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Hold on, hold on,
Let me get the words out before I burst
There's not truth at all,
Poking at the giant eyes of ancient gods
Cool hats have failed,
Now it's time for me to have my turn,
Kiss me, kiss me,
Life is way too short to scream and shout,
Flashed up in my wildest dreams, but like red blood streams,
Stretch out like vast cracked ice
The veins of you, the veins of me, like great forest trees
Pushing through and on and in
Gliding like a satellite in the broken night
And when I wake you're there I'm safe
Your love is life piled tight and high set against the sky
That seems to balance on its own
Sing out, sing out the silence only eats us from the inside up
I meant no harm but I only get to say these words too late
Wake up, wake up dreaming only leads to more and more nightmares
Snap out of it you said it in a way that showed you really cared.
Flashed up in my wildest dreams, but like red blood streams,
Stretch out like vast cracked ice
The veins of you, the veins of me, like great forest trees
Pushing through and on and in
Gliding like a satellite in the broken night
And when I wake you're there I'm safe
Your love is life piled tight and high set against the sky
That seems to balance on its own
Send your lifeboats out for me,
Send your lifeboat out
Send your lifeboat out for me,
Send your lifeboat out
Send your lifeboat out for me,
Send your lifeboat out
Let me get the words out before I burst
There's not truth at all,
Poking at the giant eyes of ancient gods
Cool hats have failed,
Now it's time for me to have my turn,
Kiss me, kiss me,
Life is way too short to scream and shout,
Flashed up in my wildest dreams, but like red blood streams,
Stretch out like vast cracked ice
The veins of you, the veins of me, like great forest trees
Pushing through and on and in
Gliding like a satellite in the broken night
And when I wake you're there I'm safe
Your love is life piled tight and high set against the sky
That seems to balance on its own
Sing out, sing out the silence only eats us from the inside up
I meant no harm but I only get to say these words too late
Wake up, wake up dreaming only leads to more and more nightmares
Snap out of it you said it in a way that showed you really cared.
Flashed up in my wildest dreams, but like red blood streams,
Stretch out like vast cracked ice
The veins of you, the veins of me, like great forest trees
Pushing through and on and in
Gliding like a satellite in the broken night
And when I wake you're there I'm safe
Your love is life piled tight and high set against the sky
That seems to balance on its own
Send your lifeboats out for me,
Send your lifeboat out
Send your lifeboat out for me,
Send your lifeboat out
Send your lifeboat out for me,
Send your lifeboat out
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I do think the song is about a relationship, and I agree with the other comments - this bit I feel refers to the way some people in relationships keep bringing up past grievances during arguments when nothing can be dones about the past. What you need to do is move on and talk about the real issues that putting a strain on the relationship "sing out sing out" - He wants to save his relationship and he asking for a lifeboat.
Beautiful song - love it.
I'm labeling this as an "interpretation" hoping that that means it's interpreting what the words are.
This is the meaning of the song. I get the same thing from reading the lyrics. He's having terrible nightmares about insecurities he has with his relationship and the fear of losing his love. He wakes up and he's safe because she's still there, sleeping right next to him. She is his lifeboat. As long as she's there, everything is going to be alright for him.
I think it's about a relationship, when he sings "Kiss me, kiss me lifes to short to scream and shout" He's saying to the girl that they should make up because lifes to short to have arguements. They should stop argueing and focus on more important things in life.
Also, that they should talk about their problems, and how they're feeling "Sing out sing out, the silence only eats us from the inside up" Which is pretty self explainitary.
And send your lifeboats out to me means that he's trying to understand her but she won't talk to him or tell him how/whys shes upset. So he's saying send me a lifeline -- a life boat because he's sinking, their relationships sinking and he needs her to save him.
Just my own opinion. It would be interesting to see what everyone else thinks :)