I'm Not A Thief I'm A Treasure Hunter
A Skylit Drive Lyrics


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The skin around your mouth
The touch of your lips don't mean as much to me as this
I've never felt so alive until I figured you out
Until I figured you out!

Your words are infectious
Your eyes leave me breathless
I think it's safe to say you're deadly in your own way
I've never felt so alive until I figured you out
Until I figured you out!

I've got the moves to make you move
The thorn in my side just may be you
I know you know what's going on
I know you know what's going on, girl
This is me without you

Breathe easy
The doctors are about to arrive
Just try to run
You can't escape me
This is the last for me

This is the last for me!
What's it like in the greater sky?

I've got the moves to make you move
The thorn in my side just may be you
I know you know what's going on
I know you know what's going on, girl
This is me without you

Breathe easy
The doctors are about to arrive
Tell me what's it like
Tell me what's it like

Breathe easy
The doctors are about to arrive
What a passive thought when the truth is that I've taken your life

Breathe easy




The doctors are about to arrive
Now I'm alive

Overall Meaning

The first verse of "I'm Not A Thief. I'm A Treasure Hunter" by A Skylit Drive is about the singer's liberation from his old self. He has found the kind of pleasure in a woman that he has never felt before. He describes how her appearance, particularly the skin around her mouth, has become fascinating to him. He has discovered new life and vitality by getting to know this woman. The second verse emphasizes her seemingly infectious words, and her eyes that render him breathless. He notes that although she is deadly in her way, he has never felt more alive because of her. He knows what's going on with her, and he attributes his new-found self-discovery to her.


The chorus discusses his capacity to create changes in this woman's behavior. He knows that she is the thorn in his side and that he has to do something about it. The singer says that he will be reborn without her, and this is the last time he will be in her company. The bridge tells us about the singer being finally free from her as the doctors are coming to help her but it's already too late. He has already taken her life, and he describes it as liberation and even calls it a passive thought.


Line by Line Meaning

The skin around your mouth
I am mesmerized by the details of your face


The touch of your lips don't mean as much to me as this
Your physical touch is now overshadowed by my obsession with you


I've never felt so alive until I figured you out
My attraction to you has given me a newfound sense of purpose in life


Your words are infectious
Your words have a powerful impact on me


Your eyes leave me breathless
You have a captivating, intense gaze that affects me deeply


I think it's safe to say you're deadly in your own way
You have a dangerous allure that I find irresistible


I've got the moves to make you move
I am confident in my ability to woo you


The thorn in my side just may be you
Your presence in my life has become a source of pain


I know you know what's going on
You are aware of the impact you have on me


This is me without you
I am incomplete without your presence in my life


Breathe easy
Take a moment to relax


The doctors are about to arrive
A metaphor for an impending crisis or intervention


Just try to run
You cannot escape my grasp


This is the last for me!
This is the end of the line for me


What's it like in the greater sky?
Asking a rhetorical question about the existence beyond this reality


Tell me what's it like
Asking for insight or advice about dealing with a difficult situation


What a passive thought when the truth is that I've taken your life
A realization that their obsession has caused harm or damage to the other person


Now I'm alive
The intense emotions and experiences they have gone through have made them feel more alive




Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BRIAN MICHAEL WHITE, CORY MATTHEW LA QUAY, JOSEPH WILSON, KYLE CHRISTOPHER SIMMONS, MICHAEL JAGMIN, NICHOLAS WILLIAM MILLER

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Chris Fedric

"The skin around your mouth
The touch of your lips don't mean as much to me as this
I've never felt so alive until I figured you out
Until I figured you out!

Your words are infectious
Your eyes leave me breathless
I think it's safe to say you're deadly in your own way
I've never felt so alive until I figured you out
Until I figured you out!

I've got the moves to make you move
The thorn in my side just may be you
I know you know what's going on
I know you know what's going on, girl
This is me without you

Breathe easy
The doctors are about to arrive
Just try to run
You can't escape me
This is the last for me

This is the last for me!
What's it like in the greater sky?

I've got the moves to make you move
The thorn in my side just may be you
I know you know what's going on
I know you know what's going on, girl
This is me without you

Breathe easy
The doctors are about to arrive
Tell me what's it like
Tell me what's it like

Breathe easy
The doctors are about to arrive
What a passive thought when the truth is that I've taken your life

Breathe easy
The doctors are about to arrive
Now I'm alive"



All comments from YouTube:

Tragic Hero Records

We can't believe this album is already 11 years old!
You can pick up vinyl of "Wires... And the Concept of Breathing" and "Rise" here - https://www.merchbucket.com/collections/a-skylit-drive

Hezekiah Turner

Instablaster.

Colton Stark

Would be dope to get a re-release anniversary edition

Nyx

11 years already? I feel old now....

Daniel Alzati

Wuuu!

Apoplexy__

Found this song back in highschool, and it set the stage for most of the music I like today.
Now I'm about to graduate medical school...THE DOCTOR IS ABOUT TO ARRIVE

S Q U A L L L E O N H A R T

Say hello now DOCTORS,ARCHEOLOGIST ,THIEFS ETC.

matt monti

Lame

Chastity Marett-Dilday

I discovered their music in highschool and now my cannons could sink ships

emilio olivas

Sound this song back when I was 25 and now I’m 35 and gay

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