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 standing here on the ground
The sky above won't fall down
See no evil in all direction
Resolution of happiness
Things have been dark
For too long
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me
I found a love I had lost
It had been gone for too long
Hear no evil, hear no evil
In all directions
Execution of bitterness
Message received loud and clear
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me
Don't change
Don't change, for me
The sky above won't fall down
See no evil in all direction
Resolution of happiness
Things have been dark
For too long
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me
I found a love I had lost
It had been gone for too long
Hear no evil, hear no evil
In all directions
Execution of bitterness
Message received loud and clear
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me
Don't change
Don't change, for me
Lyrics submitted by marquicerise
Don't Change Lyrics as written by Garry William Beers Andrew Charles Farriss
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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^^ That's actually a pretty interesting note you thought of there..
It's on the UK Miss Murder single as well.
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To crazyangelmrsdevine:
sendspace.com/file/53x671
(not my link)
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