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”
We were the magnificent dreamers
In secret lamplight hideouts
We swore the world couldn't break us
Even when the world took us down
So here I am strugglin' out in the mighty jungle
Movin' eighteen miles a minute but not slowing down for nothin'
I look to my left and I look to my right
And I'm callin' out for my brothers but it's so dark in this night
Am I alone?
Did they fall down by the wayside?
Was I movin' too blind to see them?
Were they callin' out to me?
Or did despair set in?
Were the things that we wanted when we were still 16
Only passing and fleeting or just too far out of reach?
Were you hard up or broken man, I woulda helped you out
Were you numb and distracted when I was calling out?
I was calling out
On a Sunday morning the whole crowd assembled
I've done some things that I'm not too proud of
I've never left you, a deaf ear for longing
Some hearts are gallows, I'm not here for hangin' around
It's all right, man
I'm only bleeding, man
Stay hungry, stay free
And do the best you can
It's all right, man
I'm only bleeding, man
Stay hungry, stay free
And do the best you can
In secret lamplight hideouts
We swore the world couldn't break us
Even when the world took us down
So here I am strugglin' out in the mighty jungle
Movin' eighteen miles a minute but not slowing down for nothin'
I look to my left and I look to my right
And I'm callin' out for my brothers but it's so dark in this night
Am I alone?
Did they fall down by the wayside?
Was I movin' too blind to see them?
Were they callin' out to me?
Or did despair set in?
Were the things that we wanted when we were still 16
Only passing and fleeting or just too far out of reach?
Were you hard up or broken man, I woulda helped you out
Were you numb and distracted when I was calling out?
I was calling out
On a Sunday morning the whole crowd assembled
I've done some things that I'm not too proud of
I've never left you, a deaf ear for longing
Some hearts are gallows, I'm not here for hangin' around
It's all right, man
I'm only bleeding, man
Stay hungry, stay free
And do the best you can
It's all right, man
I'm only bleeding, man
Stay hungry, stay free
And do the best you can
Lyrics submitted by VoiT, edited by Mellow_Harsher
We're Getting a Divorce You Keep the Diner Lyrics as written by Brian Fallon
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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