Song Description
This is a transition song. The singer is flooding himself with hope for a new love that will pull him forward into his best self, but his memory constantly drags him backwards into his past relationship. Nonetheless, it's a defiant and hopeful sonf, a nd the bridge even directly addresses the girl of the past in a call to project himself forward.
| Song Length |
4:02 |
Genre |
Folk - Americana, R & B - Soul |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Restless |
Subject |
Relationship, Breaking Up |
| Similar Artists |
Ray LaMontagne, Sam Smith |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Well I hold myself up to the light
And I swear there's nothing but bone
And this highway wind that's folding me in
Carving me farther from home
Every turnout I pass is a mistaken chance
To return to the trouble I've known
But something inside says seek kindness or die
Trying to learn there's no loving alone
So I'm going to find me a girl
With love in her heart
Like a mirror that's held up to see
If there's anything left of me
If there's anything left of me
Still I wait for you
But time waits for no one
So I pray that something will break
Something that keeps you homeward
Something that keeps me going
Am I lost because whatever I was
Was whatever I never could be
Still the cruel of the night is cold as the knife
reflecting my past back to me
So I'm going to find me a girl
With love in her heart
Like a mirror that's held up to see
If there's anything left of me
If there's anything left of me