Lyrics
I hope you are a dreamer
I wish you are someone who dreams or aspires.
Dust on your knees
Metaphorically, having dust on your knees may imply humility or a sense of being grounded.
Give us one or two whispers
Share a few quiet thoughts or secrets with us.
Then give us forty screams
After the quiet moments, express yourself passionately with forty screams.
Is this the future
Questioning if the depicted situation is indicative of the future, with a sense of looming uncertainty.
Standing over me?
Wondering if this uncertain future is dominating or overshadowing the speaker.
Will it grow, will it burst, with sour blooms
Speculating on whether this future will thrive and blossom, possibly with unpleasant outcomes.
What can it rise from such a seed?
Questioning the potential for growth from a seemingly unfavorable starting point.
I can't bear another day like this
Expressing an inability to endure another day in the current situation.
I can't bear another day like this
-If I can't bear to see the dark, can you?
Asking if the listener can bear to witness or confront the darkness that the speaker finds unbearable.
I know just what you're feeling
Claiming an understanding of the listener's emotions or state of mind.
So, throw a rope around the mourning
Metaphorically advising the listener to grasp onto mourning or sadness and hold it close.
Tie it tightly to your chest
-And while you pull for something bright and something golden
Suggesting to aim for something positive while acknowledging the challenge of dealing with conflicting emotions.
Split infinity and shoot for your breast
-'Cause I had wanted a better world for you
Expressing a desire for a better world for the listener and questioning if the speaker can endure seeing it through.
I had wanted a better world for you
-If I can't bear to see it through, will you?
-I had wanted a better world for you
Reiteration of the wish for a better world for the listener and questioning the ability to see it through.
I had wanted a better world for you
-If I can't bear to see it through, can you?
-A young ghost in an old body
Describing a person who feels young inside but is burdened by the weight of age or experience.
Caught inbetween the throat and the lungs
-Speak love, speak love, speak
Encouraging the expression of love or positive emotions from the younger person trapped in an older body.
Old ghost in a young body
Describing an older individual with youthful energy and encouraging the expression of love or positive emotions.
Caught inbetween the throat and the tongue
-Scream love, scream love, scream love
Emphasizing the need to scream love, possibly as a cathartic release of emotions.
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