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”
When she walks in her town
She feels their eyes on her
She feels their glares on her
They only know what they suppose
She’ll never have their mercy
She’ll never have their pity
Well isn’t it a shame?
All she has is their blame
They can’t see what she sees
They can’t feel the heat she feels
She’s been to the center of the earth
And she’s here to tell about it
And she’s here now
They can’t hear what she hears
She hears their whispers and their sighs
She hears them as she passes by
You would think they thought she was deaf
They can’t feel what she feels
She’s felt her heart stop beating
They don’t know what they’re defeating
They don’t even know what they’ve already defaced
She’ll never have their mercy
She’ll never have their pity
She’s it s shame?
All she has is their blame
She’s just a lie
Walking through their gossip parade
Walking through their carnival of rumors
Running home
But she’s got no where to go
She’s more pregnant then she used to be
Her piggy bank is cracked and empty
Her mirror only shows what she doesn’t want to she
“Some stupid pregnant whore”
But there is so much more then that
Is that what they think?
She’s more then a 1-night stand
But sometimes it’s so hard to believe
She’ll never have their mercy
She’ll never have their pity
Isn’t it a shame?
Ruby got the blame
She’ll never have their mercy
She’ll never have their pity
Isn’t it a shame?
That Ruby got the blame
She feels their eyes on her
She feels their glares on her
They only know what they suppose
She’ll never have their mercy
She’ll never have their pity
Well isn’t it a shame?
All she has is their blame
They can’t see what she sees
They can’t feel the heat she feels
She’s been to the center of the earth
And she’s here to tell about it
And she’s here now
They can’t hear what she hears
She hears their whispers and their sighs
She hears them as she passes by
You would think they thought she was deaf
They can’t feel what she feels
She’s felt her heart stop beating
They don’t know what they’re defeating
They don’t even know what they’ve already defaced
She’ll never have their mercy
She’ll never have their pity
She’s it s shame?
All she has is their blame
She’s just a lie
Walking through their gossip parade
Walking through their carnival of rumors
Running home
But she’s got no where to go
She’s more pregnant then she used to be
Her piggy bank is cracked and empty
Her mirror only shows what she doesn’t want to she
“Some stupid pregnant whore”
But there is so much more then that
Is that what they think?
She’s more then a 1-night stand
But sometimes it’s so hard to believe
She’ll never have their mercy
She’ll never have their pity
Isn’t it a shame?
Ruby got the blame
She’ll never have their mercy
She’ll never have their pity
Isn’t it a shame?
That Ruby got the blame
Lyrics submitted by DshBrdGrl
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