Lyrics:
Clear my eyes, it's the morning after
Did I fall in love, or did I find disaster?
Take a second just to breathe
I pick my heart up off my sleeve, yeah
There she goes and I know she knows
By the way she eased out on her tippy toes
Skip the breakfast tea for two
We made no plans to rendeavous, yeah
Someone for everyone but no one for me (No one for me)
Constantly searching for the love I need to...
Basic Chorus:
Build my world around, around
I'll be the lonely one until I find someone
The one I build my world around, around
So, bring the arms of love until I find the one
The one I build my world...
Lazy days, I'm in a hazy phase
Of watching countless ways in which my life goes crazy
Foolishness to blame
Still, it pains me all the same, yeah
Empty faces with empty gazes
In a race of change, I'm losing faith in my pace
Trying to keep my feet before I fall
I'm on this endless road with nothing to see (Nothing to see)
Constantly searching for the love I need to...
Repeat chorus ['the one' replaces 'someone']
A cornerstone of honesty (All around)
A foundation of gravity and freedom (All around)
A clear and concrete understanding (All around)
A love that's best kept safe and sound
It's amazing how we fear the maybe
It's from ourselves we so often run
Abandon fear and consequence of heartbreak
Expose the truth and give yourself to love
We've all been set up to be disappointed
We have to crawl before we learn to fly
It's a blur that moves right into focus
Removes the doubt, aligns your heart and mind
Repeat chorus x 1.5 [overlap last verse/first verse]
(Just say it, just say it, just say it, just say it,
yeah yeah, oh, baby)
So bring the arms of love until I find the one
The one I build my world...
[end]
As one of the love songs / ballads of the Schizophrenic albums, it's a lovely song. It is not as romantic as "Selfish", but it has its merits. It could follow "One Night Stand" as an afterthought.
The song is well-written. Lyrically, the words are full of thought. The use of words in the first verse is better than the second, although the second is more reflective. The bridge follows the 'build' theme (of the title); by itself, it's a bit boring (I'm sorry I don't find construction interesting except maybe design plans and architecture) but it fits the song and speaks like an epiphany.
The melody is smooth, soft and introspective; naturally, that is expected for ballads, but it allows the words to blend from verse to chorus to verse. The accompaniment fits (less is more).
Grade (on a 5-point scale):
Lyrics: 4.2
Music: 4.0
Overall: 4.1
