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 wrote a four word letter
Though i'd lived i hadn't been alive
You held my hem but i traveled blind
Thought i'd sold my soul for something better
The rain came down, it wet my eyes
I didn't mind
It's not me that you've missed
You heard me when i cried
"You've seen you've loved a side of me that died"
I remember sunshine
And you were mine
It's still a little cloudy but there's no rain in sight
You were mine
Though i'd lived i hadn't been alive
You held my hem but i traveled blind
Thought i'd sold my soul for something better
The rain came down, it wet my eyes
I didn't mind
It's not me that you've missed
You heard me when i cried
"You've seen you've loved a side of me that died"
I remember sunshine
And you were mine
It's still a little cloudy but there's no rain in sight
You were mine
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though i'd lived i hadn't been alive i love you, goodbye
however after reading the lyrics again for this one i think the same four word letter may have been used for both songs. and know there are songs on this album like untie me it would make sense for the lyrics to be either. but when you look at the first stanza
As the handlebars crashed to the ground, The back wheel detached from the frame, It kept rolling yeah, But aimlessly drifting around
if you bare with me for a moment and look at the lyrics and read the lyrics and picture aaron as the back wheel then he did leave, he said goodbye to the frame and started drifting around aimlessly in life. the back wheel could represent a number of people or himself. it simply seems hes talking about himself in the entire first stanza, so if you agree with that then youd agree he did say goodbye and started drifting around and in turn the four word letter could very well be 'i love you, goodbye.'
^_^ i hope i confused the crap outta you.
no, but really, i hope i made some sense. some...