Fool's Gold
Evidence One Lyrics

Wake up from this nightmare
Coming to the realization that this relationship is not what it seemed, feels like waking up from a nightmare.

Wake up in a cold sweat
The fear and anxiety of realizing the true nature of the relationship, along with the desire to get out of it, feels like waking up from a nightmare and breaking into a cold sweat.

Reach for you hand, but you're not there
Searching for a familiar anchor to help cope with this realization, but the realization that their loved one is no more by their side hits hard.

While I'm trying so hard to just forget
Conjures up the struggle and the effort behind trying to forget someone they loved and thought was good for them, but it's not easy.

Can't you tell no wrong from right
Pointing to the fact that the other person was not aware of how detrimental their actions were to their relationship and also that they didn't realize that they have done a mistake.

What is shadow, what is light
The reference towards shadow and light could be an allusion to the light at the end of the tunnel i.e., the truth exposing the reality and the shadow representing the obscuring of the truth.

You have torn our love apart
The other person's actions have caused the disintegration of the love they once shared.

[CHORUS:] Love is Fool's Gold
The idea that love is akin to fool's gold, meaning that it is not precious or valuable as it may seem, but rather a worthless facade.

It is not what it s meant to be
The belief that love, as it should be, requires mutual respect and understanding, but instead what they got was a distorted and fractured version of it.

Love is Fool's Gold
Reiterating the idea that love is nothing but a mirage of something that's supposed to be beautiful and substantial, but is in fact deceiving.

Love is blind, way too blind to see
The other person was unable to see the issues from the singer's viewpoint, thus love being too blind to notice the problems and the deficiency in the relationship.

My heart is bleedin'
The heart being synonymous with the soul and the pain being experienced is visceral and deep-rooted, causing a figural death of the artist by continuing to live in such pain.

I'm headin' for the end
The marking of the end of the relationship, but it could also mean that of the singer's personal emotional journey while recovering from the trauma of the end of the relationship.

Nothing left, left to believe in
The belief in love has been shattered and there is nothing left to hold onto, leaving them hopeless and helpless.

This is much more, than I can stand
The pain felt is too much to handle, overall pointing to a sensory overload of heartbreak, disappointment, and betrayal.

My life's a drag since you went away
After the separation, the artist's life has lost all its vivacity, and they have to go through life unwillingly as it is devoid of the things that once brought happiness.

My heart is cloudy on a sunny day
The emotions and pain linger, long after the relationship has ended, making everything foggy, even good days seem dull and filled with melancholy, emotionally leading to the formation of a grey area instead of a person leading a clear and sunny life.

But we were supposed to fail - fail from the start
Life is unpredictable, therefore no one knows what's going to happen. But in this case, it seems like the relationship was never meant to work, signifying the fate of the relationship.

[CHORUS x2] Fool's Gold, Fool's Gold
Re-stating the idea that love is nothing more than a falsehood, further going on to show that it's ridiculous to believe in such a farce.

[CHORUS x2] Fool's Gold, Fool's Gold
Repeating the chorus and emphasizing the lie propagated that love and everything about it are like fool's gold, false and deceitful.

Fool's Gold - So damn wrong
In a final moment of reflection, the artist fully understands how wrong things had gone and how terrible fool's gold truly is. Signifying the deception they had been under throughout their relationship, as in the end, they were left with nothing but worthless stone instead of the valuable gold they'd hoped for.