Lyrics
Look back up the road in my rear view
Reflecting on the past, looking back at the journey in the rearview mirror.
Sinking low into the sun
Feeling a sense of descent or decline as the sun sets.
Opened and tossed
Being open and discarded or thrown away.
Well i hope that you won
Expressing a desire for the other person to succeed or be victorious.
My world in your palm
Symbolizing vulnerability, with one's world held in the other person's hand.
Take all that you want
Allowing the other person to take whatever they desire.
I grown older now!
Indicating the passage of time and the experience of aging.
Should’ve known better,
Expressing regret for not making a better decision.
Well you’re no better
Stating that the other person is not morally superior.
I should know better,
Acknowledging a personal lapse in judgment.
Well you’re no better
Asserting that the other person is not morally superior.
Should know better, no better, no better
Reiterating the idea that one should have known better.
Should know better
Emphasizing the importance of having known better.
Risk it all for you
Being willing to take significant risks for the other person.
Keep me cold until you want some
Describing a cold and distant treatment until the other person desires intimacy.
Well i know that i was only for your lonely nights
Acknowledging a limited role in the other person's life, specifically for lonely nights.
At least we lived
Recognizing the value of the shared experiences, even if they were challenging.
Loved me through your fingertips
Feeling love through physical touch, perhaps symbolized by fingertips.
Wish i would be sober when i wake up in the dawn
Expressing a desire to be more clear-headed during vulnerable moments.
Should’ve known better,
Repeating the idea of regret for not making a better decision.
Well you’re no better
Affirming that the other person is not morally superior.
I should know better,
Reiterating personal recognition of a lapse in judgment.
Well you’re no better
Affirming that the other person is not morally superior.
Should know better, no better, no better
Repeating the idea that one should have known better.
Should know better
Emphasizing the importance of having known better.
you’re no better
Asserting that the other person is not morally superior.
you’re no better
Reiterating that the other person is not morally superior.
no better
Concluding that there is no one better.
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