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”
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Second stanza is about love junkies. The people who go all mushy at the concept of love, yet doesn't actually get what it is to be in love. They float on clouds and whatnot, thinking it's gonna be sunset walks on the beach and happily ever afters. They don't really see much past the cloud of short-term passion that they mistake for being actual love. Then end up with a divorce two years later. Éros rather than Agápe, sold on the Hollywood idea of love.
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Oh, and yeah. They ALWAYS are the most ruthless when it comes to money and the most lecherous when it comes to sex. The list of 'morally upstanding' politicians and 'chosen by Jesus' televangelists who end up making billions at the expense of others then getting caught in sex scandals is very very long. Yet people still send their life savings to them and go to their churches every sunday. Lip service, as if going to church means they can be excused for being cruel in real life, because after all, they already bribed God didn't they?