Cold
Blindside Lyrics


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You put a little black flower
in my left shirt-pocket
I still feel it now as something heavy
But it's losing leaves somehow
We wait for nothing now
We were never really close
Don't pretend there's not ice
in your blood
So please hush we're at the edge
One of us needs to jump or push

And so your eyes starts running
but your face looks cold

Because it's just cold when
it's not right
And it's a heartache
that you never could satisfy
It's just cold with frozen kisses
and a breath of ice
It's just cold when it's not right
Is this a goodbye?

Now you're holding my hand until
your knuckles are turning white
On my skin there's frost and yes I
feel sorry but for time lost
Spent in your cold embrace
I didn't chose this but it's the time
and it's the place
We're at the edge of the cliff
One of us needs to jump or push

Your eyes starts running
but your face looks old
And it's just cold when it's not right
And it's a heartache
that you never could satisfy
It's just cold with frozen kisses and
a breath of ice
It's just cold when it's not right
Is this a goodbye?

And it's just cold when it's not right
And it's a heartache
that you never could satisfy

This could be a good




A real good
A goodbye

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Blindside's song "Cold" paint a picture of a strained relationship, with one party feeling emotionally distant and the other struggling to hold onto the fading connection. The black flower in the left shirt pocket represents a burden, something heavy that is losing its vitality. The two parties have never been truly close, and there is a palpable sense of tension and coldness in the air. The chorus repeats the idea that the relationship is "just cold" when it's not right, and that it's ultimately a heartache that one party can never satisfy. The bridge of the song touches upon the physicality of the situation, with the other party holding onto the singer's hand so tightly that their knuckles are turning white, a manifestation of the emotional strain they are both under. In the end, the lyrics hint that this could be a final goodbye, that it's time for one party to take the leap or push the other off the cliff.


Line by Line Meaning

You put a little black flower in my left shirt-pocket
You gave me a small black flower and I put it in my pocket.


I still feel it now as something heavy But it's losing leaves somehow
That black flower you gave me still feels heavy in my pocket, but it's losing its leaves.


We wait for nothing now We were never really close
We don't have anything left to wait for now and we were never really close to begin with.


Don't pretend there's not ice in your blood
You're acting like there's no coldness in your veins, but I know it's there.


So please hush we're at the edge One of us needs to jump or push
Let's be quiet because we're at the edge of a cliff and one of us needs to either jump or push the other.


And so your eyes starts running but your face looks cold
Your eyes are starting to water, but your face still looks cold and unemotional.


Because it's just cold when it's not right
Things feel cold when they're not right between us.


And it's a heartache that you never could satisfy
It's heartbreaking that you could never fully satisfy me or make things right.


It's just cold with frozen kisses and a breath of ice
Our kisses feel cold and icy, not warm and loving.


Is this a goodbye?
Is this the end of our relationship?


Now you're holding my hand until your knuckles are turning white
You're holding my hand so tightly that your knuckles are turning white.


On my skin there's frost and yes I feel sorry but for time lost
My skin feels cold and frosty because of our situation, and I feel sorry for the time we've lost together.


Spent in your cold embrace I didn't chose this but it's the time and it's the place
I didn't choose to be in your cold embrace, but it's where we are now because of the circumstances.


And it's just cold when it's not right
Things are cold and uncomfortable when they're not right between us.


And it's a heartache that you never could satisfy
It's painful that you could never fully satisfy me emotionally, and it hurts me deeply.


This could be a good A real good A goodbye
This could be a good, if not great, final goodbye to our relationship.




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