I don't know
I've been away
I don't believe
In the real thing
I once got started
Then it all went black
Your love's got me
Like it always has
But it just stopped raining
I'm stepping out into the world
I'm stepping out into the light, yeah
I've been through it
I always have paranoia
That I would not last
But I pinned it on you
Held it up and showed the world
Hold it up into the light
Once it's right between your eyes
You'll see it's right here
Look, it's glowing
It's not some feeling I can break
There's no way
If I hold on
The shots may ring
Through a lonely hall
I've been up all night
Spinning 'round the floor
It's not some feeling I can break
I keep raising up my
I keep raising up my
It's not some feeling I can shake
There's no way
If I hold on
The shots may ring
Through a lonely hall
But the hole in my head
Emptied out into a love
Came pouring out into a life
Hold it up into the light
You'll see it's right here
Look, it's glowing
It's not some feeling I can shake
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding Album Lyrics
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding Lyrics
Writer: Adam Granofsky
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Pain
Go to bed now I can tell
Pain is on the way out now
Look at the way the domino falls away
I know it's hard looking in
Knowing that tomorrow you'll be back again
Hang your head and let me in, I'm waiting
So long
I was staring into the light
When I saw you in the distance, I knew that you'd be mine
Am I moving back in time?
Just standing still?
I met a man with a broken back
He had a fear in his eyes that I could understand
I can't even shake the hand
Without breaking it
I've been pulling on a wire, but it just won't break
I've been turning up the dial, but I hear no sound
I resist what I cannot change
And I wanna find what can't be found
I'm aware of the time we lost
Like a demon in the doorway, waiting to be born
But I'm here all alone, just begging
Pull me close and let me hold you in
Give me the deeper understanding of who I am
Yeah, I'm moving back again, I'm waiting, yeah
I'm just pulling on a wire, but it just won't break
I've been turning up the dial, but I hear no sound
I resist what I cannot change, own it in your own way
Yeah, I wanna find what can't be found
Pain is on the way out now
Look at the way the domino falls away
I know it's hard looking in
Knowing that tomorrow you'll be back again
Hang your head and let me in, I'm waiting
So long
I was staring into the light
When I saw you in the distance, I knew that you'd be mine
Am I moving back in time?
Just standing still?
I met a man with a broken back
He had a fear in his eyes that I could understand
I can't even shake the hand
Without breaking it
I've been pulling on a wire, but it just won't break
I've been turning up the dial, but I hear no sound
I resist what I cannot change
And I wanna find what can't be found
I'm aware of the time we lost
Like a demon in the doorway, waiting to be born
But I'm here all alone, just begging
Pull me close and let me hold you in
Give me the deeper understanding of who I am
Yeah, I'm moving back again, I'm waiting, yeah
I'm just pulling on a wire, but it just won't break
I've been turning up the dial, but I hear no sound
I resist what I cannot change, own it in your own way
Yeah, I wanna find what can't be found
Writer: Adam Granofsky
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Holding On
Once I was alive and I could feel
I was holding on to you
And I redefined the way I looked at dawn inside of you
I went down a crooked highway
I went all outside the line
I've been rejected, now the light has turned and I'm out of time
Ain't no way I'm gonna last
Hiding in the seams, I keep moving past
Feel like I'm about to crash
Riding on my line, keep keeping on, yeah, ooh
Once we were apart and I could see red
Never trying to turn back time
Never meant to bring my pain into the front and into your life
Now I'm headed down a different road
Can we walk it side by side?
Is an old memory just another way of saying goodbye?
Ain't no way I'm gonna last
Hiding in the seams, I keep moving past
Feel like I'm about to crash
Riding the same line, I keep keeping on, yeah, ooh
I ain't never going to change
He never gonna learn
I keep moving on the path, yeah
Holding on to mine
When you talk about the past
What are we talking of?
Did I let go too fast?
Was I holding on too long?
Ain't no truths from the past
As silent as the sea
Am I holding on too long?
