Credence
Ephemeral Insights: Embracing Love, Brokenness, and Hypocrisy
Lyrics
I have lived for long enough
I have experienced life for a significant duration
To know just when it all will go
I can anticipate when everything will fall apart
In the blink of an eye, catch a wish up in the sky
Things can change suddenly, and dreams can be elusive
Oh my love, if wishing made it so
Expressing a desire for things to be different through wishing
I have loved for long enough
I have been in relationships for a considerable time
To calculate a timetable of brokenness
Understanding and predicting moments of emotional pain
Praise the moon, praise the tide, praise the influence of everything
Praising various influences and experiences, possibly positive and negative
That offers me this second helping Eucharist
Gratitude for experiences that feel like a spiritual communion or nourishment
I have lived for long enough
Having a prolonged existence to recognize and accept the darker aspects within
To the love the dark inside of me
Loving the shadows or hidden parts of oneself
A currency of kisses flowing through our aging blisses
Expressing affection through a metaphorical currency of kisses
Let me hold the candle up so you can see
Symbolic gesture of holding up a candle to reveal the truth
So blessed be this world of hypocrites
Reflecting on a world of people who may not practice what they preach
They try so hard to find their place in it
People striving to find their place, possibly hypocritically
With their hands stretched to the sky reaching for that holy pie
Reaching for something sacred without realizing it's already gone
Unaware that all their angels took the last of it
Unawareness of losing something valuable, represented by angels
So, so long, farewell, auf wiedersehn
Bidding a prolonged farewell, acknowledging an understanding of reality
All I know that isn't true
Recognizing falsehoods that provide a sense of stability
Keeps me grounded on a wire, stretched upon the crooked spires
Maintaining balance on a precarious wire, amidst doubts and uncertainties
Of a temple made to doubt the faith in me and you
Referring to a place of skepticism and questioning faith
Yes, I know this to be true
Acknowledging a perceived truth about life
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