So this song has a few connotations. It's been rumoured to be about drug abuse and about sex trafficking. I think there's a good message in it, however, whether you've been in those situations or not.
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Either way, Anberlin has produced some of my favourite songs. And someone may have needed to hear this one today.
Lyrics:
Dear Little Girl
So much hurt
For such a young age
Trapped inside
A pretty little lie
Your body's betrayed
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Don't fix your eyes on a fix you rely on
Fixed her eyes on
A fix she relies upon
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Stand unafraid all of the good souls
Stand unafraid
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[Chorus]
When the light starts to burn
When the pain returns
I just wish that I could heal the hurt you feel tonight
There's life in your veins
These needles are chains
To hold you down
How can you expect to win this war
If you're too afraid to fight?
Are you too afraid to fight?
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Dear Little One
There was so much pain
Time you can't replace
Trapped inside
Too afraid to cry, and now
Hands and bruises cover face
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Don't fix your eyes on a fix you rely on
Fixed her eyes on a fix
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[Chorus]
Stand unafraid, all the good souls
(All the good souls)
Stand unafraid, all of the good souls
Stand unafraid
'
When the light starts to burn
And the pain returns
I just wish that I could heal the hurt you feel tonight
There's life in your veins
These needles are chains
To hold you down
How can you expect to win this war
When the light starts to burn
When the pain returns
I just wish that I could heal the hurt you feel tonight
There's life in your veins
These needles are chains
To hold you down
How can you expect to win this war
If you're too afraid to fight?
Ok I was really enjoying the music and then I went to the comment section and looked at the lyrics and damn it's fitting! (at least int he way I understand it) Just what I needed today!
@purplepumkin I'm really glad to hear that. It's one of my favourite songs of theirs and it's helped me through some tough times so if it can do even a fraction of that for someone else (and they enjoy the music on top of it) I'll consider that a succees
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Hopefully whatever/if you're going through something it isn't so very dark
^^ No don't worry, it used to be awful but now I'm having a good life, the needles are me saying "bruh we have too much to do" while it's realistically nothing dramatic compared to what I've been through, I just have to do my shit instead of complaining about it. That's what I hear in these lyrics anyways, maybe another day I wouldn't take them like this.
That's a relief to hear! I'm so glad things have turned around for you.
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And yes, I definitely understand that perspective (it's the one I usually see the song from myself as well). I think we all have our metaphoric needles and fixes for all the various problems we have in our lives. Sometimes it takes awhile to realize they're just distractions/escapes and not solutions at all
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Artist: Anberlin
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Either way, Anberlin has produced some of my favourite songs. And someone may have needed to hear this one today.
Dear Little Girl
So much hurt
For such a young age
Trapped inside
A pretty little lie
Your body's betrayed
'
Don't fix your eyes on a fix you rely on
Fixed her eyes on
A fix she relies upon
'
Stand unafraid all of the good souls
Stand unafraid
'
[Chorus]
When the light starts to burn
When the pain returns
I just wish that I could heal the hurt you feel tonight
There's life in your veins
These needles are chains
To hold you down
How can you expect to win this war
If you're too afraid to fight?
Are you too afraid to fight?
'
Dear Little One
There was so much pain
Time you can't replace
Trapped inside
Too afraid to cry, and now
Hands and bruises cover face
'
Don't fix your eyes on a fix you rely on
Fixed her eyes on a fix
'
[Chorus]
(All the good souls)
Stand unafraid, all of the good souls
Stand unafraid
'
When the light starts to burn
And the pain returns
I just wish that I could heal the hurt you feel tonight
There's life in your veins
These needles are chains
To hold you down
How can you expect to win this war
When the light starts to burn
When the pain returns
I just wish that I could heal the hurt you feel tonight
There's life in your veins
These needles are chains
To hold you down
How can you expect to win this war
If you're too afraid to fight?
'
Hopefully whatever/if you're going through something it isn't so very dark
'
And yes, I definitely understand that perspective (it's the one I usually see the song from myself as well). I think we all have our metaphoric needles and fixes for all the various problems we have in our lives. Sometimes it takes awhile to realize they're just distractions/escapes and not solutions at all