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”
Summer killed the ones you loved
I hesitate and tell you
When people leave without goodbye
I lose another brick
The buildings are tall
The world explains all
And here I stand and face myself:
I lead the way for us
I've frozen down my memory
It's morning when she gets up
She puts on Lionel Ritchie
I've already had enough
The queues are long
Guess I am wrong
This chemical environment is getting out of hand
Virtue and wine cannot help you swim
Pain and sorrow must come
If you go
It´s the chemistry and the things we should´nt do
I am nothing without you
Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba
I hesitate and tell you
When people leave without goodbye
I lose another brick
The buildings are tall
The world explains all
And here I stand and face myself:
I lead the way for us
I've frozen down my memory
It's morning when she gets up
She puts on Lionel Ritchie
I've already had enough
The queues are long
Guess I am wrong
This chemical environment is getting out of hand
Virtue and wine cannot help you swim
Pain and sorrow must come
If you go
It´s the chemistry and the things we should´nt do
I am nothing without you
Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba
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