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”
Cardboard crown across the side says "Fragile"
Shirt unbuttoned, pleasure fool, I'm agile
Ripped up forms, men with swords, tear the flesh
Eyes like shadows, one-way ticket, Marrakesh
Both doors and windows caught on fire, high speed train
Smashed up lives, torrential downpour, I need pain
Stuntmans' wife, back alley, mattress, wrath of addicts
Underwater, second language, mathematics
Run like a racehorse
Outright madness
Under the bridge
You'll make out like bandits
Make it stop
Hurry up
Go away
Fight it off
Hit it hard
Dig a hole
Show the way
Take it off
Break it up
Make it bleed
Try it now
Call it off
Kick it out
Let it breathe
Tie it down
Motion sickness, dry and yellowed, heaven beckons
Tornado boredom, target practice, seven seconds
Cimetiere, do mon prinaz, fair decision
Russels' viper, 3AM, midair collision
Silly girls and beat up boys all goin' fast
Lightin' fires, killin' music, blowin' glass
Whispered fury, deepest secret, separate treasures
The eyes go pink, I slap your forehead, desperate measures
Shirt unbuttoned, pleasure fool, I'm agile
Ripped up forms, men with swords, tear the flesh
Eyes like shadows, one-way ticket, Marrakesh
Both doors and windows caught on fire, high speed train
Smashed up lives, torrential downpour, I need pain
Stuntmans' wife, back alley, mattress, wrath of addicts
Underwater, second language, mathematics
Run like a racehorse
Outright madness
Under the bridge
You'll make out like bandits
Make it stop
Hurry up
Go away
Fight it off
Hit it hard
Dig a hole
Show the way
Take it off
Break it up
Make it bleed
Try it now
Call it off
Kick it out
Let it breathe
Tie it down
Motion sickness, dry and yellowed, heaven beckons
Tornado boredom, target practice, seven seconds
Cimetiere, do mon prinaz, fair decision
Russels' viper, 3AM, midair collision
Silly girls and beat up boys all goin' fast
Lightin' fires, killin' music, blowin' glass
Whispered fury, deepest secret, separate treasures
The eyes go pink, I slap your forehead, desperate measures
Lyrics submitted by issgonrain
Bandits Lyrics as written by Graeme Ross Campbell Charles Wishart Austin
Lyrics © Red Brick Music Publishing
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