Emarosa - A Toast to the Future Kids

Piece it all together now
Because I sell myself short every time
Oh, how you became my life
You took me in before I could back out
Well I still have faith
It will start again
Oh, I still have faith

Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire,
Erasing all the stains, so here's to starting over
We could be the same, we'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim,
Claim, mine to claim

You can't get out
Fear, couldn't place its hands on us my dear
My pride has dropped
Because I couldn't sell short myself this time
String it along
Say you'll love me either way

Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire,
Erasing all the stains, so here's to starting over
We could be the same, we'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim

Seeing past
It's about time I asked for more
Watching my life, at the distance we have come
Well I've lived, well I've learned
But I always seem to give up on my self
(Self, self, self, self)
String it along
Say you'll love me either way
Say you'll love me any way
While I'm alone
Say you'll love me either way

Mine to claim, claim!

Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire,
Erasing all the stains, so here's to starting over
We could be the same, we'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim...

 This song, too me, seems like the writer is trying to mend a past relationship. He, the writer, starts off in the first stanza talking about how someone or some group took him in, and how it became his life. But, he then says "Well I still have faith / It will start again / Oh, I still have faith", meaning that whatever relationship they had is over, but he has faith that it will start back up again. In the second stanza, we have the chorus. Here he talks about how he is going to "spend my cold life / cutting corners, placing blame" which would mean he would spend the rest of his cold life, blaming others for his short comings. Directly after that though he says "Any moment this could catch fire, / Erasing all the stains, so here's to starting over / we could be the same, we'll change it all together / The future's mine to claim," meaning that the argument they had would go up in flames, essentially disappearing, that they could be the same or they could change how they were, the future is up to him. The third stanza the writer talks about his shortcomings. He talks about you can't get out, but fear was no match for them. He then says that his pride has dropped, and he hopes that you will love him either way. We then have the chorus again, to strengthen the claim that he wants to start over and that they can accomplish anything in the future. In the fifth stanza the writer talks about how it's time that they give it another go, that they have come to far to back out now. He says with these lines "Well I've lived, well I've learned / But I always seem to give up on my self" that he has learned a lot but he gives up on himself, possibly saying that if they would give him encouragement, he could do it. Then he says "Say you'll love me either way / Say you'll love me any way", which means that, no matter what, he wants their love no matter what he does. He then ends with the chorus, emphasizing the fact that the future is his, and he wants it to be with the person or group he is writing too.