But you're right in front of me
And I'm moving on a cast
Shadows on my seam
I keep moving to changes, yeah, ooh
Heart or hope
Heart or hope
Heart or hope
Heart or hope
I was holding on to you
And I redefined the way I looked at dawn inside of you
I went down a crooked highway
I went all outside the line
I've been rejected, now the light has turned and I'm out of time
Ain't no way I'm gonna last
Hiding in the seams, I keep moving past
Feel like I'm about to crash
Riding on my line, keep keeping on, yeah, ooh
Once we were apart and I could see red
Never trying to turn back time
Never meant to bring my pain into the front and into your life
Now I'm headed down a different road
Can we walk it side by side?
Is an old memory just another way of saying goodbye?
Ain't no way I'm gonna last
Hiding in the seams, I keep moving past
Feel like I'm about to crash
Riding the same line, I keep keeping on, yeah, ooh
I ain't never going to change
He never gonna learn
I keep moving on the path, yeah
Holding on to mine
When you talk about the past
What are we talking of?
Did I let go too fast?
Was I holding on too long?
Ain't no truths from the past
As silent as the sea
Am I holding on too long?
But you're right in front of me
And I'm moving on a cast
Shadows on my seam
I keep moving to changes, yeah, ooh
Heart or hope
Heart or hope
Heart or hope
Heart or hope
Writer: Robert Bennett, Adam Granofsky
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Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Strangest Thing
Summer ride on the beach
Howl at the day
I've been hiding out so long
I gotta find another way
Late at night I wanna see you
Well my eyes, they begin to fade
Am I just living in the space between
The beauty and the pain?
And the real thing
Now the sky is painted
In a wash of indigo
I've been holding on too long
In the howling of this cold
I recognize every face
But I ain't got everything I need
If I'm just living in the space between
The beauty and the pain
It's the strangest thing
Yeah, she runs surrounding me
Surrounded by the whole
Surrounded by no other
I wanna run home
Yeah, I can run slowly
Don't run away again
Yeah, I can run in the storm
Don't you run again
I wanna run, I wanna run
Yeah, I can run slowly
Yeah, I can run slowly
Howl at the day
I've been hiding out so long
I gotta find another way
Late at night I wanna see you
Well my eyes, they begin to fade
Am I just living in the space between
The beauty and the pain?
And the real thing
Now the sky is painted
In a wash of indigo
I've been holding on too long
In the howling of this cold
I recognize every face
But I ain't got everything I need
If I'm just living in the space between
The beauty and the pain
It's the strangest thing
Yeah, she runs surrounding me
Surrounded by the whole
Surrounded by no other
I wanna run home
Yeah, I can run slowly
Don't run away again
Yeah, I can run in the storm
Don't you run again
I wanna run, I wanna run
Yeah, I can run slowly
Yeah, I can run slowly
Writer: Adam Granofsky
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Knocked Down
Far away there is a star
Raining through the night sky like a drop
Give 'em all a piece of moon for me
Somehow I can make it rain
Diamonds in the night sky, I'm like a child
And now I'm all beaten up and weak
I'm gonna lie here but I get knocked down
I'm only shaking 'cause I'm lying in the cold
I want to shake it but I can't break free
Anyway
Somewhere out there look at my
It's like I'm raining in the night sky like a drop
Now you're all beaten up, you're weak
Somewhere they can make it rain
Diamonds in the night sky, I'm like a child
All alone, beaten up, free
I want to love you but I get knocked down
I want to love you when I'm lying in the ground
I want to show you but I can't break free
To be the one that I should dare to be
I want to love you but I get knocked down
I want to shake you 'cause I'm lying in the hold
I want to shake it but I can't break free
Anyway
Raining through the night sky like a drop
Give 'em all a piece of moon for me
Somehow I can make it rain
Diamonds in the night sky, I'm like a child
And now I'm all beaten up and weak
I'm gonna lie here but I get knocked down
I'm only shaking 'cause I'm lying in the cold
I want to shake it but I can't break free
Anyway
Somewhere out there look at my
It's like I'm raining in the night sky like a drop
Now you're all beaten up, you're weak
Somewhere they can make it rain
Diamonds in the night sky, I'm like a child
All alone, beaten up, free
I want to love you but I get knocked down
I want to love you when I'm lying in the ground
I want to show you but I can't break free
To be the one that I should dare to be
I want to love you but I get knocked down
I want to shake you 'cause I'm lying in the hold
I want to shake it but I can't break free
Anyway
Writer: Adam Granofsky
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Nothing To Find
Oh, I'm rising from within
I see it every morning
Tell you where the rhythm ends
"Is it cold tonight my love?"
