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”
"Well, if both of these horses
Just-a lay up and die"
He thinks to himself
As he stares into the sun
His companion's been bleedin
And is weeping to himself
Thinking "Oh, my sweet Sue
I won't be coming home now"
As the train tracks keep running
Up that ever gentle slope
Margaret Anne hangs her head
And just keeps wondering what's good
Her companion's been bleeding
And is weeping to himself
Thinking "Oh, my sweet Sue
I won't be a-coming home now"
That day that the rain came
And just rose the flag of war
Mother Jones lays in bed,
His children lyin on the floor
And she
Got by
Standing in the churchyard, singing hallelujah
Sweeping out the bats
From the bells of her voices
Who is she?
I am the river
And I will take you to the sea
And we
Got by
Floating in the water, singing hallelujah
Waitin on the lord
To bring us back home
You left us too soon
And I
I know what you'll do
Someone knocks in the back at the door
Oh, why'd you come, were you looking for more?
Don't sing
Then the sharp steel rattle of your head on the floor
Oh, it got lost in the sound of the war
Don't stay
Someone knocks in the back at the door
Oh, why'd you come, were you looking for more?
Don't speak
Then the sharp steel rattle of your head on the floor
Oh, it got lost in the sound of the war
Don't leave
And oh,
You left us too soon
Now there's two men ridin up
Both wonderin who is he
One says "Sir,
I've observed
you ridin up behind-a me"
Now them children
Hear em
Headed up around the bend
Cryin "Ma,
Best come on,
Here comes our fathers back to bed"
Just-a lay up and die"
He thinks to himself
As he stares into the sun
His companion's been bleedin
And is weeping to himself
Thinking "Oh, my sweet Sue
I won't be coming home now"
As the train tracks keep running
Up that ever gentle slope
Margaret Anne hangs her head
And just keeps wondering what's good
Her companion's been bleeding
And is weeping to himself
Thinking "Oh, my sweet Sue
I won't be a-coming home now"
That day that the rain came
And just rose the flag of war
Mother Jones lays in bed,
His children lyin on the floor
And she
Got by
Standing in the churchyard, singing hallelujah
Sweeping out the bats
From the bells of her voices
Who is she?
I am the river
And I will take you to the sea
And we
Got by
Floating in the water, singing hallelujah
Waitin on the lord
To bring us back home
You left us too soon
And I
I know what you'll do
Someone knocks in the back at the door
Oh, why'd you come, were you looking for more?
Don't sing
Then the sharp steel rattle of your head on the floor
Oh, it got lost in the sound of the war
Don't stay
Someone knocks in the back at the door
Oh, why'd you come, were you looking for more?
Don't speak
Then the sharp steel rattle of your head on the floor
Oh, it got lost in the sound of the war
Don't leave
And oh,
You left us too soon
Now there's two men ridin up
Both wonderin who is he
One says "Sir,
I've observed
you ridin up behind-a me"
Now them children
Hear em
Headed up around the bend
Cryin "Ma,
Best come on,
Here comes our fathers back to bed"
Lyrics submitted by prayingmantis84
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