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”
Who's gonna ride Bodacious? Who's gonna tame him down?
Look out for Bodacious, he's bound to hold his ground
Here comes Bodacious, ya'll just step aside
Big and bad Bodacious takes a toll from those who ride
Bodacious here am a whole lotta bull, over nineteen hundred pounds
He's born in Goltry, Oklahoma, and he's the badded sonsabitch around
If a Burma bull ever were a superstar, then Bodacious just might be
He's a cream-colored, beefy brawn, full-fledged
Four-footed bovine celebrity
Who's gonna ride Bodacious? Who's gonna tame him down?
Look out for Bodacious, he's bound to hold his ground
Here comes Bodacious, ya'll just step aside
Big and bad Bodacious takes a toll from those who ride
Young Bo met a man named Tuff Hedeman at the start of his buckin' spree
And Tuff became one of the few
To make the whistle back in nineteen ninety-three
Tuff tried to ride Bo again at the finals in nineteen ninety-five
Bodacious had got a little older and wiser
Tuff barely came out alive
Bodacious here am a whole lotta bull, over nineteen hundred pounds
He's born in Goltry, Oklahoma, and he's the badded sonsabitch around
If a Burma bull ever were a superstar, then Bodacious just might be
He's a cream-colored, beefy brawn, full-fledged superstar
Bovine celebrity
Who's gonna ride Bodacious? Who's gonna tame him down?
Look out for Bodacious, he's bound to hold his ground
Here comes Bodacious, ya'll just step aside
Big and bad Bodacious takes a toll from those who ride
Who's gonna ride Bodacious? Who's gonna tame him down?
Look out for Bodacious, he's bound to hold his ground
Here comes Bodacious, ya'll just step aside
Big, badass Bodacious will take a hunk out of your pride
Look out for Bodacious, he's bound to hold his ground
Here comes Bodacious, ya'll just step aside
Big and bad Bodacious takes a toll from those who ride
Bodacious here am a whole lotta bull, over nineteen hundred pounds
He's born in Goltry, Oklahoma, and he's the badded sonsabitch around
If a Burma bull ever were a superstar, then Bodacious just might be
He's a cream-colored, beefy brawn, full-fledged
Four-footed bovine celebrity
Who's gonna ride Bodacious? Who's gonna tame him down?
Look out for Bodacious, he's bound to hold his ground
Here comes Bodacious, ya'll just step aside
Big and bad Bodacious takes a toll from those who ride
Young Bo met a man named Tuff Hedeman at the start of his buckin' spree
And Tuff became one of the few
To make the whistle back in nineteen ninety-three
Tuff tried to ride Bo again at the finals in nineteen ninety-five
Bodacious had got a little older and wiser
Tuff barely came out alive
Bodacious here am a whole lotta bull, over nineteen hundred pounds
He's born in Goltry, Oklahoma, and he's the badded sonsabitch around
If a Burma bull ever were a superstar, then Bodacious just might be
He's a cream-colored, beefy brawn, full-fledged superstar
Bovine celebrity
Who's gonna ride Bodacious? Who's gonna tame him down?
Look out for Bodacious, he's bound to hold his ground
Here comes Bodacious, ya'll just step aside
Big and bad Bodacious takes a toll from those who ride
Who's gonna ride Bodacious? Who's gonna tame him down?
Look out for Bodacious, he's bound to hold his ground
Here comes Bodacious, ya'll just step aside
Big, badass Bodacious will take a hunk out of your pride
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"Tuff Hedeman, often called the best bull rider ever, was one of the few to stay on Bodacious for a full eight seconds. But in 1995 Hedeman saw the terrifying side of 'Bo' when he suffered a major face smashing, and required emergency reconstructive surgery after a brutal encounter with Bodacious at the Professional Bull Riders Finals. Hedeman drew the bull again at the National Finals Rodeo in 1995, and chose not to ride him. Hedeman called Bodacious 'the baddest bull there has ever been.' It was that same year that world champion Scott Breding sustained serous injuries and became the last cowboy to attempt a ride on Bodacious. A day after the Breeding accident, during the final round of the NFR, owners Sammy and Carolyn Andrews decided to retire the bull 'in the interest of cowboy safety.' "
I googled "bodacious bull" and I found that about his death. R.I.P. Bodacious