I whisper through the screen
And there is nothing I can say or do in between
Oh, it always changes, I don't understand
I keep moving through the edge of now
Here comes a feeling I can't stop
emotionless and bored
Oh, you said
You played my brother like fire
You walked him through the rain
There was nothing but cold ?
But the feeling that I get
The warmth of your embrace
There is nothing I can do if I am going away
It was all so innocent
You could feel my loving arms
Then I saw you in the morning light
You were standing in my door
emotionless and bored
oh oh yeah
All my waiting was in vain
I walked alone in pain
Through the early morning rain
Feel the warmth of my embrace
Tore me underneath the shadows
Once before I get erased
But my love is on the line
I pushed it through the pack
I kept sliding out of time
Now our moon is on the rise
There is always something bigger
Leaning on the other side, yeah
But you wanted me
On the wrong path
I've been hanging on the other side
Keep on pushing back
We belong here
I'll take all I can get
I've been hanging on the other side
I keep pushing back
I see it every morning
Tell you where the rhythm ends
"Is it cold tonight my love?"
I whisper through the screen
And there is nothing I can say or do in between
Oh, it always changes, I don't understand
I keep moving through the edge of now
Here comes a feeling I can't stop
emotionless and bored
Oh, you said
You played my brother like fire
You walked him through the rain
There was nothing but cold ?
But the feeling that I get
The warmth of your embrace
There is nothing I can do if I am going away
It was all so innocent
You could feel my loving arms
Then I saw you in the morning light
You were standing in my door
emotionless and bored
oh oh yeah
All my waiting was in vain
I walked alone in pain
Through the early morning rain
Feel the warmth of my embrace
Tore me underneath the shadows
Once before I get erased
But my love is on the line
I pushed it through the pack
I kept sliding out of time
Now our moon is on the rise
There is always something bigger
Leaning on the other side, yeah
But you wanted me
On the wrong path
I've been hanging on the other side
Keep on pushing back
We belong here
I'll take all I can get
I've been hanging on the other side
I keep pushing back
Writer: Adam Granofsky
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Thinking Of A Place
It was back in Little Bend that I saw you
Light was changing on the water
Where birds above had flown
There was pain in your eyes
So you vanished in the night
Missouri River in the distance
So I lied upon the lawn
I remember walking against the darkness of the beach
Love is like a ghost in the distance, ever-reached
Travel through the night because there is no fear
Alone but right behind until I watched you disappear
I'm moving through the dark
Of a long black night
Just moving with the moon
And the light it shines
And I'm thinking of a place
And it feels so very real
Just moving through the dark
Once I had a dream I was falling from the sky
Coming down like running water
Passing by myself alight
In the morning, I would wake to the sound of summer falls
Like little whispers through the signs
I'm moving through the dark
Of a long black night
And I'm looking at the moon
And the light it shines
But I'm thinking of a place
And it feels so very real
Oh, it was so full of love!
Come and take my hand, babe
There's a turn in the road that we've been taking
Let it set you free
'Cause there's a rhythm in the way that we've been moving
Yeah, there's a darkness over there, but we ain't going
See it through through my eyes
Walk me to the water
Hold my hand and something turns to me
Love me every night
Drown me in the water
Hold my hand and there's something turning me
See it through my eyes
Love me like no other
And hold my hand and something turns to me
And turns me into you
Lead me through the light
Pull me from the water
Hold my hand and something turns to me
Turns me into you
Just see it through my eyes
Love me like no other
Hold my hand and something turns to me
Turns me into you
Turn in me
Into you
Light was changing on the water
Where birds above had flown
There was pain in your eyes
So you vanished in the night
Missouri River in the distance
So I lied upon the lawn
I remember walking against the darkness of the beach
Love is like a ghost in the distance, ever-reached
Travel through the night because there is no fear
Alone but right behind until I watched you disappear
I'm moving through the dark
Of a long black night
Just moving with the moon
And the light it shines
And I'm thinking of a place
And it feels so very real
Just moving through the dark
Once I had a dream I was falling from the sky
Coming down like running water
Passing by myself alight
In the morning, I would wake to the sound of summer falls
Like little whispers through the signs
I'm moving through the dark
Of a long black night
And I'm looking at the moon
And the light it shines
But I'm thinking of a place
And it feels so very real
Oh, it was so full of love!
