You Leave
Therefore I Am Lyrics

We are all suffers of love
We all experience love and the pain that comes with it.

Waiting for the rains to come
We're hoping that something unexpected will come and ease our pain.

Hoping they flood away the pain
We hope that the unexpected will be powerful enough to wash away our pain.

Some stable, some not safe to say
Some of us are dealing with our pain in a more steady, controlled way whereas others are more unpredictable or dangerous.

But were all wishing that death would call or scream
Despite our differences, we all are secretly wishing that we could escape this pain and die.

Each and every name
We're not wishing for general death, we're wishing for our own individual escape.

So here I am, praying for the rains to come
The singer is also struggling with pain and is hoping for something unexpected to intervene

With the smell of smoke and plastic gin
The setting suggests that the artist is in a bar, perhaps using alcohol and cigarettes to numb their pain.

Washed over my head and past my knees
The alcohol is affecting the artist and they may be losing control of themselves.

I slowly wait to be erased
The artist is struggling with self-destructive thoughts and imagines being completely erased or forgotten.

We are all like specks of dust that happen
We're all small and insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but we can all find ourselves coming together in the right light and circumstances.

To collect in the same shining ray of sun
The right circumstances can bring us together in a way that illuminates us.

And the golden hue that cast right
The light brings a certain warmth and comfort to us.

Through some old man's living room
The light and comfort might even be found in unlikely places or people.

While he sits all alone in overtones
Even when we're with people, we may still be struggling with our own solitude and inner turmoil.

Accents of smoke and nicotine
The setting suggests that the old man is also using unhealthy coping mechanisms.

A calming subtlety to compliment the clipper ships
Despite the darkness, there are still moments of beauty and calmness.

And the paintings he has hung
The singer sees beauty and meaning in the old man's art.

Well we all float and live by chance
As small and insignificant people, we can't always control the circumstances that bring us together or tear us apart.

He just sits and stares and laughs at
The old man seems to be detached from the pain and chaos of the younger generation.

The shadows we create and then you leave
His detachment seems all the more frustrating to the artist because they feel like everyone else is leaving them behind.

Then you leave
The repetition of this line underscores the finality of having someone leave us.

(Then you leave)
The repetition implies a sense of disbelief or despair that someone who seemed so important could just leave.

Just like god when he abandoned all of us
The comparison between someone leaving and God abandoning us suggests a sense of betrayal and loss.

With the punishment of love
The pain of love is presented as a divine punishment that we must suffer through.

And the devil feeds misery
The devil (or the darker aspects of ourselves) uses our pain and misery to keep us trapped.

(Then you leave)
The repetition of this line underscores the finality of having someone leave us.

Then you leave
The repetition implies a sense of disbelief or despair that someone who seemed so important could just leave.

Then you leave
The repetition implies a sense of disbelief or despair that someone who seemed so important could just leave.

Then you leave
The repetition implies a sense of disbelief or despair that someone who seemed so important could just leave.

Then you leave
The repetition implies a sense of disbelief or despair that someone who seemed so important could just leave.

Then you leave
The repetition implies a sense of disbelief or despair that someone who seemed so important could just leave.

Then you leave
The repetition implies a sense of disbelief or despair that someone who seemed so important could just leave.

Then you leave
The repetition implies a sense of disbelief or despair that someone who seemed so important could just leave.