Lyrics
Running water through your hands
Metaphorically describing the transient nature of experiences and emotions.
It's nothing you can hold
Emphasizing the intangible and fleeting aspects of life that cannot be physically grasped.
Like sunlight
Comparing the evanescent quality of life to sunlight, suggesting its ethereal and ephemeral nature.
Air, or good times
Listing elements like air or good times as intangible and passing, reinforcing the theme of impermanence.
They'll wash right over you
Indicating that these intangible aspects will pass through one's life without being fully controlled or retained.
Running water through your hands
Repeating the metaphor of running water through hands to underscore the inability to grasp or hold onto certain experiences.
It's nothing you can hold
Reiterating the idea that some things are elusive and slip away, analogous to running water.
Like sunlight
Comparing the fleeting nature of experiences to sunlight, air, or good times that can't be contained.
Air, or good times
Re-emphasizing the transience of joyous moments and other intangible elements.
They'll wash right over you
Stressing that these experiences will pass through life, leaving an impact but not a permanent hold.
Waves of pleasure, waves of pain
Introducing the concept of waves representing both pleasure and pain in life.
It's nothing you can change
Highlighting the inevitability of experiencing both pleasure and pain, which cannot be altered or controlled.
Like how there's
Drawing attention to the contrast between joy and sadness, emphasizing the duality of emotions.
Joy to sadness still
Suggesting that the transition from joy to sadness is a natural and unalterable part of life.
Wash right over you
Repeating the notion that these experiences will flow over one's life, emphasizing their pervasive nature.
Wash right over you
Concluding with the idea that life's experiences will have a passing effect on an individual.
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