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”
Staring at the problems and
Thinking it's the same exact situation I bet
Thinking I've got butterflies
Finding out it's not quite like it
I don't know why I say it's out
When it's too much
And it gets twisted in my guts
And my stomach and its standing in the back of my head
It's like a long trek taken without all the people
That you're used to taking it with
It's like a long standing communication problem
Vacations only for when you can get away
From the people that you need a way from
Jumping at the chance to scream
Feelings are like attitudes bad and nothing in between
Flying down the interstate
Thinking it's the same exact situation
to be in
Oh, I don't quite know why it's twisting in my guts
And my stomach and it's standing in the back of my head
It's like a long trek
Taken without all the people
That you're used to taking it with
It's like a long standing communication problem
Vacations only for when you can get away
And it's the littlest of people
You know these people
You are these people
And if only in the back of your mind
That's where it's itchin
The recognition
Oh, I won't let it get that bad
I won't let it get that bad
Oh, only if you agree
Only if you agree
It's out when it's too much
And it gets twisted in my guts
And my stomach and its standing in the back of my head
It's like a long trek taken without all the people
That you're used to taking it with
It's like a long standing communication problem
Vacations don't ever work
It's like a long trek taken without all the people
That you're used to taking it with
It's like a long standing communication problem
Vacations only for when you can get away
Thinking it's the same exact situation I bet
Thinking I've got butterflies
Finding out it's not quite like it
I don't know why I say it's out
When it's too much
And it gets twisted in my guts
And my stomach and its standing in the back of my head
It's like a long trek taken without all the people
That you're used to taking it with
It's like a long standing communication problem
Vacations only for when you can get away
From the people that you need a way from
Jumping at the chance to scream
Feelings are like attitudes bad and nothing in between
Flying down the interstate
Thinking it's the same exact situation
to be in
Oh, I don't quite know why it's twisting in my guts
And my stomach and it's standing in the back of my head
It's like a long trek
Taken without all the people
That you're used to taking it with
It's like a long standing communication problem
Vacations only for when you can get away
And it's the littlest of people
You know these people
You are these people
And if only in the back of your mind
That's where it's itchin
The recognition
Oh, I won't let it get that bad
I won't let it get that bad
Oh, only if you agree
Only if you agree
It's out when it's too much
And it gets twisted in my guts
And my stomach and its standing in the back of my head
It's like a long trek taken without all the people
That you're used to taking it with
It's like a long standing communication problem
Vacations don't ever work
It's like a long trek taken without all the people
That you're used to taking it with
It's like a long standing communication problem
Vacations only for when you can get away
Lyrics submitted by ThePython
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