Lyrics
Threatening skies are gaining on you
Threatening skies symbolize impending challenges or difficulties closing in.
Clouds full of promises / some of them true
Clouds filled with promises, some true and some possibly false, suggesting uncertainty.
Set to pour hand-me-down kisses on your lips
Hand-me-down kisses represent love or affection that may not be genuine or original.
Gumball machine rings floating like burning ships
Gumball machine rings symbolize cheap, disposable, and fleeting relationships.
Run
Command to run, indicating a need to escape or avoid a threatening situation.
Run while you can
Encouragement to run while one still has the chance to avoid negative consequences.
You shouldn't have to cry for love
Expresses that one should not have to experience pain or suffering for the sake of love.
Sheets come down to soak you through
Sheets coming down may symbolize vulnerability, leaving one exposed and susceptible.
Leaves you nothing but black & blue
Leaving nothing but black and blue implies emotional or physical damage.
Gold-dulled glint in the poison light
Gold-dulled glint in poison light suggests deceptive allure in a harmful or toxic situation.
They don't know because they don't want to know
Others' ignorance due to unwillingness to know, possibly about the struggles faced.
Run
Reiteration of the need to run, emphasizing urgency in escaping negative circumstances.
Run while you can
Repeats the encouragement to run and avoid crying for love.
You shouldn't have to cry for love
Reiterates that one should not have to suffer or cry for love.
Run
Continues the call to run, reinforcing the importance of escaping undesirable situations.
Run while you can
Reiterates the advice to run while highlighting the undesirability of crying for love.
You shouldn't have to cry for love
Emphasizes the notion that experiencing pain for love is undesirable and unnecessary.
Run
Repeats the urgency to run, suggesting a serious threat or danger in the context of love.
Run while you can
Reiterates the advice to run, underlining the importance of avoiding negative consequences.
You shouldn't have to die for love
States that one should not have to die for love, emphasizing the extreme and unacceptable nature of the sacrifice.
Run
Final reinforcement of the command to run, emphasizing the need for immediate action to escape.
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