Thirsty
Eternal Thirst: Unveiling the Aching Soul in Gretchen Peters' 'Thirsty'
Lyrics
What makes your heart so bitter?
Questioning the cause of emotional bitterness in one's heart.
What makes your road so rough?
Questioning the reason for the hardships and challenges faced in life's journey.
What makes your cup half empty?
Asking why the cup (life) feels perpetually lacking, never full enough.
There's never near enough
Expressing a sense of insufficiency, a feeling that needs are never adequately met.
What makes you look right through me?
Questioning why someone seems to ignore or overlook the speaker.
What demon from your past?
Asking about the haunting influences from one's past affecting the present.
What are you looking for
Curiosity about what someone seeks or hopes to find by indulging in alcohol.
Inside that whiskey glass?
Questioning the motive behind seeking solace or answers in a glass of whiskey.
You're always thirsty, thirsty
Stating a recurring pattern of perpetual thirst or unquenchable desire.
You're always thirsty
Reiteration of a persistent state of thirst.
And you're never satisfied
Highlighting the perpetual dissatisfaction despite attempts to fulfill desires.
What makes me feel so broken
Expressing personal feelings of being fragmented or damaged.
So empty and so wild?
Feeling a sense of emptiness and untamed emotions.
What makes me feel so restless
Questioning the cause behind feeling unsettled and restless.
Like some lonely orphan child?
Comparing personal feelings to that of a lonely, abandoned child.
I'm always thirsty, thirsty
Expressing the speaker's perpetual state of yearning or unfulfilled desires.
I'm always thirsty
Reiteration of the constant feeling of thirst or desire.
And I'm never satisfied
Acknowledging the perpetual dissatisfaction despite efforts to fulfill desires.
What makes this house so frigid
Describing a home environment as cold and unwelcoming, akin to a trap.
Feels like a cold steel trap?
Comparing the home's atmosphere to a chilling, restricting environment.
What makes us pace like wild things?
Questioning what causes restless behavior, akin to pacing like wild animals.
What turned us mean like that?
Asking about the cause behind a change to a harsh or unkind nature.
We're always thirsty, thirsty
Describing a perpetual state of thirst or insatiable desires shared between individuals.
We're always thirsty
Reiteration of the continuous yearning or longing.
We're never satisfied
Highlighting the ongoing dissatisfaction despite attempts to quench desires.
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