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”
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid, I've been paid
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid, I've been weighed, I've been
Don't get offended if I seem absent minded
Just keep telling me facts and keep making me smile
And don't get offended if I seem absent minded
I get tongue-tied
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
I will be yours
I'll pay for you
Anytime
I'll pay for you
Anytime
And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
We'll jump right on, surely, and gorge away
And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness (jump right)
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me and
Baby, you've got to be more demanding (jump left)
What are you holding out for?
What's always (in the way?)
Why so damn absent minded?
Why so scared (of romance?)
This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me
This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Throw your arms around me
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid, I've been paid
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid, I've been weighed, I've been
Don't get offended if I seem absent minded
Just keep telling me facts and keep making me smile
And don't get offended if I seem absent minded
I get tongue-tied
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
I will be yours
I'll pay for you
Anytime
I'll pay for you
Anytime
And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
We'll jump right on, surely, and gorge away
And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness (jump right)
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me and
Baby, you've got to be more demanding (jump left)
What are you holding out for?
What's always (in the way?)
Why so damn absent minded?
Why so scared (of romance?)
This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me
This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Throw your arms around me
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