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when your mind is a mess
so is mine
i can't sleep
cause it hurts when i think
my thoughts aren't at peace
with the plans that we make
chances we take
they're not yours and not mine
there's waves that can break
all the words that we said
and the words that we mean
words can fall short
can't see the unseen
cause the world is awake
for somebody's sake now
please close your eyes
won't you please get some sleep?
and know that if i knew
all of the answers i would
not hold them from you
know all the things that i'd know
cause we told each other
there is no other way
well too much silence can be misleading
you're drifting, i can hear it
in the way that your breathing
we don't really need to find reason
cause out the same door
that it came, well it's leaving
leaving like a day that's done
and part of a season
resolve is just a concept
that's as dead as the leaves
but at least we can sleep
its all that we need
when we wake we will find
our minds will be free to go to sleep
so is mine
i can't sleep
cause it hurts when i think
my thoughts aren't at peace
with the plans that we make
chances we take
they're not yours and not mine
there's waves that can break
all the words that we said
and the words that we mean
words can fall short
can't see the unseen
cause the world is awake
for somebody's sake now
please close your eyes
won't you please get some sleep?
and know that if i knew
all of the answers i would
not hold them from you
know all the things that i'd know
cause we told each other
there is no other way
well too much silence can be misleading
you're drifting, i can hear it
in the way that your breathing
we don't really need to find reason
cause out the same door
that it came, well it's leaving
leaving like a day that's done
and part of a season
resolve is just a concept
that's as dead as the leaves
but at least we can sleep
its all that we need
when we wake we will find
our minds will be free to go to sleep
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..Although couldn't tell you what the end of the song means.
To me, it has ultimate relavence to those hours I spend lying awake in bed thinking about life and the world and why things are how they are. Seems like words always fall short of what I mean in my mind, which is another thing that crosses my mind at night. As for the part about the woman, he could be just sharing this with his significant other because she might understand. And it seems like even after all of the thinking at night and going over things in my head, in the morning, everythings renewed and it's back to the daily routine somewhat until those moments when I really analyze things and try to make sense of it all.
It's about a couple that drifted apart. They were very much in love, and still are but things can't work out at the present moment.. and there is no other way.
The couple has just separated. They're lying in bed and their head is a mess because they are wondering if they made the right decision to break up. They're reflecting upon the promises made but are no longer going to happen.. they're just words in the past.
If either knew life's answer to be happy.. they would share it with each other. This shows how they still love each other and deeply care for one another.
In the end, they can't pinpoint it on any specific thing... they just know in their hearts that its over.
However, time heals and there will be a day where both can once again go to sleep without their thoughts keeping them awake.
"but at least we can sleep
its all that we need
when we wake we will find
our minds will be free to go to sleep"
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"All the words that we said and the words that we mean
Words can fall short, can't see the unseen..."
Like all the promises we made to each other that seem to be falling short.
"We don't really need to find a reason
Cause out the same door that it came, well it's leaving
It's leaving. Leaving like a day that's done..."
I am inclined to agree with the others who think that this song describes the inevitable end of a deep relationship. Like us, it sounds like the couple in the song love each other very much but feel that at this point there's no other way.