Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
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And I was sitting lonely in my car
Watching her come and go
And I could feel the strings pulling my heart
From the old house,
That I used to know,
Like a river (like a river)
That was flowing (that was flowing)
She was coming (she was coming)
Without knowing (without knowing)
And our love's the river that somehow lost its flow,
Lost its flow, well
From my car I can see her there
As the curtains slowly moves
As he runs his fingers through her hair
And the fire slowly grooves, well
What's the answer to this pain
I wanna get back to her love again
There she's sitting in that room
Then she walked 'cross the street
Could she feel there's a heat
From my heart as it beats with her love
In her eyes other guys
See the fair that is there
But she might never
She might never know
And I was sitting lonely in my house,
Wanting to tell her,
Wanting to call,
And say I know I let you down,
Without thinking,
His love might fall
No more hurting,
No more clowning,
This emotion
Isn't drowning,
And if the river's gonna save our true love after all, after all, well
I'm chewing on my nails again
With my home across the street
Ain't got no place to turn to now
While you're cooking for that creep, well
What's the answer to this pain
I wanna get back to her love again
There she's sitting in that room
When she walked 'cross the street
Could she feel there's a heat
From my heart as it beats with her love
In her eyes other guys
See the fair that is there
But she might never know
As I turned so she waved
This was all that she gave
So what was there to trade in love
Just a past that was cast
In the groove of the move
That she might never know
She might never
She might never know
And I was sitting lonely in my car
Watching her come and go
And I could feel the strings pulling my heart
From the old house,
That I used to know,
Like a river (like a river)
That was flowing (that was flowing)
She was coming (she was coming)
Without knowing (without knowing)
And our love's the river that somehow lost its flow,
Lost its flow, well
From my car I can see her there
As the curtains slowly moves
As he runs his fingers through her hair
And the fire slowly grooves, well
What's the answer to this pain
I wanna get back to her love again
There she's sitting in that room
Then she walked 'cross the street
Could she feel there's a heat
From my heart as it beats with her love
In her eyes other guys
See the fair that is there
But she might never
She might never know
And I was sitting lonely in my house,
Wanting to tell her,
Wanting to call,
And say I know I let you down,
Without thinking,
His love might fall
No more hurting,
No more clowning,
This emotion
Isn't drowning,
And if the river's gonna save our true love after all, after all, well
I'm chewing on my nails again
With my home across the street
Ain't got no place to turn to now
While you're cooking for that creep, well
What's the answer to this pain
I wanna get back to her love again
There she's sitting in that room
When she walked 'cross the street
Could she feel there's a heat
From my heart as it beats with her love
In her eyes other guys
See the fair that is there
But she might never know
As I turned so she waved
This was all that she gave
So what was there to trade in love
Just a past that was cast
In the groove of the move
That she might never know
She might never
She might never know
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