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”
You're getting weak in your decisions
The ones that wake you just to say goodnight
And there's nowhere to run from them this time
If there's nothing I can say to break you free of all your fears
Then why am I still here
Well there's that charming face you wear so well
And I know that you don't wanna stay
So why don't you just pack up and come with me
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let your eyes look down
When we're gone from here this won't feel lost at all
And there's not a day that I can say that I've
Been playing every card that I've been dealt
But I know how it feels and how you felt
When the world was at your back and things were never stacked up right
But you put up a fight
There's a light that peers through darkening skies
And I know that you wanna be free
So why don't you spread your wings and fly with me
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let your eyes look down
When we're gone from here this wont feel lost at all
You've gotta hold on now
(You think that I've got it wrong)
Won't let our lives touch ground
(But this is where I belong)
I've been hoping you would just come through
With the days you said that
We'd be on our way back
To the ones we knew so little of this year
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let it all come down
When we're gone from here this wont feel lost at all
Youre wishing me all of the best
I just wish you would drop your regrets
And come back to this place I know
Will be the place you can never let go
The ones that wake you just to say goodnight
And there's nowhere to run from them this time
If there's nothing I can say to break you free of all your fears
Then why am I still here
Well there's that charming face you wear so well
And I know that you don't wanna stay
So why don't you just pack up and come with me
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let your eyes look down
When we're gone from here this won't feel lost at all
And there's not a day that I can say that I've
Been playing every card that I've been dealt
But I know how it feels and how you felt
When the world was at your back and things were never stacked up right
But you put up a fight
There's a light that peers through darkening skies
And I know that you wanna be free
So why don't you spread your wings and fly with me
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let your eyes look down
When we're gone from here this wont feel lost at all
You've gotta hold on now
(You think that I've got it wrong)
Won't let our lives touch ground
(But this is where I belong)
I've been hoping you would just come through
With the days you said that
We'd be on our way back
To the ones we knew so little of this year
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let it all come down
When we're gone from here this wont feel lost at all
Youre wishing me all of the best
I just wish you would drop your regrets
And come back to this place I know
Will be the place you can never let go
Lyrics submitted by L-Kyne
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