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”
How come my life ain't like this movie?
I should try to look some more like that.
And maybe then I could be a movie star,
And maybe then you'd always laugh at my jokes.
Cuz life would be just like this movie,
and I would never feel alone. In fact,
all the problems that I have would go away,
and I would forget how to feel sad.
Cuz this silver screen that I'm looking at
is making me a little bored of my life cuz
its not what I'm looking at,
Cuz this has so much more of excitement,
thrills, and adventurous things in every life.
And a sparkle is the reflection in my eye.
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba.
If only the shows were as real as the glows
then we'd never see the same,
but I guess we'll never know.
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba.
Well they showed it, and we bought it.
So you see it's not just me, its sweet - It's in the movie.
She wants a better body and some super model moves.
Cuz in her head she's always been the ugly one.
Well hey, we think we're ugle too.
And it's true that we will never know
all of the things that she could have known.
Well I wonder when she thought it was that she would win?
Cuz man she got so thin.
Every now and then she would start to pretend like she was a star and in the movies they're in.
But it's atrange cuz it seems
there's never happy endings.
Is it make believe?
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba.
If only the shows were as real as the glows
then we'd never see the same,
but I guess we'll never know.
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba.
Well they showed it, and we bought it.
So you see it's not just me, its sweet - It's in the movie.
I should try to look some more like that.
And maybe then I could be a movie star,
And maybe then you'd always laugh at my jokes.
Cuz life would be just like this movie,
and I would never feel alone. In fact,
all the problems that I have would go away,
and I would forget how to feel sad.
Cuz this silver screen that I'm looking at
is making me a little bored of my life cuz
its not what I'm looking at,
Cuz this has so much more of excitement,
thrills, and adventurous things in every life.
And a sparkle is the reflection in my eye.
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba.
If only the shows were as real as the glows
then we'd never see the same,
but I guess we'll never know.
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba.
Well they showed it, and we bought it.
So you see it's not just me, its sweet - It's in the movie.
She wants a better body and some super model moves.
Cuz in her head she's always been the ugly one.
Well hey, we think we're ugle too.
And it's true that we will never know
all of the things that she could have known.
Well I wonder when she thought it was that she would win?
Cuz man she got so thin.
Every now and then she would start to pretend like she was a star and in the movies they're in.
But it's atrange cuz it seems
there's never happy endings.
Is it make believe?
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba.
If only the shows were as real as the glows
then we'd never see the same,
but I guess we'll never know.
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba.
Well they showed it, and we bought it.
So you see it's not just me, its sweet - It's in the movie.
Lyrics submitted by vindicated
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If only the shows were as real as the clothes
And
They shot it and we bought it