Come and take my hand, babe
There's a turn in the road that we've been taking
Let it set you free
'Cause there's a rhythm in the way that we've been moving
Yeah, there's a darkness over there, but we ain't going
See it through through my eyes
Walk me to the water
Hold my hand and something turns to me
Love me every night
Drown me in the water
Hold my hand and there's something turning me
See it through my eyes
Love me like no other
And hold my hand and something turns to me
And turns me into you
Lead me through the light
Pull me from the water
Hold my hand and something turns to me
Turns me into you
Just see it through my eyes
Love me like no other
Hold my hand and something turns to me
Turns me into you
Turn in me
Into you
Writer: Adam Granofsky
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In Chains
Call and listen
Calling out your name
Trying to imitate myself
Forget me in the middle
Shining every light upon it
Still I miss the way you'd hold me close
In a cold wind
Caught you in a room, staring at the light
I've been all night
Is it the life that we're just living in?
Still I wanna celebrate love, I
I've been rolling on sixty, I can die on the floor
I've been shaken and delivered
There'a a girl out there with silence in her eyes
The truth is in the dark
Yeah, I've seen the moon comin' in view
Yeah, I need you, I'm coming in, too
In view
Ain't no wind that I can feel in the way, in the way
In the freezing rain
Turn your head my way and my heart and look and see
And I look away
Ain't no wind that I feel, flyin' with no way to lose
Ain't no shame to hold you, to hold you here, for losing you
Hiding from an enemy
Something inside me that I ain't
Hard to see clear these days
Darkness on my mind
As I stare into the ocean floor
And I wonder where I once was
Was I falling through the air tonight
And crumble into your arms?
Is this love?
Are you sure?
Is it something
You can control?
Out of time, yeah
I'm in chains
I'm in love
I'm in pain
All these changes everywhere
Just go ahead and take my hand
Pull me close don't let me go
Try to understand
I believe in all the power
In doing what we can do
We can try to learn to make it through
Cover the other side
And I'm feeling it all coming in here
How do we decide what we can do?
I don't read your mind, can we choose?
Calling out your name
Trying to imitate myself
Forget me in the middle
Shining every light upon it
Still I miss the way you'd hold me close
In a cold wind
Caught you in a room, staring at the light
I've been all night
Is it the life that we're just living in?
Still I wanna celebrate love, I
I've been rolling on sixty, I can die on the floor
I've been shaken and delivered
There'a a girl out there with silence in her eyes
The truth is in the dark
Yeah, I've seen the moon comin' in view
Yeah, I need you, I'm coming in, too
In view
Ain't no wind that I can feel in the way, in the way
In the freezing rain
Turn your head my way and my heart and look and see
And I look away
Ain't no wind that I feel, flyin' with no way to lose
Ain't no shame to hold you, to hold you here, for losing you
Hiding from an enemy
Something inside me that I ain't
Hard to see clear these days
Darkness on my mind
As I stare into the ocean floor
And I wonder where I once was
Was I falling through the air tonight
And crumble into your arms?
Is this love?
Are you sure?
Is it something
You can control?
Out of time, yeah
I'm in chains
I'm in love
I'm in pain
All these changes everywhere
Just go ahead and take my hand
Pull me close don't let me go
Try to understand
I believe in all the power
In doing what we can do
We can try to learn to make it through
Cover the other side
And I'm feeling it all coming in here
How do we decide what we can do?
I don't read your mind, can we choose?
