Resurrection
Kip Winger Lyrics


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Mix the purple with the blue
Leave desire showing through
Half the time I just wanna be dead and done

There's a sound around me
All around me
Sound of a broken heart
Can I live if the girl is real
or is that just the way it goes?

After all that's been said and done

All I know, I don't want to dead and done
All I know, I don't want to be a setting sun
Find a way to paint to color in my heart

There's a sound around me
All around me
Sound of a broken heart

I'm a man, and I can't be sorry for everything I've done
Oh, my resurrection
There's a sound
Sound of an open heart

Round and round
'till you hit ground and lose your faith
and down you go
You lie and cry and might try to make a break
it's all a show
You just can't hide from what's inside you're face to face
so now you know

Desert hill release the night
Changing shaped to meet the light
Draw a circle in the sand begin again

There's a sound around me
All around me
Sound of an open heart
I'm a man, and I can't be sorry for everything I've done




Oh, my resurrection
There's a sound

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Kip Winger's song Resurrection paint a picture of desperation, pain, and hope. The first two lines talk about mixing purple and blue, which could be a reference to a bruise or a wound. This could be a metaphor for the singer's emotional state. They want to show their desire and passion, but they are bogged down by the pain they are feeling.


The lyrics also reference a broken heart and the sound of it. The singer wonders if they can really live if the girl they love is real, or if it's all just a cruel trick of fate. They struggle with feelings of guilt and the need for redemption, hence the line "I'm a man, and I can't be sorry for everything I've done. Oh, my resurrection." The singer wants to start again, to draw a circle in the sand and begin anew.


Overall, the lyrics to Resurrection are about the struggle for redemption, the pain of a broken heart, and the desire to start again.


Line by Line Meaning

Mix the purple with the blue
Blend two contrasting feelings, passion and sadness


Leave desire showing through
Don't try to conceal one's yearnings


Half the time I just wanna be dead and done
Sometimes one feels hopeless and powerless


There's a sound around me
There's an ambiance of emotions engulfing me


All around me
In every which way


Sound of a broken heart
A noise of a traumatized soul


Can I live if the girl is real
Is it possible to exist if the love is genuine


or is that just the way it goes?
Or is this how it typically ends?


After all that's been said and done
Regardless of everything that occurred before


All I know, I don't want to dead and done
All I understand, I don't want to stop living or be forgotten


All I know, I don't want to be a setting sun
All I comprehend, I don't want to fizzle out like a setting sun


Find a way to paint to color in my heart
Discover a method to reaffirm my emotions and memories


I'm a man, and I can't be sorry for everything I've done
As a man, there are things I regret but cannot apologize for


Oh, my resurrection
Oh, my rebirth


Sound of an open heart
A melody of an unguarded soul


Round and round
In repetitive cycles


till you hit ground and lose your faith
until you crash and despair becomes irreversible


and down you go
and you continue to spiral down


You lie and cry and might try to make a break
You deceive and weep, attempting to escape


it's all a show
It's all a facade


You just can't hide from what's inside your face to face
You can't conceal what you're truly feeling


so now you know
So now it's been revealed to you


Desert hill release the night
A desertic terrain frees the darkness


Changing shaped to meet the light
Assuming new forms to seek enlightenment


Draw a circle in the sand begin again
Create a new starting point from scratch and restart




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