First Time
Embracing Change: Matt Nathanson's Reflection on Time and Redemption
Lyrics
I'm ready to embrace this
I am prepared to accept and welcome this situation
I'm ready for repair
I am ready for healing and restoration
I've got so many layers
I have many complex aspects or emotions
Left by amateur painters
Refers to past experiences marked by inexperienced individuals
who covered over
These individuals concealed or obscured what was originally present
what was there
Highlighting the act of covering or hiding
I stuffed myself sick on your memory
Expressing indulgence in memories, possibly painful
And the beautiful mess we'd made
Recalling a beautiful but chaotic past
But I'm so tired of being inspired
Expressing fatigue from finding inspiration only in loss
Only when things slip away
Creativity sparked mainly when things slip away
They told me time would strip it all free
Expectation that time will gradually remove emotional burdens
And leave me bone dry
Anticipating being emotionally drained by time
They told me time would strip it all free
Repetition of the idea that time will strip away emotional baggage
But I'm no better than
Comparing oneself to the past
When I left here the first time
Reflection on the state during the initial departure
I'm ready to erase this
Expressing readiness to forget or eliminate something
I'm ready to begin
Preparedness to start anew
Spent myself trying to change
Efforts spent trying to alter the beauty of the past
All of the beauty we'd made
Reflecting on the desire to reclaim what was lost
just to want it all back again
And with the clouds moving in
Changes in the atmosphere symbolizing a transformed situation
this hardly looks like the same moon
Observing alterations in the familiar night sky
And with the leaves all gone
Loss of elements that once provided strength
The trees that once stood strong
Formerly robust trees now appear diminished and harsh
now look pinched and cruel
They told me time would strip it all free
Reiteration of the belief that time will alleviate emotional burdens
And leave me bone dry
Expectation of being emotionally drained over time
They told me time would strip it all free
Repetition of the idea that time will strip away emotional baggage
But I'm no better than
Comparison of current self to the past
When I left here the first time
Reflection on the state during the initial departure
Well I'm no better than when I left here the first
Admission of not being improved since the first departure
First time
First tiiiimeeee
-They told me time would strip it all free
-And leave me bone dry
-They told me time would strip it all free
-But I'm no better than
Comparison of current self to the past
When I left here the first time
Reflection on the state during the initial departure
Well I'm no better than when i left here the first time
Admission of not being improved since the first departure
Well I'm no better than when I left here the first
Time
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-Time
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