Writer: Adam Granofsky
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Clean Living
I've waited all my life to come
Running through the field when I see you
In the end, when you're young, you follow
Shadows even though they fade
Baby, you're
In the end, there was a red light shining
Shining all your love to come
Sometimes I lay in the darkness
Just to see if I can hear the spark
But I never went away, babe
Show me how you do it
I've been looking all night
Go away and back
Show me that you want it
I'm alone in life
All this reading in no light
Once I was alone in a lonesome town
Even livin' in my place
When I took the train up to see you
Everything that I couldn't change
But I never went away, babe
Show me how you do it
I've been looking all night
Go away and back
Show me that you notice
In a long time
All this living in no life
I don't want to have to make you
Show me how you do it
I've been looking all night
I went away and back
Show me that you notice
In a long time
I ain't giving in
I know my way around it
I've been doing all right
And I don't need it back, ooh
Running through the field when I see you
In the end, when you're young, you follow
Shadows even though they fade
Baby, you're
In the end, there was a red light shining
Shining all your love to come
Sometimes I lay in the darkness
Just to see if I can hear the spark
But I never went away, babe
Show me how you do it
I've been looking all night
Go away and back
Show me that you want it
I'm alone in life
All this reading in no light
Once I was alone in a lonesome town
Even livin' in my place
When I took the train up to see you
Everything that I couldn't change
But I never went away, babe
Show me how you do it
I've been looking all night
Go away and back
Show me that you notice
In a long time
All this living in no life
I don't want to have to make you
Show me how you do it
I've been looking all night
I went away and back
Show me that you notice
In a long time
I ain't giving in
I know my way around it
I've been doing all right
And I don't need it back, ooh
Writer: Adam Granofsky
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You Dont Have To Go
Love is a bird I can't even see
Even in the darkness right in front of me
And you were shining bright through the window in the morn
There's a torrent that rises gently
There's a wind
You can be free, sometimes brave
Sometimes all you want to do is run away
I don't need a curse, the hurt is much too real
Bullied and lost, I'm silently waiting
For her, the room will be painted
Yeah, I know, it's hard, this time
Yeah, I know, that you know, this time deleted
How could I wait till you recognized me?
When you were there inside my dreams
No, you don't have to go, I want to make you stay
Goodbye, anyway
I heard the news, today
I've been up since the break of dawn
I lost my mind today
I'm at the sea, and I can hear the trains
Winds of change, so new, blow in right through me and blow back through you
And pull you into the light, yeah
Now I'm home, and it's clearly gone
Lost my edge today, singing all my songs in the pouring rain
Pushed and pulled apart by the scenes
I can feel the chains
Winds of love blow few, and they move through me, and apart from you
And take you into the night, yeah, ooh
Even in the darkness right in front of me
And you were shining bright through the window in the morn
There's a torrent that rises gently
There's a wind
You can be free, sometimes brave
Sometimes all you want to do is run away
I don't need a curse, the hurt is much too real
Bullied and lost, I'm silently waiting
For her, the room will be painted
Yeah, I know, it's hard, this time
Yeah, I know, that you know, this time deleted
How could I wait till you recognized me?
When you were there inside my dreams
No, you don't have to go, I want to make you stay
Goodbye, anyway
I heard the news, today
I've been up since the break of dawn
I lost my mind today
I'm at the sea, and I can hear the trains
Winds of change, so new, blow in right through me and blow back through you
And pull you into the light, yeah
Now I'm home, and it's clearly gone
Lost my edge today, singing all my songs in the pouring rain
Pushed and pulled apart by the scenes
I can feel the chains
Winds of love blow few, and they move through me, and apart from you
And take you into the night, yeah, ooh
Writer: Adam Granofsky
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A Deeper Understanding is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band The War on Drugs. It was released on August 25, 2017 through Atlantic Records. The album was mixed by engineer Shawn Everett. The album won Best Rock Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
Performed By:
The War On DrugsGenre(s): Heartland rock, synth-pop, Americana, psychedelic rock
Producer(s): Adam Granduciel
Length: 66:13
Released: August 25th, 2017
Year: 2017