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”
Ain't going back to Blackboy Lane
Ain't going back to Blackboy Lane
There must be some other way
Ain't going back to Blackboy Lane
Do you think you can help me
Can you make me a call
so deep, get nothing at all today
Are you dancing today
Must be some other
Must be some other way
There's a bullet there with my name
Will I ever find my way?
Just a fella I knew from sometime before
A house by the park with a cage on the door
You phone and say, are you dancing today?
Ain't going back to Blackboy Lane
Ain't going back to Blackboy Lane
There must be some other way
Ain't going back to Blackboy Lane
Do you think you can help me
Can you make me a call
so deep, get nothing at all today
Are you dancing today
Must be some other
Must be some other way
There's a bullet there with my name
Will I ever find my way?
Just a fella I knew from sometime before
A house by the park with a cage on the door
You phone and say, are you dancing today?
Ain't going back to Blackboy Lane
Lyrics submitted by eleanorigby
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