Water Lily
Empyr Lyrics


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Put your arms around me
Remember how it feels
I'm dead since you're gone
I'm dead 'cause there's
No more tomorrow for us, for us
No more tomorrow

Put your arms around me
Put your arms around me
I'm lost
Put your arms around me
There's no more tomorrow for us
And no more tomorrow for you





I'm dead since you're gone
My head on the ground

Overall Meaning

These lyrics from Empyr's song Water Lily evoke a deep sense of pain and loss from the singer's perspective. The repeated plea to have their beloved's arms around them is a metaphor for the comfort and safety they once felt in their presence. However, the repetition of "I'm dead since you're gone" illustrates just how devastating their absence has been to the singer's well-being. The line "My head on the ground" is a visual representation of how crushed and defeated they feel without them.


The repeated phrase "no more tomorrow" further emphasizes the sense of loss and finality of their situation. It implies that there is no hope for a future together and that they are resigned to their present state of pain and despair. The tone of the lyrics is mournful and reflective, encapsulating the feelings of someone who has suffered a great loss and longs for the comfort that once came so easily.


Line by Line Meaning

Put your arms around me
The singer is longing for physical comfort and closeness from the person addressed in the song.


Remember how it feels
The singer is asking the person addressed in the song to recall what it feels like to be close and affectionate with each other.


I'm dead since you're gone
The singer feels emotionally numb and lifeless after the departure of the person they are addressing in the song.


I'm dead 'cause there's
The artist is reiterating their lifelessness and the cause of it being the absence of the person they are addressing in the song.


No more tomorrow for us, for us
The artist is acknowledging the fact that the relationship between them and the addressed person has ended and there's no future for them together anymore.


No more tomorrow
The singer is accepting the reality that the future they had with the addressed person has disappeared and there's nothing left for them to hope for together.


I'm lost
The singer is experiencing confusion and disorientation due to the loss of the person they are addressing in the song.


And no more tomorrow for you
The artist is acknowledging that the addressed person is also facing the harsh reality of their relationship ending with no possibility of a future together.




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