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”
Down on me, down on me
Looks like everybody in this whole round world
They're down on me
Love in this world is so hard to find
When you've got yours and I got mine
That's why it looks like everybody in this whole round world
They're down on me
Saying they're down on me, down on me
Looks like everybody in this whole round world
Down on me
When you see a hand that's held out toward you
Give it some love, someday it may be you
That's why it looks like everybody in this whole round world
They're down on me, yeah
Lord, they're down on me, down on me, oh!
Looks like everybody in this whole round world
Is down on me
Believe in your brother, have faith in man
Help each other, honey, if you can
Because it looks like everybody in this whole round world
Is down on me
I'm saying down on me, oh, down on me, oh
It looks like everybody in this whole round world
Down on me
Looks like everybody in this whole round world
They're down on me
Love in this world is so hard to find
When you've got yours and I got mine
That's why it looks like everybody in this whole round world
They're down on me
Saying they're down on me, down on me
Looks like everybody in this whole round world
Down on me
When you see a hand that's held out toward you
Give it some love, someday it may be you
That's why it looks like everybody in this whole round world
They're down on me, yeah
Lord, they're down on me, down on me, oh!
Looks like everybody in this whole round world
Is down on me
Believe in your brother, have faith in man
Help each other, honey, if you can
Because it looks like everybody in this whole round world
Is down on me
I'm saying down on me, oh, down on me, oh
It looks like everybody in this whole round world
Down on me
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