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 had a dream the other night
You were in a bar in the corner on a chair
Wearing a long white leather coat
Purple glasses and glitter in your hair
And you said hey this is where I’m gonna sit
And buy you a drink someday
You were going to the dog shows
But you kinda lost your way
You say now I got all this room
And no money to decorate it, so some
Local customer put me in touch with the man
Upstairs, he said little man
You got no business gettin’ frustrated, you gotta rest
You gotta rest you gotta reach down
And pick the crowd up
Carry back in your hands
To the promised land
Now I had some angel shine my wings, she said
Nothin’ but the best for the golden boy
She made me promise not to tell I had her under
A spell singing golden words in a broken voice
And I caught some blessing on the wind
I’m feeling lighter than a whisper from a dove
I’ve got no hands to tie behind my back
And I’m sparking like a heart attack,
Now I’ve got room to spread my wings
And my messages of love, yes love was my drug,
But that’s not what I died of,
So don’t think of me crying louder
Than some billion dollar baby cause I gotta rest I gotta rest I gotta
Reach down and pick the
Crowd up, carry back in my hand to the promised land.
You were in a bar in the corner on a chair
Wearing a long white leather coat
Purple glasses and glitter in your hair
And you said hey this is where I’m gonna sit
And buy you a drink someday
You were going to the dog shows
But you kinda lost your way
You say now I got all this room
And no money to decorate it, so some
Local customer put me in touch with the man
Upstairs, he said little man
You got no business gettin’ frustrated, you gotta rest
You gotta rest you gotta reach down
And pick the crowd up
Carry back in your hands
To the promised land
Now I had some angel shine my wings, she said
Nothin’ but the best for the golden boy
She made me promise not to tell I had her under
A spell singing golden words in a broken voice
And I caught some blessing on the wind
I’m feeling lighter than a whisper from a dove
I’ve got no hands to tie behind my back
And I’m sparking like a heart attack,
Now I’ve got room to spread my wings
And my messages of love, yes love was my drug,
But that’s not what I died of,
So don’t think of me crying louder
Than some billion dollar baby cause I gotta rest I gotta rest I gotta
Reach down and pick the
Crowd up, carry back in my hand to the promised land.
Lyrics submitted by akiyba
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Ya, we should get this song off here its not Audioslave for sure, but still a good song.