A Lovely Place to Be
Patrick O'Hearn Lyrics

White lemon days
Days that are bright and refreshing, like a lemon, but also somewhat bland and lacking in flavor or excitement.

Blue colored lines on your face
Showing signs of wear and tear and maybe even a weariness or sadness that is visible above the surface.

Devil in your best
Even when you put on your best face, everything is not necessarily as it seems. There may be challenges lurking beneath the surface.

Settling like death to the pain
Confronting and accepting the reality of your circumstances, no matter how difficult or painful they might be.

Now loosening your grip
Forgetting the tight control you've tried to maintain and letting go of some of the things you've been holding onto.

Feel the wheel slip from your hands
Sense that your sense of direction or control over your life or situation is faltering and that you're losing your grip on things.

Walking the devil's dog
Embracing or carrying out something that is inherently evil or negative, regardless of the consequences.

And carrying his groceries
Going along with evil or negative behavior without any real benefit or reward, like doing someone else's chores.

Love steal the schemes
Love takse the plans and goals that people have and turn them upside down, changing and altering their lives.

Drive around like spaceships on bald tires
Moving forward with conviction and confidence, despite having a less-than-perfect foundation or means of support.

Burn the mother's milk
Destroying something that is typically considered to be nourishing or fundamentally good.

So another fog is in line
Clearing away one obstacle only to have another present itself soon thereafter.

Now getting the devil's kiss
Being seduced by or giving in to negative influences, even if it's ultimately harmful or destructive.

And wipe the mother's kiss from my face
Removing any sense of innocence or purity that might have once guided a person's decisions and actions.

Keep a stiff upper lip
Maintain a sense of resilience and composure, even in the face of significant challenges or setbacks.

Spitting on my past to the pain
Rejecting or distancing oneself from previous experiences or emotions in order to move forward and avoid feeling pain or shame.

I fell on black days
Feeling overwhelmed or hopeless in the face of adversity or difficult circumstances.

How would I know that this would be my fate
Questioning how or why things have turned out this way and whether or not there was any way to avoid or prepare for it.

White lemon days
Returning to a familiar state of normalcy after a period of difficulty and tumultuousness, albeit with a sense of ambiguity or uncertainty for what's to come.

I fell on black days
Repeating the feeling of being overwhelmed or hopeless, with a sense of hopelessness and inevitability that things will never get better.

Fell on black days
Continuing to struggle with and confront difficult or negative emotions and experiences, with a sense of resignation or acceptance that this will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future.