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”
Can you feel life moving through your mind
Looks like it came back for more - yeah yeah yeah
Can you feel time slipping down your spine
You try and try to ignore
But you can hardly swallow
Your fears and pain
And you can't help but follow
And puts you right back where you came
* Live and learn - Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn - From the works of yesterday
Live and learn - If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn - You may never find your way
Can you feel your life tangle you up inside
Now you're facedown on the floor
But you can't save your sorrow
You've paid in trade
And you can't help but follow
And puts you right back where you came
* Repeat
There's a face searching far, so far and wide
There's a place where you dreamed you'd never find
Hold on to what if...
Hold on to what if...
* Repeat x2
Looks like it came back for more - yeah yeah yeah
Can you feel time slipping down your spine
You try and try to ignore
But you can hardly swallow
Your fears and pain
And you can't help but follow
And puts you right back where you came
* Live and learn - Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn - From the works of yesterday
Live and learn - If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn - You may never find your way
Can you feel your life tangle you up inside
Now you're facedown on the floor
But you can't save your sorrow
You've paid in trade
And you can't help but follow
And puts you right back where you came
* Repeat
There's a face searching far, so far and wide
There's a place where you dreamed you'd never find
Hold on to what if...
Hold on to what if...
* Repeat x2
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Great version of a great song,
wicked song if i didnt hav my music i might kill myself.As old wise man says"no music , no soul"
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Truly i have to say, is that this song is Inspiring. A motivating song to "Live and Learn". The title speaks for itself, but the lyrics just give you this feeling to rise off the ground and keep moving on.
Pretty much this songs says is 'Keep Moving and never give up hope! You'll reach a destination where you're surely find if you just live up your life like no tomorrow'
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Live and Learn kids, there's a tomorrow waiting for you
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@ArezooAM80 it probably means hold on to the possibility of you doing something, like what if i were to make a lot of money, its probably saying hold on to that possiblity of that happening
This song makes me feel like nothing can stop ypu, and if it does, than all you have to do is try again, just dont screw up the same way you did last time. Like somebody else said, if ebery thing else is going to hell, just learn to live without it. Dont think before you act, jus do it and learn from your mistakes