Viënna
Matt Skiba And The Sekrets Lyrics

I'm out here in Vienna
The singer is currently in Vienna

Stuck out in the piercing rain
The rain is strong and unpleasant

I walk around in circles
The singer is lost or without purpose

To the sound of passing trains
The trains represent a sense of direction, as the artist follows them

The sky is unforgiving
The weather is harsh and unwelcoming

All the statues look the same
The singer is in a foreign place and everything looks unfamiliar to them

Got a bottle full of xanax
The singer is struggling with pain and has self-medicated

But nothing to kill the pain
Despite the medication, the artist is still in pain

Vienna
Repeating the name of the location, emphasizing the importance of it to the artist

And I wander through the streets
The artist is aimlessly wandering through the city

For I have no one back at home
The singer is alone and has no one to return to

To sing my broken heart to sleep
The artist longs for comfort and healing from a broken heart

Or mend my broken bones
The singer also needs physical healing

Nothing here but loneliness
The singer feels lonely and isolated

And lots of time to kill
The singer has free time with nothing to do

Spend it measuring the emptiness
The artist is trying to make sense of their loneliness and emptiness

And voids to fill
The artist is searching for meaning and purpose

Vienna
Repeating the name of the location, emphasizing the importance of it to the singer

Beneath the concrete sky
The city is surrounded by buildings and feels cold and uninviting

No one can hear my cries
The artist feels unheard and unseen

I'll return to you one day
The artist plans to someday return to Vienna

But for now I just can't stay
The artist can't stay in Vienna any longer

Back in California
The singer is from California

Every day it looks the same
The artist feels stuck in a routine back home

But out here in Vienna
Vienna represents a sense of adventure and escape for the singer

I am melting in the rain
The rain represents the overwhelming emotions the singer is experiencing

The wicked witch of the west coast
The singer is using a metaphor to describe their negative feelings towards their home

Is gone without a trace
The artist has physically left their home, but their negative feelings remain

Took a broomstick out to Austria to find a hiding place
The artist has sought refuge in Vienna to escape their problems

Vienna
Repeating the name of the location, emphasizing the importance of it to the singer

Beneath the concrete sky
The city is surrounded by buildings and feels cold and uninviting

No one can hear my cries
The artist feels unheard and unseen

I'll return to you one day
The artist plans to someday return to Vienna

But for now I just can't stay
The artist can't stay in Vienna any longer

For now I just can't stay
The singer reiterates that they cannot remain in Vienna for the time being