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”
Altercations, situations, aggrevations
Rain on my parade
Can you pour me a glass of that fine
Whining about, someway somehow, getting up out
Common place charades
Can you cut me that practical slice
Oh, I know
Your glass seems half empty
Take a breath, look to the left
And under that tree
Have you seen the night in the eyes of those boys
Chasing them lightning bugs a step behind
Told me that they gonna conquer
The world one bug at a time
They ain't far behind
Reservations, complications, hesitations
Thorough but so weak
Let me tell you where you missed the
Marking x's and your o's, your words just show
A self-saturated leak
Let me give you a list of ways to tweak
Sir, I don't apologize for being forward
But those boys, those boys, they keep on teaching me
Folks they gotta have something they movin' towards
Swapping limitations for their destiny
Rain on my parade
Can you pour me a glass of that fine
Whining about, someway somehow, getting up out
Common place charades
Can you cut me that practical slice
Oh, I know
Your glass seems half empty
Take a breath, look to the left
And under that tree
Have you seen the night in the eyes of those boys
Chasing them lightning bugs a step behind
Told me that they gonna conquer
The world one bug at a time
They ain't far behind
Reservations, complications, hesitations
Thorough but so weak
Let me tell you where you missed the
Marking x's and your o's, your words just show
A self-saturated leak
Let me give you a list of ways to tweak
Sir, I don't apologize for being forward
But those boys, those boys, they keep on teaching me
Folks they gotta have something they movin' towards
Swapping limitations for their destiny
Lyrics submitted by lissy3676
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"Altercations, situations, aggrevations Rain on my parade Can you pour me a glass of that fine Whining about, someway somehow, getting up out Common place charades Can you cut me that practical slice"
You have big dreams for something people will rain on your Parade and give you reasons why I can't work but they will never think of the one reason why I can.
"Oh, I know Your glass seems half empty"
in other words pessimistic. People who see a glass of water as half empty rather than half full... weighing on the negative side of things.
"Have you seen the night in the eyes of those boys Chasing them lightning bugs a step behind Told me that they gonna conquer The world one bug at a time They ain't far behind"
Sounds like he is saying hear children have such a passion for little things like chasing fire Flys. Nothing will take a child's mind off his dream to do something. a child who accomplished something they feel like they can do anything..
"Sir, I don't apologize for being forward But those boys, those boys, they keep on teaching me Folks they gotta have something they movin' towards Swapping limitations for their destiny"
Believe it or not, children have a lot to teach us about dreaming again. we let life decide it destiny for us, and limit ourselves... but we should always be moving towards something