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Tonight will be
the night that we
begin to ease
the plugs out of the dam.
And we will stand
knee deep in the flow,
the undertow
will grab our heels and won't let go.
And while we hold,
our legs quivering,
the water rises now
to our teeth
when we just let go
and sail belly up to the clouds,
the rocks scraping our backs.
To breath in the air will be
the only thing that we have
and all the wasted nights
and empty moments
in our lives flushed away
as we sway with the rhythm
of the waves bobbing us up.
Crests fall to troughs we feel our gills open up.
And sail belly up to the clouds,
the rocks scraping our backs.
To breath in the air will be
the only thing that we have
and if the hook sets in
the bottom of our lungs,
we'll rip it out and lick the blood off with our tongues.
The despair can ravage you
if you turn your head around to look down the path
that's led you here,
cause what can you change?
You're a vessel now
floating down the waterways.
You can take your rudder
and aim your ship,
just don't bother with the things left in your wake.
Just sail belly up to the clouds,
the rocks scraping your back.
To breathe in the air will be
the only thing that you have
and your love will be warm nights
with pockets of moonlight
spotlighting you as you drift,
the actor in this play.
And you walk across the stage,
take a bow, hear the applause,
and as the curtain falls,
just know you did it all
the best that you knew how
and you can hear them cheering now.
So let a smile out and show your teeth
cause you know you lived it well.
the night that we
begin to ease
the plugs out of the dam.
And we will stand
knee deep in the flow,
the undertow
will grab our heels and won't let go.
And while we hold,
our legs quivering,
the water rises now
to our teeth
when we just let go
and sail belly up to the clouds,
the rocks scraping our backs.
To breath in the air will be
the only thing that we have
and all the wasted nights
and empty moments
in our lives flushed away
as we sway with the rhythm
of the waves bobbing us up.
Crests fall to troughs we feel our gills open up.
And sail belly up to the clouds,
the rocks scraping our backs.
To breath in the air will be
the only thing that we have
and if the hook sets in
the bottom of our lungs,
we'll rip it out and lick the blood off with our tongues.
The despair can ravage you
if you turn your head around to look down the path
that's led you here,
cause what can you change?
You're a vessel now
floating down the waterways.
You can take your rudder
and aim your ship,
just don't bother with the things left in your wake.
Just sail belly up to the clouds,
the rocks scraping your back.
To breathe in the air will be
the only thing that you have
and your love will be warm nights
with pockets of moonlight
spotlighting you as you drift,
the actor in this play.
And you walk across the stage,
take a bow, hear the applause,
and as the curtain falls,
just know you did it all
the best that you knew how
and you can hear them cheering now.
So let a smile out and show your teeth
cause you know you lived it well.
Lyrics submitted by wimplucy
Track duration: 03:56
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Amazing song though.
the night that we
begin to ease
the plugs out of the dam.
- The dam is resistance to past actions, specifically the shameful ones. To ease the plugs out is to stop pretending like the past has no consequence.
And we will stand
knee deep in the flow,
the undertow
will grab our heels and won't let go.
- The reality of the past takes hold
And while we hold,
our legs quivering,
the water rises now
to our teeth
when we just let go
- The past overwhelms and submission becomes a must.
and sail belly up to the clouds,
the rocks scraping our backs.
- So let the past carry forward despite the fact that it hurts.
To breath in the air will be
the only thing that we have
- Breathing is the constant of life in this song
and all the wasted nights
and empty moments in our lives
- nights spent playing video games, watching porn, getting high, bored and lonely, ect...
flushed away
as we sway with the rhythm
of the waves bobbing us up.
Crests fall to troughs we feel our gills open up.
- learn to live with the past, find meaning in it, and the emptiness disappears.
And sail belly up to the clouds,
the rocks scraping our backs.
To breath in the air will be
the only thing that we have
- if you can't count on the fact that you are breathing you can't count on anything
and if the hook sets in
the bottom of our lungs,
- if something disrupts you're breath...
we'll rip it out and lick the blood off with our tongues.
- own it!
The despair can ravage you
if you turn your head around to look down the path
that's led you here,
cause what can you change?
- don't worry about the past because it can't be changed.
You're a vessel now
floating down the waterways.
- Instead, let the past carry you forward.
You can take your rudder
and aim your ship,
just don't bother with the things left in your wake.
- Make better choices in the hear and now rather than letting the details of the past consume you.
Just sail belly up to the clouds,
the rocks scraping your back.
- Submit, let go, endure.
To breathe in the air will be
the only thing that you have
- no kidding, your going to die sooner or later
and your love will be warm nights
with pockets of moonlight
spotlighting you as you drift,
the actor in this play.
- until then, you've got to find a way to enjoy your life.
And you walk across the stage,
take a bow, hear the applause,
and as the curtain falls,
just know you did it all
the best that you knew how
and you can hear them cheering now.
- Despite how messed up you were, you did the best you could so move on and let the past go. Your friends, family, and everyone else want the best for you
So let a smile out and show your teeth
cause you know you lived it well.
- fin
great song.
cause you know you lived it well."
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So here is what this song means to me: I see the "Flow" as life and the "Rocks that scrape our backs" as the bad things that happen is life, the "Crests fall to troughs we feel our gills open up", there are ups and downs in life but somehow we adapt to the changes. And the best line is the song "and if the hook sets in the bottom of our lungs we’ll rip it out and lick the blood off with our tongues". No matter what happens there is always a way out, it might be painful but nothing is as bad as we make it. "If you turn your head around to look down the path
That’s led you here,
Cause what can you change?" don't drag your past with you into the future.
The one thing I don’t quite get is the title of the song. Maybe CC was thinking about suicide, maybe life was giving him more than he could handle, but then these words came to him and “he ripped it out and licked the blood off with his tongue”.
If this is not what CC mean by this song that’s ok, but this is how it speaks to me. I want this song to play at my funeral.