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”
All the cars down the bottom, windmill chasing
calling police so, so we're placing
weight on minds
Red sports car Northwest dated, counting the sleeps
I'm counting, waiting
stalled inside
There's no tires to save our skins
(they're bald and old)
their advice won't change our plans
Through an old telescope for close up faces
you're cornering the fire it works in your favor
televized
Like the all night long at 3am feeling
you get in your legs when you're dancing on the ceiling
friends of mine
And you change the beat disguised
like a call to realize
you just made a pass in that reflection
you're fixing your hair or asking questions
you decide
turn it around, the place is a fountain youth, you're squealing
offering advice that sounds appealing
nervous fun
'cept the cheating's in your blood
and the hardest word is love
Let's not starve here today, none of that behavior
(i'm not revealing, unless your feelings are long term)
eating like a princess, I'm gonna save you
stay at mine
And we're carving up the courses we're not playing
(i'm not revealing, unless your feelings are long term)
don't want to hear the swear words you're spraying
undermined
I'm not revealing unless your feelings are long term
I'm not revealing unless your feelings are long term
I'm not revealing unless your feelings are long term
It's like a, it's like a call
It's like a, it's like a call
It's like a, it's like a call
calling police so, so we're placing
weight on minds
Red sports car Northwest dated, counting the sleeps
I'm counting, waiting
stalled inside
There's no tires to save our skins
(they're bald and old)
their advice won't change our plans
Through an old telescope for close up faces
you're cornering the fire it works in your favor
televized
Like the all night long at 3am feeling
you get in your legs when you're dancing on the ceiling
friends of mine
And you change the beat disguised
like a call to realize
you just made a pass in that reflection
you're fixing your hair or asking questions
you decide
turn it around, the place is a fountain youth, you're squealing
offering advice that sounds appealing
nervous fun
'cept the cheating's in your blood
and the hardest word is love
Let's not starve here today, none of that behavior
(i'm not revealing, unless your feelings are long term)
eating like a princess, I'm gonna save you
stay at mine
And we're carving up the courses we're not playing
(i'm not revealing, unless your feelings are long term)
don't want to hear the swear words you're spraying
undermined
I'm not revealing unless your feelings are long term
I'm not revealing unless your feelings are long term
I'm not revealing unless your feelings are long term
It's like a, it's like a call
It's like a, it's like a call
It's like a, it's like a call
Lyrics submitted by windmills221b
Like a Call Lyrics as written by James Cecil Cameron Bird
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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