The song deeply illustrates recovery in all it’s forms. Through the abstract use of language the listener is drawn to it’s own life and the things he/she has had to recover from. The album art is also really worth looking at.
[Verse 1]
Can you see me?
I can barely see myself
Are we only
Empty frames up on the shelf?
[Pre-Chorus]
(Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
It's like we're dreaming wide awake
(Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Everything bends until it breaks
[Chorus]
Can we recover?
Can we get over this?
Are we too deep in the night
To see the day?
Can we recover?
Can we get over this?
Are we too frozen inside
To feel the flame?
[Verse 2]
Empty vapor
Where there used to be a view
Clouded layers
Where the sky was crystal blue
[Pre-Chorus]
(Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
It's like we're dreaming wide awake
(Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Everything bends until it breaks
[Chorus]
Can we recover?
Can we get over this?
Are we too deep in the night
To see the day?
Can we recover?
Can we get over this?
Are we too frozen inside
To feel the flame?
[Bridge]
Can we start over? (Ooh, ooh-ooh)
Say it's not over (ooh, ooh-ooh)
[Breakdown]
Is there a light at the end?
A place where we start again?
Where there's a hunger within
These wounded hearts can mend
[Outro]
Can we recover?
Can we get over this?
Are we too deep in the night
To see the day?
Recover was written by Dave Bassett & Ruelle.
Recover was produced by Ruelle & Dave Bassett.