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Oh, well it's hard to look deep into your soul.
Not everything you'll find will be perfect gold.
There are ghosts and demons that hide in the dark.
Oh, they wait till you find them and then they laugh.
Oh, they know that my body is no way good enough.
Know that my heart is no way strong enough for the missiles that love brings.
When I recoil in fear, oh, the demons shake.
But it's a hollow love for a heart with no blood
In its veins.
Oh, there is no endless devotion,
That is free from the force of erosion.
Oh, if you don't believin' God,
How can you believe in life?
When we're all just matter that will one day scatter,
When peaceful the world lays us down.
Oh and finding love is a matter of luck,
And unsettled lovers move from fuc to fuck.
Oh, and compare their achievements like discussing
And compare their aberrations with romantic quotations,
Oh, as peaceful, the world watches down.
You were blown out of the water.
Oh, and we walk o the feet we have grown.
And we were given a heart, of which love is a part.
Oh, and we cornered the thing from which all life will spring.
And it gave value to the world.
I surrender
Not everything you'll find will be perfect gold.
There are ghosts and demons that hide in the dark.
Oh, they wait till you find them and then they laugh.
Oh, they know that my body is no way good enough.
Know that my heart is no way strong enough for the missiles that love brings.
When I recoil in fear, oh, the demons shake.
But it's a hollow love for a heart with no blood
In its veins.
Oh, there is no endless devotion,
That is free from the force of erosion.
Oh, if you don't believin' God,
How can you believe in life?
When we're all just matter that will one day scatter,
When peaceful the world lays us down.
Oh and finding love is a matter of luck,
And unsettled lovers move from fuc to fuck.
Oh, and compare their achievements like discussing
And compare their aberrations with romantic quotations,
Oh, as peaceful, the world watches down.
You were blown out of the water.
Oh, and we walk o the feet we have grown.
And we were given a heart, of which love is a part.
Oh, and we cornered the thing from which all life will spring.
And it gave value to the world.
I surrender
Lyrics submitted by niamhOMFG, edited by Cultmagic, sachichris
Track duration: 03:35
"Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down" as written by Charles Fink
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I think this song may just be my new favorite.... LOVE THIS SONG :)
Such a great song!
The conflict is introduced within the first couple lines about a person being at odds with his/her demons. The personal demons are so powerful that they prevent this person from ever falling in love again. When I heard the lines, "Oh it's a hollow love, for a heart with no blood, in its veins" the last line initially sounded like, "...and it's vain". I'm sure I simply misheard it, but I can't help but think about how it makes sense either way. Obviously, the narrator is having trouble seeing life beyond his/her own selfish being, and that line transitions into the next section of the story.
The second verse is the rising action and anti-climax. Now the narrator is having issues reconciling the emotion of love on a large scale since it seems doomed from the onset, and humans are governed by a innate sense to procreate just like any other species. I especially appreciate the line about believing in God. A person has to believe that love exists; there's nothing tangible about it. The same goes for a person who believes in a god; they do so not because anyone proved it to them (most of time) but simply because it's a matter of faith. The narrator seems to come to the conclusion that love doesn't really exist because of the luck involved in finding that perfect companion, and because the world is in perpetual motion with no consideration to any of its creations.
The third verse is the climax in which a compromise is reached between biology and faith in a force greater than the human being (whether that be a god or love). If humans evolved as a process of nature so did everything incorporated with them. All the emotions connected to the human heart have their niche because it helps people place value on things and prioritize their lives. Without love; sympathy, compassion, honesty, empathy and guilt could not exist.
Finally, the last verse is the denouement and falling action. The narrator realizes that the world governs his/her life and even though love can bring hardships its human nature to pursue love. Striving to find love (and simply exist) may seem futile on an individual level at times with consideration of the world as a whole, but without love, people around the world would act only in self-interest from which very little good would come.
That's my interpretation of the song. I may have spent far too much time listening to and analyzing it lately, but it's a really great song. Sorry for such a long post, I just wanted to get that out there. Thanks
i believe it has to do with the faith within us.
if we dont find peace inside...we wont find it
outside.
is the correct lyric.
Oh, well it's hard to look deep into your soul.
Not everything you'll find will be perfect gold.
There are ghosts and demons that hide in the dark.
Oh, they wait till I find love and then they laugh.
Oh, they know that my body is no way good enough.
Know that my heart is no way strong enough to bare the sorrow that love brings.
When i coil in fear, oh, the demons sing-
oh it's a hollow love for a heart with no blood
in its veins.
Oh, there is no endless devotion,
that is free from the force of erosion.
Oh, and if you don't believein God,
how can you believe in love?
When we're all just matter that will one day scatter,
when peaceful the world lays us down.
Oh and finding love is a matter of luck,
and unsettled lovers move from fuck to fuck.
Oh, and compare their achievements like discussing bereavements
And compare their abbrations with romantic quotations,
Oh, as peaceful, the world watches down.
But oh we were blown out of the water.
Oh, and we walk on the feet we have grown.
Oh And we were given a heart, of which love is a part.
Oh, and we cornered the thing from which all life will spring.
And it gave value to the world that surrounds us
But we consider the world just for a moment
Oh and its gone before we even know
Oh but ill follow it round yeah ill follow it round
Oh ill follow it round yeah ill follow it round
Till peaceful, the world lays me down
i love the verse about the unsettled lovers it makes lots of sence