Separated
Ashes Remain Lyrics

I can't live with you being gone.
The absence of the person the singer is addressing has a profound effect on their ability to function.

I'm not alright when you're not around.
The singer experiences distress and anxiety when separated from the individual they are addressing.

I can't breathe but life goes on.
The singer feels as though they are suffocating due to their separation from the person they are addressing, but life around them continues in spite of their pain.

And I'm always down.
The artist's mood is typically low as a consequence of their separation from the individual they address.

I know that you can free me,
The artist sees the individual they address as having the power to liberate them from their current emotional state.

From this cage I'm in.
The singer feels trapped and constrained by their emotional pain and longing for the person they address.

I need you to lead me,
The singer desires guidance and direction from the person they address in order to return to a more stable and fulfilled state.

Back home again.
The artist sees their reunion with the individual they address as a return to a comfortable, familiar, and emotionally secure place.

Please come back to me now.
The artist implores the person they address to return to their life immediately.

And wash away the rain.
The artist desires emotional and psychological support and comfort from the person they address.

Please come down from the clouds.
The singer feels as though their emotional well-being is dependent on the presence of the person they address and implores them to return from an abstract and absent state of mind.

I can't take the pain.
The artist is deeply impacted by their separation from the person they address and is overwhelmed by their feelings of distress and loss.

Please set this prisoner free,
The singer feels trapped and imprisoned by their emotional state and desires to be liberated.

From these velvet chains.
The singer finds their emotional pain and longing to be seductive, yet binding.

Please come and rescue me.
The singer sees the individual they address as a source of deliverance from their current emotional state.

Cause' I'm the one to blame.
The artist sees themselves as responsible for the current state of their relationship with the individual they address.

I'm dying on the inside.
The artist's emotional pain is so severe that they experience feelings of death and decay from within.

I'm cracking up.
The singer is on the verge of collapsing under the weight of their emotional distress.

I wish that I could hide.
The singer desires to withdraw and conceal themselves from the world as a means of avoiding their emotional pain and longing.

But it's not enough.
The artist recognizes that avoidance and isolation are not effective methods for dealing with their emotional pain.

To cover this depression that's killing me.
The artist sees their emotional pain as a deeply-rooted and destructive force that cannot be concealed or ignored.

I'm so far from perfection, I can clearly see.
The artist has a realistic understanding of their emotional state and sees their imperfections and shortcomings with clarity.

I have got to see you.
The singer feels a strong and urgent desire to be reunited with the person they address.

I want to touch you.
The artist expresses a desire for physical contact and intimacy with the person they address.

I need to feel you.
The singer experiences an intense need to be emotionally connected to the person they address in order to overcome their current emotional state.