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”
I'm gonna check my scars at home
Gonna cash my chips and roam
Gonna walk before you fade to black
I'm gonna write a new resume
I'm gonna write you off the page
I'm gonna take what we might take away
And you will find a brighter
You might find a brighter day
Oh
And in another year
The pain will disappear and I
Will look back on this life as if it were a scene
In a film somebody made for you and me
I wish you well
Oh I wish you well
Na na na na na na na
I wish you well
She wants to be set free
Wants the space to feel love and be angry and I
I watch her bounce off the walls
While the chips they start to fall
And then in a little while I see
That distant smile returning
Just like a ghost in a dream
That we had way back when
And then she'll turn and smile and say
Come again
Oh
And in another year
The pain will disappear
We'll look back on this life as if it were a scene
Somebody wrote about you and me
Somebody wrote about you and me
I wish you well
I cannot believe
There's nothing left to save
Hard as a hammer she wants me
To come again and again (And in another year)
I'm down on my knees (The pain will disappear)
Won't you come again
Don't you need relief
Don't you need relief
And in another year
The pain will disappear and I
Will look back on this life
As if it were a scene
And in a little while I see
That distant smile returning
Just like back in the days
When we were so naive
In a film somebody, somebody made
I wish you well
I wish you well
Oh
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
Na na na na na na
I wish you well
Gonna cash my chips and roam
Gonna walk before you fade to black
I'm gonna write a new resume
I'm gonna write you off the page
I'm gonna take what we might take away
And you will find a brighter
You might find a brighter day
Oh
And in another year
The pain will disappear and I
Will look back on this life as if it were a scene
In a film somebody made for you and me
I wish you well
Oh I wish you well
Na na na na na na na
I wish you well
She wants to be set free
Wants the space to feel love and be angry and I
I watch her bounce off the walls
While the chips they start to fall
And then in a little while I see
That distant smile returning
Just like a ghost in a dream
That we had way back when
And then she'll turn and smile and say
Come again
Oh
And in another year
The pain will disappear
We'll look back on this life as if it were a scene
Somebody wrote about you and me
Somebody wrote about you and me
I wish you well
I cannot believe
There's nothing left to save
Hard as a hammer she wants me
To come again and again (And in another year)
I'm down on my knees (The pain will disappear)
Won't you come again
Don't you need relief
Don't you need relief
And in another year
The pain will disappear and I
Will look back on this life
As if it were a scene
And in a little while I see
That distant smile returning
Just like back in the days
When we were so naive
In a film somebody, somebody made
I wish you well
I wish you well
Oh
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
Na na na na na na
I wish you well
Lyrics submitted by SMUSER17024245
I Wish You Well Lyrics as written by Thomas William Cochrane
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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"Gonna cash my chips and roam/Gonna walk before you fade to black/I'm gonna write a new resume/I'm gonna write you off the page". Here, he's made up his mind to leave.
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