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”
Hey this life is never fair
The angels that you need are never there
But sometimes he comes to me
In the dead of winter, dead of night
He’s all that I can see
Hold on to me (4X)
We all get our glory
Our little bit of fame
But there’s no truth at the heart of any of it
Just the brilliance and the passion and the bitterness remains
Hold on to me (4X)
Oh how he brings me down
Oh, down into the ground
I never will get out
I never will get out
I'll protect you from the night, it will never fall
I'll protect you from the truth, you won’t hear it all
I am the center of the universe,
i am the center of the universe
i am the center of the universe
When you're in the whirlpool and they try to suck you in
Remember you aren’t gonna drown baby til you are out of life
hang on to me forever baby, I could always swim
Hold on to me (8X)
Hush your highness don’t you breathe
No, baby hold me in your arms I’m shivering
But what’s all that for
If I was the battle baby, you have won the war
The angels that you need are never there
But sometimes he comes to me
In the dead of winter, dead of night
He’s all that I can see
Hold on to me (4X)
We all get our glory
Our little bit of fame
But there’s no truth at the heart of any of it
Just the brilliance and the passion and the bitterness remains
Hold on to me (4X)
Oh how he brings me down
Oh, down into the ground
I never will get out
I never will get out
I'll protect you from the night, it will never fall
I'll protect you from the truth, you won’t hear it all
I am the center of the universe,
i am the center of the universe
i am the center of the universe
When you're in the whirlpool and they try to suck you in
Remember you aren’t gonna drown baby til you are out of life
hang on to me forever baby, I could always swim
Hold on to me (8X)
Hush your highness don’t you breathe
No, baby hold me in your arms I’m shivering
But what’s all that for
If I was the battle baby, you have won the war
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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