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 eggs you threw with eyes of dew and fall
your talk of loom your tits in bloom and all
sensational, imperial!
the compromises you would never make-me please a man again
the door would slam and I be damned
to know that I had lost my head
and you the most sensational and rational
of all the muses who have tried to change the hardly changeable
don't you know there is no other one?
take a bite of every shit to come
and I sure will bite it, too...
swallow all the good in you
I couldn't keep my fingers off the phone
I ruined your sleep and happy time alone
I had to tell my personal hell
my traffic light refused to shine and daddy fell back in the wine
bring back the superman in me
(clark Kent is such a nervous wreck)
bring back the superman in me
your talk of loom your tits in bloom and all
sensational, imperial!
the compromises you would never make-me please a man again
the door would slam and I be damned
to know that I had lost my head
and you the most sensational and rational
of all the muses who have tried to change the hardly changeable
don't you know there is no other one?
take a bite of every shit to come
and I sure will bite it, too...
swallow all the good in you
I couldn't keep my fingers off the phone
I ruined your sleep and happy time alone
I had to tell my personal hell
my traffic light refused to shine and daddy fell back in the wine
bring back the superman in me
(clark Kent is such a nervous wreck)
bring back the superman in me
Lyrics submitted by giesji
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