Finally, I’m crossing the threshold
From the ordinary world
To the reveal of my heart
Undoubtedly, that will for certain
Take the dead out of the sea
And the darkness from the arts
From the ordinary world
To the reveal of my heart
Undoubtedly, that will for certain
Take the dead out of the sea
And the darkness from the arts
This is my commitment (ah)
My modern manifesto (ah)
I’m doing it for all of us (ah)
Who never got the chance
For a handful
And all my birds of paradise
Who never got to fly at night
‘Cause they were caught up in the dens
My modern manifesto (ah)
I’m doing it for all of us (ah)
Who never got the chance
For a handful
And all my birds of paradise
Who never got to fly at night
‘Cause they were caught up in the dens
Sometimes it feels like I’ve got a war in my mind
I want to get off but I keep riding the ride
I never really notice that I had to decide
To play someone’s game or to live my own life and now I do
I want to move
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into to the blue (into the blue)
I want to get off but I keep riding the ride
I never really notice that I had to decide
To play someone’s game or to live my own life and now I do
I want to move
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into to the blue (into the blue)
Finally
Gone is the burden
Of the crawling way of being
That comes from energies combined
Like my part was I
Was not discerning
And knew as we found out
We’re not in your right mind
Gone is the burden
Of the crawling way of being
That comes from energies combined
Like my part was I
Was not discerning
And knew as we found out
We’re not in your right mind
There’s no more chasing rainbows (ah)
And hoping for an end to them (ah)
Their arches are illusions (ah)
Solid at first glance
But then you try to touch them
There’s nothing to hold on to
The colors used to lure you in
And put you in a trance
(Yeah)
And hoping for an end to them (ah)
Their arches are illusions (ah)
Solid at first glance
But then you try to touch them
There’s nothing to hold on to
The colors used to lure you in
And put you in a trance
(Yeah)
Sometimes it feels like I’ve got a war in my mind
I want to get off but I keep riding the ride
I never really notice that I had to decide
To play someone’s game or to live my own life and now I do
I want to move
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
I want to get off but I keep riding the ride
I never really notice that I had to decide
To play someone’s game or to live my own life and now I do
I want to move
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
The song is about coming out of a dark place in life and realizing things and growing up.
The writer is speaking about her own life and lessons she’s learned. Speaking to herself or anyone who is finding themselves in the same or similar situation
The words are abstract with lots of imagery and metaphors
The poem is serious but imaginative It is free of cliches
Overall in stanzas with no rhyming until the chorus with end rhyme