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”
Let me tell you about my morning:
I checked my mail and I received a warning.
Ooh, nothing new.
And though it held an accusation all I smelled was abnegation with ooh, not a clue,
And the noise in my town, and the voice that's getting me down.
It'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
And all the little people ruined by all the little poison, little minds are brewing.
They're out, and living in doubt.
Breathing in the hate and rumor,
The end comes soon - well, let's make it sooner.
Ow - let's make it now!
And the boys in our town, and the malls they're building around,
It'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
Lazy biters ignore what they lack and lazy fighters will overreact.
And if the tricks of the pricks and the hacks distract: Don't look back!
And the noise in my house is a noise I've got to get out,
It'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
And the choice in our town is a choice that's getting me down,
But it'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
There'll be no more walls now,
No voice pushing you around.
It'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
It'll all float off, it'll all keep spinning.
But the spot that's not, well, you want to be in it.
And it'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
I checked my mail and I received a warning.
Ooh, nothing new.
And though it held an accusation all I smelled was abnegation with ooh, not a clue,
And the noise in my town, and the voice that's getting me down.
It'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
And all the little people ruined by all the little poison, little minds are brewing.
They're out, and living in doubt.
Breathing in the hate and rumor,
The end comes soon - well, let's make it sooner.
Ow - let's make it now!
And the boys in our town, and the malls they're building around,
It'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
Lazy biters ignore what they lack and lazy fighters will overreact.
And if the tricks of the pricks and the hacks distract: Don't look back!
And the noise in my house is a noise I've got to get out,
It'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
And the choice in our town is a choice that's getting me down,
But it'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
There'll be no more walls now,
No voice pushing you around.
It'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
It'll all float off, it'll all keep spinning.
But the spot that's not, well, you want to be in it.
And it'll all float off when the world stops turning around.
Lyrics submitted by rockstermonkey
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