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”
You followed me, I followed you
With new language you lead me adrift
To find and swallow you
Into this continental rift but
Will all songs be ancient text when
Affairs of lust and power lost on
Railroad tracks or slaveship decks
Why has your love become neglect?
Somewhere there’s a memory
A truth that lives in lies
An echo of the way you knew me under foreign skies
Will I live in hiding
Between these silhouettes?
Will you remember me when everyone forgets?
Do you know me anymore?
Wasn’t I your comfort and your god
And weren’t you the shore
I called you home and cried for you but
Sons rise up and Shadow falls
Over rooftops, years and eyes are in
The hopes that you’ll recall
Wasn’t I a god to you?
Somewhere there’s a memory
A truth that lives in lies
An echo of the way you knew me under foreign skies
Will I live in hiding
Between these silhouettes?
Will you remember me when everyone forgets?
I promise I will still be there
Even when I haven’t got a prayer
Just a lonely stranger in America, but
I’m still here
Oh, god, I’m here
I swear
Somewhere there’s a memory
A truth that lives in lies
An echo of the way you knew me under foreign skies
Will I live in hiding
Between these silhouettes?
Will you remember me when everyone forgets?
With new language you lead me adrift
To find and swallow you
Into this continental rift but
Will all songs be ancient text when
Affairs of lust and power lost on
Railroad tracks or slaveship decks
Why has your love become neglect?
Somewhere there’s a memory
A truth that lives in lies
An echo of the way you knew me under foreign skies
Will I live in hiding
Between these silhouettes?
Will you remember me when everyone forgets?
Do you know me anymore?
Wasn’t I your comfort and your god
And weren’t you the shore
I called you home and cried for you but
Sons rise up and Shadow falls
Over rooftops, years and eyes are in
The hopes that you’ll recall
Wasn’t I a god to you?
Somewhere there’s a memory
A truth that lives in lies
An echo of the way you knew me under foreign skies
Will I live in hiding
Between these silhouettes?
Will you remember me when everyone forgets?
I promise I will still be there
Even when I haven’t got a prayer
Just a lonely stranger in America, but
I’m still here
Oh, god, I’m here
I swear
Somewhere there’s a memory
A truth that lives in lies
An echo of the way you knew me under foreign skies
Will I live in hiding
Between these silhouettes?
Will you remember me when everyone forgets?
Lyrics submitted by airwolf queen
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