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”
The neck, and then the chain
The head is hung in shame
The neck, and then the chain
The head is hung in shame
I thought that you had grown
That you'd carry on
But now that I am gone
What else's been withdrawn
you used to be like my twin
And all its been
Was it all for nothing
Are you strong when you're with him
The one who's placed you above us all
I think our love
I'll let it pass
It feels like fire
But it won't last
what is this coming to
I am unwilling to go on
You have lost
No one has won
The head is hung in shame
The neck, and then the chain
The head is hung in shame
I thought that you had grown
That you'd carry on
But now that I am gone
What else's been withdrawn
you used to be like my twin
And all its been
Was it all for nothing
Are you strong when you're with him
The one who's placed you above us all
I think our love
I'll let it pass
It feels like fire
But it won't last
what is this coming to
I am unwilling to go on
You have lost
No one has won
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I think the earlier messages are reading too much into it, this sounds like someone who's suffering the agony of relationship breakup - probably in a protracted way:
"are you strong when you're with him"
...as though they've had a "we need to talk" discussion and she's confessed she's fallen for someone else, that their own relationship doesn't fulfill her anymore.
"the neck, and then the chain the head is hung in shame"
I think this is much more straightforward than suggested too. If you're feeling guilty you avoid eye contact. She's come to break up with him, and she can't bring herself to look at his face, her gaze is lowered, and draws down as the news settles in - so first her stare is directed at his neck, then falls to the 'chain' hanging below his neck.