Lyrics
Staring out a motel window
Contemplating from a motel room window
Watching as the moon glows
Observing the moon's radiance
Can you feel the cold?
Asking if one can sense the coldness
And I can barely sleep anymore
Struggling to sleep
Counting roaches on the floor
Counting pests on the floor
Is this really my home?
Questioning if this place truly feels like home
Caught my reflection in a window...
Noticing one's image in a window
WHERE DID MY YOUTH GO?
Expressing surprise or lament over lost youth
My skin weathered by the cold
Physical appearance affected by harsh conditions
And the burden of stories that won't get told
Weighted by untold stories and experiences
Can you hear the thunder roll?
Metaphorically describing an approaching storm
That's the sound of a heart grown cold
Symbolizing a heart that has become cold
(tell me can you hear it, tell me can you hear it?)
Asking if others can perceive this thunderous feeling
Can you hear the thunder roll?
(tell me can you hear it, tell me can you hear it?)
-That's the sound of a heart grown cold
Reiteration of a heart grown cold
Driving on i-5 south
Traveling on a specific highway
Just thinking about
Reflecting on past possibilities
How it could've turned out
Contemplating alternate life outcomes
And I ain't never been this low
Feeling at an extreme low point
Now all I got left
Only possession left: self-composed songs
Are the songs that I wrote
Caught my reflection in the window
Revisiting one's reflection
WHERE DID MY YOUTH GO?
Reiterating surprise or sorrow over lost youth
My skin weathered by the smoke
Physical impact from exposure to smoke
'Cause the only peace I know
Finding solace in a cigarette's end
Is the end of a Newport
Referencing a specific cigarette brand
Still bitter still cold
Emphasizing ongoing bitterness and coldness
Still using mud to fill the cracks in my soul
Attempting to mend internal pain with temporary fixes
And I know there's no hope
Realizing the absence of hope
Can you hear the thunder roll?
Reiterating the metaphorical thunder of a hardened heart
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