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”
I saw you cryin' as I turned away
Did I see your face, like it wasn't there
And I know I was wrong
Yeah, I knew it all along
But I didn't care about you
Clara, where are you today?
And did you make the same mistakes
That I made, a million times before I met
You
Did you go, did you run, did you think of
Your son?
Did you know you're not the only one
That tried to make a piece of coal into a
Diamond yeah!
So everything's fine now, at least you say
Maybe that's o.k.
But you know it's
Wrong
Was I right, did it last?
Were you dwelling on the past?
Or hanging on to a memory
So you say your time will never come
Maybe you should go ahead and jump
Then you'll become exactly what you are
Hanging onto
Standing there on the bridge
With your feet on the ledge
Maybe I might push you over the edge
And send you falling straight to the ground.
Did I see your face, like it wasn't there
And I know I was wrong
Yeah, I knew it all along
But I didn't care about you
Clara, where are you today?
And did you make the same mistakes
That I made, a million times before I met
You
Did you go, did you run, did you think of
Your son?
Did you know you're not the only one
That tried to make a piece of coal into a
Diamond yeah!
So everything's fine now, at least you say
Maybe that's o.k.
But you know it's
Wrong
Was I right, did it last?
Were you dwelling on the past?
Or hanging on to a memory
So you say your time will never come
Maybe you should go ahead and jump
Then you'll become exactly what you are
Hanging onto
Standing there on the bridge
With your feet on the ledge
Maybe I might push you over the edge
And send you falling straight to the ground.
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“Maybe you should go ahead and jump... Then you'll become exactly what you are hanging onto.” It seems like he’s trying to show them that all they’re hanging onto is a life of suicide attempts. This line can have two meanings. Because a person who jumps either jumps out of fear (stating that the person in the song is hanging onto their fear) or jumps for the sake of doing something fun, or something thrilling (stating that they’re holding onto the good times.
“Standing there on the bridge with your feet on the ledge maybe I might push you over the edge... and send you falling straight to the ground.” It seems like now he returns to how he felt at the beginning of the song. Not knowing whether to help the person out because they’re a human being who deserves to live, or not help them out because he doesn’t personally like them.
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