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”
Well you better get home 'cause your dad is awake
Said he saw you last night making out by the lake
With a guy he hates
He doesn't look at me the same way that you do
Said I look pretty cute but I don't got the grades
Seen the star on my foot and the way I behave
We're better off when daddys outta town
O baby you got nothing to prove
But if we decide to go doesn't mean he's gotta know
O baby you got nothing to lose
And we're better off when daddys not around
Doesn't give his consent
So now we can't afford
The perfect wedding you want gotta do it abroad
In a place you adore so
I got us on a plane to Hawaii
Where the weather is nice
And where we are alone
None of daddy's advice
Followed us here from home
It'll be chilled if we move outta town
O baby you got nothing to prove
But if we decide to go doesn't mean he's gotta know
O baby you got nothing to lose
And we're better off when daddys not around
I can't be around him and I've tried
I told him that I liked him but I lied
Find some way to make him change his mind
What can I do to be with you
O baby you got nothing to prove
But if we decide to go doesn't mean he's gotta know
O baby you got nothing to lose
And we're better off when daddys not around
Said he saw you last night making out by the lake
With a guy he hates
He doesn't look at me the same way that you do
Said I look pretty cute but I don't got the grades
Seen the star on my foot and the way I behave
We're better off when daddys outta town
O baby you got nothing to prove
But if we decide to go doesn't mean he's gotta know
O baby you got nothing to lose
And we're better off when daddys not around
Doesn't give his consent
So now we can't afford
The perfect wedding you want gotta do it abroad
In a place you adore so
I got us on a plane to Hawaii
Where the weather is nice
And where we are alone
None of daddy's advice
Followed us here from home
It'll be chilled if we move outta town
O baby you got nothing to prove
But if we decide to go doesn't mean he's gotta know
O baby you got nothing to lose
And we're better off when daddys not around
I can't be around him and I've tried
I told him that I liked him but I lied
Find some way to make him change his mind
What can I do to be with you
O baby you got nothing to prove
But if we decide to go doesn't mean he's gotta know
O baby you got nothing to lose
And we're better off when daddys not around
Lyrics submitted by MiSs_PuNk666
Down by the Lake Lyrics as written by James Elliot Bourne Thomas Michael Fletcher
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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