A Welcome Haunting
A Welcome Haunting: Embracing Ghosts of Regret
Lyrics
Steal the breath from me. It's yours to take. I give it freely. Shake me from my sleep. To see the things. I could have done. To change everything. To be in place. To drive you both home. Not to gravestones. Take you somewhere safe.
Expresses a willingness to sacrifice and surrender ("Steal the breath from me. It's yours to take. I give it freely."). Reflects on missed opportunities and the desire to change the past, particularly in relation to driving someone home safely instead of to their graves.
Speak to me in memories. To comfort me. A welcomed haunting. This is my
Requests communication through memories for comfort, describing haunting as a welcomed apology.
Apology. This fallacy. A welcomed haunting silence ringing through
Describes the haunting as a welcomed apology and acknowledges the fallacy within it, emphasizing the silence that permeates through the city.
The city. Sorrow floods the streets.
Depicts sorrow flooding the streets of the city due to the haunting.
It occurs to me. I haven't seen. Where you've been sleeping. Crushed so
Realization of not knowing where someone has been sleeping, buried deep beneath reality, and a reflection on the limited actions taken.
Deep beneath reality. Just over six feet. What could I have done. Is
Contemplates the inability to change the past and the persistent thoughts associated with it.
All I'll think. To drive you both home. Not to gravestones. Take you
Reiterates the desire to drive someone home safely instead of to gravestones, emphasizing the importance of taking them somewhere safe.
Somewhere safe.
Sirens (I am) Blaring (Failing) Echo through the trees (rest in peace)
Describes sirens, echoing through trees, representing blaring failures and a solemn atmosphere of rest in peace.
Silence (Silent) Waiting (Funeral) (Procession)
Highlights silence and waiting associated with funeral processions.
Two are missing heartbeats (Through the streets)
Notes the absence of heartbeats, indicating loss or death through the streets.
Lift the coffin weight. I feel ashamed. There's something missing
Expresses shame and acknowledges something missing while lifting the weight of a coffin.
The black hearse waits below. Down by the road. To drive you both
References a black hearse waiting below, symbolizing the inevitability of death, and reiterates the desire to drive someone home.
Home To your graves your final resting place
Emphasizes the final resting place in the graves and homes, underscoring the inevitability of death.
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