Lyrics
There is no safe place for me to hide
There is no secure place for the speaker to find refuge.
There's no safe place for me, too tired
The absence of a safe haven is making the speaker feel exhausted.
There is no safe place for me to hide
Reiteration of the lack of a safe place for the speaker to hide.
There's no safe place for meâ?¦
Emphasis on the absence of a secure space for the speaker.
It always hurts when it's someone you love
Pain is intensified when it involves someone the speaker loves.
Won't you rise above
Encouragement for the loved one to transcend the pain.
There's a price in blood
Acknowledgment of a cost, perhaps in emotional suffering.
It always hurts when it's someone you love
Reiteration of the heightened pain when it concerns a loved one.
Won't you rise above
Encouragement for the loved one to rise above the pain.
There's a price in love
Recognition of a price associated with love.
There is no safe place for me to hide
The speaker continues to express the lack of a safe place for hiding.
There's no safe place for me, I'm so tired
The absence of a secure place is causing fatigue for the speaker.
There is no safe place for me to hide
Reiteration of the theme of no safe place for the speaker to hide.
There's no safe place for me
Emphasis on the absence of a secure space for the speaker.
I'm tired
The speaker is expressing their weariness.
So tell me a story about your life
Invitation for the listener to share a personal life story.
I don't mind, I don't mind
Reassurance that the speaker doesn't mind hearing the story.
Won't you tell me? That will be just fine.
Encouragement for the listener to share their story.
I don't mind, idle mind.
The speaker doesn't mind a wandering or idle mind.
Singin' songs about the â??ald lang zine'
Reference to singing songs about old times.
I don't mind, I don't mindâ?¦
The speaker is indifferent to hearing such songs.
(Forever)
Introduction of the theme of "Forever."
Won't you lend me your sins against you
Request for the listener to share their sins.
For every thing I understand
Acknowledgment of understanding some aspects, but not all.
One thousand more won't comprehend (Forever)
A recognition that certain things are beyond comprehension.
It always hurts when its someone you love
Reiteration of the pain involved when it concerns someone loved.
Won't you rise, rise above
Encouragement to rise above the pain.
(Forever)
Reiteration of the theme of "Forever."
It always hurts when it's someone you love
Reiteration of the pain involved when it concerns someone loved.
Won't you rise above
Encouragement to rise above the pain.
There's a price in blood
Recognition of a price associated with love, specifically in blood.
I see the car that your mom keeps sending, when I breathe it feels just like my life is ending. I think of the one that I most respected and all the words that I'm now regretting.
The speaker reflects on a car and thoughts of regret.
Id hold them now, but I'm bruised and beaten and I'm alone and I've barely eaten.
The speaker expresses physical and emotional distress.
And it seems just like the way it goes that down the road we may have known about the love in both of us we push and shove, betray the trust, don't let this make a fool of us I'm tired hungry broke and just wish I could come back home
Reflection on the complexities of love, regret, and longing for home.
Forever, forever
Repetition of the theme "Forever."
Calling you out I called your bluff
The speaker challenges and exposes deception.
But â??that just wasn't good enoughâ??
An acknowledgment that the challenge was insufficient.
You split my face and spilled my blood
Description of physical harm inflicted by a loved one.
Then tears ran down the face I loved
The emotional pain resulting from harm to the loved one.
It always hurts when its someone you love
Reiteration of the pain involved when it concerns someone loved.
Won't you rise above?
Encouragement to rise above the pain.
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