hold Me
Unraveling Existential Struggles: Heaven's Absence
Lyrics
They sink down deeper
Describing a sinking feeling getting worse
While still dodging the creeper
Avoiding something unsettling or threatening
Of the blue collar classic motif
Reference to the typical working-class theme
Let it fall into the sea with your perfect posture
Letting go of perfection despite appearances
Still a crooked spine
Feeling imperfect or flawed
While the flume you protect starts to leak
Protecting something that's starting to fail
Can't buy pride with good intentions
You can't gain self-respect just through good intentions
Whoa whoa, I feel like I'm a saint
Feeling morally upright
Whoa whoa, but I'm treated like a ghost
Despite feeling virtuous, being overlooked or ignored
You starve for attention
Craving attention from others
But you've been biting the bullet for years
Enduring hardship for a long time
You betrayed my trust to learn my secrets
Betraying trust to gain knowledge about someone
And manifest my fears the cause and effect
Causing and experiencing consequences of actions
For the simple minded it's pulled you in
Manipulating those who are less perceptive
The ugliness whose pocket book you've loaded
Benefiting from the unattractive aspects that have captivated someone
Can't buy luck with no religion
You can't obtain good fortune without belief
Drifting through life without a trace
Living without leaving a significant impact
Heaven won't take me, but hell can't wait
Feeling rejected by heaven and not welcomed by hell
You can't break this spell
Unable to escape a certain fate or situation
You can save me
Offering help but unable to change the situation
You can't right my wrongs
Unable to fix past mistakes
You can't part the sea
Unable to perform a miraculous act
Heaven wasn't built to hold me
Feeling out of place in the conventional notion of paradise
Whoa whoa, I feel like I'm a saint
Feeling morally upright but burdened by a curse
Whoa whoa, but I'm living with a curse
Living with a sense of doom or persistent negativity
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