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”
Once a failure, always a retard
go through the books just dream
I went to school with an offer for my teacher
he thought, please don´t look down on me
But I will, oh oh oh oh
Well I don´t care about your modern decoration
in your home so why should you care about mine
I´ve had enough of this comfort conversation
in my mind you´re all retards anyhow
Cause if you think love will come towards you
like a warm summerbreeze
you got your head among the clouds
and you will never be free
you´ll spend
many nights alone
I know
If you don´t feel the way I do it don´t matter
cause, I´ll never know how you feel
but if you do then sure I´d be flattered
in my mind it´s all different anyhow
I think love will come towards me
like a warm summerbreeze
I got my head among the clouds
and I will never be free
I´ll spend
many nights alone
I know
I know
Cause I have and I will.
go through the books just dream
I went to school with an offer for my teacher
he thought, please don´t look down on me
But I will, oh oh oh oh
Well I don´t care about your modern decoration
in your home so why should you care about mine
I´ve had enough of this comfort conversation
in my mind you´re all retards anyhow
Cause if you think love will come towards you
like a warm summerbreeze
you got your head among the clouds
and you will never be free
you´ll spend
many nights alone
I know
If you don´t feel the way I do it don´t matter
cause, I´ll never know how you feel
but if you do then sure I´d be flattered
in my mind it´s all different anyhow
I think love will come towards me
like a warm summerbreeze
I got my head among the clouds
and I will never be free
I´ll spend
many nights alone
I know
I know
Cause I have and I will.
Lyrics submitted by craz1
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@TheDistracted I think your interpretation works great for the first verse but i dont think it applies as well to the rest of the song
Actually thinking about it, your interpretation works for most of the song.<br /> The thought in the chorus that love has to be hard earned and never comes easy, the anti-social tone in the second verse, the general confusion relating to human relationships in the last verse...
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