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”
Today is the day, the worst day of my life
You sulk until it hurts me, I don't know why
The cost of misery is at an all time high
I keep it hidden
Close to the surface, inside
I'm learning to fall, I can hardly breathe
When I'm going down, don't worry about me
Don't try this at home, pretend you don't see
I don't wanna know that you know it should have been me
Could you be with him or was it just a lie?
He doesn't get you like I do and you don't know why
You change your clothes and your hair
But I can't change your mind
Oh, I'm uninvited, so unrequited, now
I'm learning to fall, I can hardly breathe
When I'm going down, don't worry about me
Don't try this at home, pretend you don't see
I don't wanna know that you know I should have been me
Words screaming in my head, why did you leave?
And I can't stop dreaming, watching you and him
When it should have been, it should have been me
Today is the day, the worst day of my life
I'm learning to fall, I can hardly breathe
When I'm going down, don't worry about me
Don't try this at home, pretend you don't see
I don't wanna know that you know it should have been me
I'm learning to fall, I can hardly breathe
I don't wanna know that you know
Don't try this at home, pretend you don't see
I don't want to know that you know, it should've been me
I'm learning to fall, I can hardly breathe
I don't wanna know that you know, it should have been me
Don't try this at home, pretend you don't see
I don't wanna know that you know, it should've been me
You sulk until it hurts me, I don't know why
The cost of misery is at an all time high
I keep it hidden
Close to the surface, inside
I'm learning to fall, I can hardly breathe
When I'm going down, don't worry about me
Don't try this at home, pretend you don't see
I don't wanna know that you know it should have been me
Could you be with him or was it just a lie?
He doesn't get you like I do and you don't know why
You change your clothes and your hair
But I can't change your mind
Oh, I'm uninvited, so unrequited, now
I'm learning to fall, I can hardly breathe
When I'm going down, don't worry about me
Don't try this at home, pretend you don't see
I don't wanna know that you know I should have been me
Words screaming in my head, why did you leave?
And I can't stop dreaming, watching you and him
When it should have been, it should have been me
Today is the day, the worst day of my life
I'm learning to fall, I can hardly breathe
When I'm going down, don't worry about me
Don't try this at home, pretend you don't see
I don't wanna know that you know it should have been me
I'm learning to fall, I can hardly breathe
I don't wanna know that you know
Don't try this at home, pretend you don't see
I don't want to know that you know, it should've been me
I'm learning to fall, I can hardly breathe
I don't wanna know that you know, it should have been me
Don't try this at home, pretend you don't see
I don't wanna know that you know, it should've been me
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