Distance
Forever and a Day Lyrics


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You drive me crazy
The way you way you do it
You like my drug but girl I can't abuse it

Baby girl I need distance
Time away from your image
No phone call you say I've missing
Now you the one reminiscing
Oh no

I need some distance
I need to
I need to distance from you yeh

All this time you kept me high
Got me on some trip I don't know why
I'm in way too deep I got no time
I need help with my mind I cannot lie
Yeh yeh

And I need to
So do you too
Way you talk and walk ain't usual
Lately I've been doing up late nights
Seeing stars I'm tripping of these break lights

You drive me crazy
The way you way you do it
You like my drug but girl I can't abuse it
And I can't keep going I'm trying
Fighting for piece of my mind yeh
My mind yeh

Know you gone hide me away
Keep me stuck in your ways like
I know I said its okay
Because I do the things that they won't do
And that's why you around girl I swear its true yeh

I'm hooked of your waistline
And I need to take time
Yeh yeh
Sleepless in daylight
Girl I don't know about you

I need some distance girl and I know that we made plans
You got me falling to deep and I need a new way out
I'm falling

You drive me crazy
The way you way you do it
You like my drug but girl I can't abuse it

Baby girl I need distance
Time away from your image
No phone call you say I've missing
Now you the one reminiscing
Oh no

I need some distance
I need to
I need to distance from you yeh

All this time you kept me high
Got me on some trip I don't know why
I'm in way too deep I got no time
I need help with my mind I cannot lie
Yeh yeh

And I need to
So do you too
Way you talk and walk ain't usual




Lately I've been doing up late nights
Seeing stars I'm tripping of these break lights

Overall Meaning

The song "Distance" by Forever and a Day begins with the singer crying out for help from a place of isolation. As they shout, it seems like they are all alone and nobody is answering their call for help. The waves grow tall and the darkness is falling, and the singer is waiting for someone to come and save them. In their desperation, they wish for everything to disappear, and they begin to fade away in this world that seems to have abandoned them.


In the chorus, the singer uses the metaphor of a shipwreck to describe their situation. They feel lost in the vast expanse of the sea, and nobody is coming to rescue them. The bridge of the song comes in with the line "Taken by the tide", emphasizing the feeling of being powerless against the forces of nature. In the end, the singer is staring up at the sky and hoping for a plane to come and save them.


Overall, the song portrays a sense of hopelessness and despair, with the singer feeling completely alone and helpless in a situation beyond their control. The use of imagery and metaphor make the lyrics even more powerful, evoking feelings of being lost at sea and the desire for rescue.


Line by Line Meaning

As my shouts echo
My cries reverberate in the vast emptiness, a desperate plea for help.


Is there anybody out there that can save me this calling
I wonder if anyone is within earshot who can answer my desperate calls for salvation from this suffering.


As the waves grow tall and the darkness falls
The towering waves are a fearsome sight under the fading light of day, and I am left alone in the dark.


I wait for the spotlights and calls
I eagerly anticipate someone's attention and assistance, a beam of light cutting through the darkness to rescue me.


Please take this all away
I wish I could cast off this burden, release myself from this torment.


I've nothing else to say
No more words can express the depth of my despair or the longing for relief.


As I begin to fade this world abandons me
As my strength wanes, it seems as though the world around me turns its back on me, and I am left to perish alone.


Like shipwrecks out at sea
I am adrift, a hapless sailor stranded on a wrecked vessel, alone in the vast ocean of life.


Is this really happening
I question whether this nightmare is actually unfolding before my eyes or if it is merely a fever dream.


Taken by the tide
The current has seized me, pulling me inexorably further from safety and into the unknown.


Am I drifting any further from the wreckage behind me
I ask myself in despair whether my current course is taking me farther and farther from any hope of salvation or rescue.


Staring at the sky another plane goes by
I watch with futile hope as yet another airplane passes overhead, tantalizingly close but ultimately out of reach from where I am.


Will this one save me this time
I wonder whether this particular airplane might be the one that finally answers my calls for help and rescues me from this misery.


It was me I was seeing
I realize that nobody else can save me from my plight and that it is up to me to take control of my fate.


Is there anybody out there
In a desperate last cry, I call out to the emptiness, hoping beyond hope that someone is listening and can come to my aid.


Now I close my eyes and hope that someone tries to find me out here alive
I resign myself to my fate in the hope that someone somewhere will come across my message and search for me, that they might find me alive and bring me to safety.




Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Leon Dramis

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

John Smith

if you and someone you grew up with had an awkward little beef
but he lost his will to breathe before you two could sit, talk and really speak
would it taunt you in your dreams
or would it haunt you in your sleep?
tomorrow isn’t promised but i squashed it when i seen him
i took a look at my life, had to bring some kinda calm to it
‘bout to lose it - voices screaming “don’t do it!”
it’s like ‘01, ‘02
‘bout the year that High Exalted dropped
and Dead Ringer hit the shops
instead, i lost some friends
point no fingers at the frauds
but if you don’t see them around me you can figure who they are
true indeed i’ve seen it all before
send ‘em right through that revolving door
felt like i’m 12’5” taking a Michael Phelps dive
to a well elf-sized
that’s how shallow they depth lies
when you’re born you cry while everyone else smiles
but when you die you’re happy.. while everyone else cries



All comments from YouTube:

LA FLARE

sucha shame not many will hear this

DNP

Mannn.. I'm so on another level mentally I went out and bought this whole album years back still got the book and the case, an truthfully I'm proud to say I'm glad I did... Love Copy only the real can relate

Silent Shadow

I wish this song was more popular. It deserves to be. This is a melody that I'll always remember... Every now and then I think of this song and look it up again, and it never disappoints. It's a really good song.

alp kocacenk

This song deserves much more plays

brandon ohara

when your born you cry while everyone else smiles but when you die your happy while everyone else cries ....damn thats real af

brandon ohara

song should have millions of views

Charlie Tobenhouse

song's got mad replay value

Ben Ahajjam

Such a good song

Mk3 Vr666

we're born alone, die alone, but im prone to stick with my friends till the spirits are flying home

craig boure

nothing better than finding great music, first listen

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