Lyrics
I tried to drink it away
Expressing an attempt to drown sorrows through drinking.
I tried to put one in the air
Attempting to smoke or consume substances to cope.
I tried to dance it away
Trying to escape emotions by dancing.
I tried to change it with my hair
Seeking change or control by altering physical appearance, specifically hair.
I ran my credit card bill up
Escaping through excessive spending and materialism.
Thought a new dress would make it better
Believing that a new dress would bring improvement.
I tried to work it away
Attempting to work as a distraction, but it only deepens sadness.
But that just made me even sadder
Realizing that staying busy doesn't alleviate the pain.
I tried to keep myself busy
Trying to keep occupied but feeling trapped in a cycle.
I ran around in circles
Engaging in repetitive behaviors without meaningful results.
Think I made myself dizzy
Becoming disoriented and overwhelmed from constant activity.
I slept it away, sexed it away
Using sleep, sex, and reading as escapes from emotions.
read it away
Trying to read away the emotions without success.
Away
Emphasizing the desire to be away from the emotional turmoil.
Away, away, away, away, away
Repeating the desire to be away as a mantra.
Away, away, away, away, away
-Well, it's like cranes in the sky
Comparing emotional struggles to cranes in the sky.
don't wanna feel those metal clouds
Expressing a desire not to feel the weight of emotional burdens.
Yeah it's like cranes in the sky
Reiterating the aversion to the burdensome emotions symbolized as cranes in the sky.
don't wanna feel those metal clouds
Continuing to reject the emotional heaviness represented by metal clouds.
I tried to run it away
Attempting to run away physically to clear the mind.
Thought then my head would feel clearer
Expecting that physical movement will bring mental clarity.
I traveled seventy states
Traveling extensively in the hope of finding solace.
Thought moving 'round make me feel better
Believing that constant movement will lead to emotional improvement.
I tried to let go my lover
Trying to detach from a lover, thinking it will aid recovery.
Thought if I was alone then maybe I could recover
Assuming that being alone will facilitate emotional healing.
To write it away, cry it away (don't you cry, babe)
Exploring creative outlets like writing and crying to cope.
Away
Reiterating the desire to be away from emotional struggles.
Away, away, away, away, away
Continuing the mantra of wanting to be away from emotional turmoil.
Away, away, away, away, away
-But it's like cranes in the sky
Reiterating the comparison of emotional struggles to cranes in the sky.
don't wanna feel those metal clouds
Consistently rejecting the burden of emotional clouds represented by cranes.
it's like cranes in the sky
Emphasizing the desire to avoid the emotional weight symbolized by cranes.
don't wanna feel those metal
Repeating the rejection of emotional clouds, reinforcing the metaphor.
Clouds
Finalizing the rejection of emotional burdens symbolized as clouds.
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