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”
A lonely man sits in a bar and waits for a friend but in this bar he meets his future wife instead
A couple whose about to separate breaks down in a small town they are stranded
but in a $30 room lost love is found
(chorus)
You're broken and you're spent
You're whole life seems to be
One long bad day
Then this beautiful accident
Reveals a new path
That you might have missed
A woman muses runs her hand across her stomach pregnant with son
And thinks god this ruins everything I'd planned
She's lying in her white bed holding her head
Wishing she could change the past
But regrets quickly fade the moment he's in her arms
(Chorus)
You are finding your way and regaining some faith you're alive again
Just when you think it can't get worse
A chance encounter that couldn't be rehearsed
For some unknown reason you finally see
What was dark is now light
Your life has changed by accident
(chorus)
You're broken and you're spent you're whole life has been an accident
A couple whose about to separate breaks down in a small town they are stranded
but in a $30 room lost love is found
(chorus)
You're broken and you're spent
You're whole life seems to be
One long bad day
Then this beautiful accident
Reveals a new path
That you might have missed
A woman muses runs her hand across her stomach pregnant with son
And thinks god this ruins everything I'd planned
She's lying in her white bed holding her head
Wishing she could change the past
But regrets quickly fade the moment he's in her arms
(Chorus)
You are finding your way and regaining some faith you're alive again
Just when you think it can't get worse
A chance encounter that couldn't be rehearsed
For some unknown reason you finally see
What was dark is now light
Your life has changed by accident
(chorus)
You're broken and you're spent you're whole life has been an accident
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