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”
So later that year the bodies came home
To Dover wrapped in flags and lined up in rows
With no one to see and no one to know
They had to keep morale from getting low
And the voice inside my head just repeated
This is not the way we were told that it was going to be
This is not the way we were told that it was going to be
And we know who'd to blame
And we know who'd to blame
And we know who'd to blame
Did the math it wasn't worth it after all
And we know who's to blame
We did the math it wasn't worth it after all
And we know who's to blame
To Dover wrapped in flags and lined up in rows
With no one to see and no one to know
They had to keep morale from getting low
And the voice inside my head just repeated
This is not the way we were told that it was going to be
This is not the way we were told that it was going to be
And we know who'd to blame
And we know who'd to blame
And we know who'd to blame
Did the math it wasn't worth it after all
And we know who's to blame
We did the math it wasn't worth it after all
And we know who's to blame
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