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”
[Chorus x2]
All things change
Never rest, never sure
What is worth
Fighting on for
All things change
Around
All is faith
Unwound
I found a lead
A single furtive reason
My senses reeled
In seeking youthful madness
I trust belief belongs to me
Someone will come
To spit the seed
A single weed gets respect
I'll change my quills to break the will
Forever must hold
All things strain
Be they changed
Be they fair
Be they hope
Masked as care
[Chorus x2]
You might
Be there
God knows
Skies stare
Taste dirt
You hurt
Swallow
Shallow
Forgive
This day
Summon
Courage
No light
Comes in
Shadows
Laughing
[Chorus]
We can change the world
All things change
Never rest, never sure
What is worth
Fighting on for
All things change
Around
All is faith
Unwound
I found a lead
A single furtive reason
My senses reeled
In seeking youthful madness
I trust belief belongs to me
Someone will come
To spit the seed
A single weed gets respect
I'll change my quills to break the will
Forever must hold
All things strain
Be they changed
Be they fair
Be they hope
Masked as care
[Chorus x2]
You might
Be there
God knows
Skies stare
Taste dirt
You hurt
Swallow
Shallow
Forgive
This day
Summon
Courage
No light
Comes in
Shadows
Laughing
[Chorus]
We can change the world
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I really like this song it was amazing seeing it live as well what with that screen haha...The meaning is pretty literate I think
yeah cupid-the word of "change" floating on screen was tight huh? chorus was pretty literal.
haha yeah i saw it live as well in Tokyo. it was like all powerful and special, hearing all the little asians saying
We can change the world.It made me really happy.i like this song, tons.
I think this song references Billy's first attempt at a solo album before he had even formed the smashing pumpkins, which was called "nothing ever changes". I think it talks about how hes grown since then and how all the changes he has gone thru have led him to grow more experienced.
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i think this was a good choice for his single... especially seeing that it seems to be about his changes.
very uplifting, possibly the only comforting song on the album with some sense of optimism. love it and all the other songs too
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Complete " All things change Never rest, never sure What is worth Fighting on for
All things change Never rest, never sure What is worth Fighting on for
All things change Around All is faith Unwound
I found a lead A single furtive reason My senses reeled In seeking youthful madness I trust belief belongs to me Someone will come To spit the seed A single weed gets respect I'll change my quills to break the will Forever must hold
All things strain Be they changed Be they fair Be they hope Masked as care
All things change Never rest, never sure What is worth Fighting on for
All things change Never rest, never sure What is worth Hangin' on for
You might Be there God knows Skies stare Taste dirt You hurt Swallow Shallow Forgive This day Summon Courage No light Comes in Shadows Laughin'
All things change Never rest, never sure What is worth Fighting on for
We can change the world "