3. The symbolism, imagery, idiom, repetition,
and hyperbole of the song work to
explain the questions and struggles that
come along with waiting.
4. The song starts with the speaker groaning and questioning if he
is being tested. He explains how there is a vampire that is
draining the his patience and vitality. He is still giving blood to
the vampire and keeping faith even though the “vampire act's a
little old". The speaker is going to "wait it out" and mentions that
he would have walked away from the path he is on if he knew
that there were no rewards from waiting. The speaker then
goes on to explain that if he had no desire to heal the
"damaged and broken" met along his path that he is on he
would have walked away from it. The speaker then urges to be
patient and that he must keep reminding himself of this.