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These Petals
This blackened rose
This soil all my own
Shrouding your hollowed ground
Like seeds who'll never sow
Like forgery and larceny
And my ill-gained revelry
I recite these scripted lines
While embers of a different time
Go drifting by
When every word you ever said came true
All I missed
In all of this was you
Can you see
A shadow on me, calling me to leave
Find in me
(you're the only home, you're the only home I know)
A trace of you in all this tragedy
These pieces
These shattered shards
Dancing in the moonlight
Glimmering and glistening
Preparing me for the night
I never learned to walk the surface on my own
So lately this ocean floor's been feeling more like
Home
When every word you ever said came true
All I missed in all of this was you
Can you see
A shadow on me, calling me to you
Find in me
(you're the only home, you're the only home I know)
A trace of you in all this tragedy
So take me in these fleeting moments of solitude in you
Remove this sordid fascination with shadow and remove
This shattered self for preservation
This commitment to undo
All that you forgave and give
And all you promised too
And all you promised too
Can you see
A shadow on me, calling me to you
Find in me
A trace of you in all this tragedy
Can you see
The shadow lifting; drifting home again
This blackened rose
This soil all my own
Shrouding your hollowed ground
Like seeds who'll never sow
Like forgery and larceny
And my ill-gained revelry
I recite these scripted lines
While embers of a different time
Go drifting by
When every word you ever said came true
All I missed
In all of this was you
Can you see
A shadow on me, calling me to leave
Find in me
(you're the only home, you're the only home I know)
A trace of you in all this tragedy
These pieces
These shattered shards
Dancing in the moonlight
Glimmering and glistening
Preparing me for the night
I never learned to walk the surface on my own
So lately this ocean floor's been feeling more like
Home
When every word you ever said came true
All I missed in all of this was you
Can you see
A shadow on me, calling me to you
Find in me
(you're the only home, you're the only home I know)
A trace of you in all this tragedy
So take me in these fleeting moments of solitude in you
Remove this sordid fascination with shadow and remove
This shattered self for preservation
This commitment to undo
All that you forgave and give
And all you promised too
And all you promised too
Can you see
A shadow on me, calling me to you
Find in me
A trace of you in all this tragedy
Can you see
The shadow lifting; drifting home again
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His mind is a battle-ravaged place, for sure, and "Can you see a shadow on me?" is his plea to God. The person knows he has acquired something evil during his life (possibly demons) and wants to know if he's just imagining things or if he has a serious problem. "I never learned to walk this surface on my own so lately this ocean floor has been feeling more like home," is a comparison to how he feels lowly and cast down and wants to be rescued from "ill-gained revelry." Just my two cents.
Like in the verses, he's talking like he's a christian going through the motions, attending church, but not really having a relationship with god, never really found faith himself. e.g:
"I never learned to walk the surface on my own"
Then Jesus returns, and it all becomes clear to him and he realises what's happened.
"When every word you ever said came true
All I missed in all of this was you."
And the bridge just to me shows further he's been left behind.
"So take me in these fleeting moments of solitude in you"
Everyone's gone and he embracing Jesus' sacrifice and asking him to be with him through the "fleeting" 7 years of tribulation.
Like I said, bit different, but that's how I interpret it. Love Project! Cheers for another great song Andy!
--i really like this song i especially like how musicly incorrect it is on purpose -when Schwab sings hes really off key. but it gives the song a uniqueness and makes it song more ernest and desprit. its good
does anyone know who that is singing on the chorus?
it kinda sounds like the guy from kutless-jon micah i think his name is
I love this song its my fav. thing P86 has ever done
How many of us can relate to that? Realizing we've got this Christian "thing" down when really we haven't even caught the tip of the iceburg.
the song gives me goosebumps