Story Behind The Song

Rob says this song is about wanting to sever ties and end a difficult relationship, but not wanting to hurt the other person and not wanting the other person to hurt themselves after the breakup. www.keepitsecret.ca

Lyrics

Sting of the Arrow


is it not heroic for me to stand by your side
anchor in hand, the rope slipping through it
the guilt becomes too much
clutching fingers failing
the feeling's all around me - destructive embrace
symptoms all inclusive
hidden from a shameful view
masked by what's discarded, shrunken spirits colliding

so much stemming from this fool's heart
seems now that the meaning just eludes me
that's not even the worst part
pinned to the wall - the sting of the arrow
struck by the beauty of this failure

it's all the little things that mean so much
(that mean so much)
but it's all the little things that i have lost
(that i have lost)
it's all these moments tied with but a single thought
(with a single thought)
wide eyes now seeing where before they could not

decorated with the splattered words
qucikly spoke, already worn
not who we might prefer to be
hopelessly (hopelessly) helpless (hopelessly)
reversing the roles (reversing the roles)
hopelessly (hopelessly) helpless (hopelessly)
reversing the roles (reversing the roles)

can this truely be what is deserved?
hoped to get it right - tried so many times
the colours now all so monochrome - the future shines so bold
struck by the beauty of this failure

it's all the little things that mean so much
(that mean so much)
but it's all the little things that i have lost
(that i have lost)
it's all these moments tied with but a single thought
(with a single thought)
wide eyes now seeing where before they could not

sting of the arrow, sting of the arrow
sting the arrow tonight
sting of the arrow, sting of the arrow
sting the arrow tonight
sting of the arrow, sting of the arrow
sting the arrow tonight

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