Look Away

The lyrics portray two people fleeing after violence and pursuing a dangerous life together. The speaker sounds defiant, insisting they can survive by drawing on their inner strength, but the repeated request to “look away” hints at fear, guilt, or a wish to protect the other person. As the song unfolds, the relationship seems intense yet doomed: they have shared hardship, but the speaker believes they will never reach a better future.

Several images carry more than their literal meaning. “The land where I lie cold” suggests death, or at least the speaker’s imagined fate. “The lies in the stories that were told” may refer to false accounts about what happened, though the lyrics do not explain who told them or why. “Find the sun” works as an image of hope and safety; saying they will never find it makes their future sound bleak. The phrase “draw on all the fire we have inside” means using their last reserves of courage or energy.

The speaker’s story is not fully clear, and the lyrics leave important gaps. We hear that the speaker never meant to kill someone, escaped while being held, and later searched for the other person, but we cannot know exactly what happened between these events. “Look away” could be a plea not to witness the speaker’s suffering, a demand to ignore the truth, or a way of concealing deep love. That uncertainty gives the song its uneasy emotional pull.