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”
Walking under skies
Waiting for the fall
Meet me at the corner shop I'll show you it all
Free you of your mind
Something you won't find
In the west-end pages with your Google dirty fingers
It's a skin dive
In deep silence we are
Going underwater
It's a lifeline
Teardrop, bullets, all night
Dip into the water
Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
That's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
Wipe us of the face
Of the human race
Whichever way you look it's indisposed or disgraced
Fighting on the shore
The hoi polloi want more
Howling bloody murder but it's nothing just a murmur
In your skin dive
In deep silence we are
Going underwater
It's a lifeline
Teardrop, bullets, all night
Slip into the water
Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
That's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
A blushing rose is torn
From these sugar walls
I've misplaced my future could I please borrow yours?
Panic on the scene
You know what I mean
Anything you want to be the only thing you want from me
Is skin dive
In deep silence we are
Going underwater
It's a lifeline
Teardrop, bullets, all night
Go inside the water
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Baby girl you're swimming
A little too deep
So deep, that I think you might hit a reef
I think you low on oxygen
And you're too glad to leave
Baby girl swim to the top
Grab my hand and hold me and breathe
Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
That's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
Na-na, na-na, naa, oh-oh, oh yeah (oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Na-na, na-na, naa, oh-oh, oh yeah (oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Na-na, na-na, naa, oh-oh, oh yeah (oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Na-na, na-na, naa, oh-oh, oh yeah (oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Waiting for the fall
Meet me at the corner shop I'll show you it all
Free you of your mind
Something you won't find
In the west-end pages with your Google dirty fingers
It's a skin dive
In deep silence we are
Going underwater
It's a lifeline
Teardrop, bullets, all night
Dip into the water
Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
That's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
Wipe us of the face
Of the human race
Whichever way you look it's indisposed or disgraced
Fighting on the shore
The hoi polloi want more
Howling bloody murder but it's nothing just a murmur
In your skin dive
In deep silence we are
Going underwater
It's a lifeline
Teardrop, bullets, all night
Slip into the water
Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
That's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
A blushing rose is torn
From these sugar walls
I've misplaced my future could I please borrow yours?
Panic on the scene
You know what I mean
Anything you want to be the only thing you want from me
Is skin dive
In deep silence we are
Going underwater
It's a lifeline
Teardrop, bullets, all night
Go inside the water
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Baby girl you're swimming
A little too deep
So deep, that I think you might hit a reef
I think you low on oxygen
And you're too glad to leave
Baby girl swim to the top
Grab my hand and hold me and breathe
Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
That's what it feels like when you come up for air
When you come up for air
You feel brand new
When you come up for air
When you come up for air
Na-na, na-na, naa, oh-oh, oh yeah (oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Na-na, na-na, naa, oh-oh, oh yeah (oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Na-na, na-na, naa, oh-oh, oh yeah (oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Na-na, na-na, naa, oh-oh, oh yeah (oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
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