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”
"As a result of our inquiry, I went through the door. I passed a wolf and a bear."
Without is without in the nursery
Darkness is not dark in the nursery
Time is not time in the nursery
Sun becomes moon in the nursery
It's only hard at first in the nursery
No guilt, no retribution in the nursery
No fear, no retribution in the nursery
Dogs turn into wolves in the nursery
There are children [???], they live in the nursery
Where the sun shines in the nursery
Special powers invest the nursery
We protect our nursery
Our strength still lies in the nursery
There are no lies in this nursery
All time ends in the nursery
[???] will grow and meet you in the nursery
Our sanctuary is the nursery
We are all [captives?] in this nursery
We are the wolves' priests in the nursery
Boys become dogs in the nursery
Girls become frogs in the nursery
The bear is there in the nursery
I pledge my soul to the nursery
The doors are closed in the nursery
To protect our lives in the nursery
There is no time in the nursery
All time ends in the nursery
In the nursery (x3)
Play games in the nursery
[???] down in the nursery
[There is?] war in the nursery
Shielded from life in the nursery
No absolutions in the nursery
The world breathes no air in the nursery
There in the nursery (x3)
There is burning [ink?] in the nursery
Everything is neat in the nursery
Boys turn into frogs in the nursery
Girls turn into boys in the nursery
I am watching you in the nursery
[???] in the nursery
Everything is clear in the nursery
A darkness is here in the nursery
Without is without in the nursery
Darkness is not dark in the nursery
Time is not time in the nursery
Sun becomes moon in the nursery
It's only hard at first in the nursery
No guilt, no retribution in the nursery
No fear, no retribution in the nursery
Dogs turn into wolves in the nursery
There are children [???], they live in the nursery
Where the sun shines in the nursery
Special powers invest the nursery
We protect our nursery
Our strength still lies in the nursery
There are no lies in this nursery
All time ends in the nursery
[???] will grow and meet you in the nursery
Our sanctuary is the nursery
We are all [captives?] in this nursery
We are the wolves' priests in the nursery
Boys become dogs in the nursery
Girls become frogs in the nursery
The bear is there in the nursery
I pledge my soul to the nursery
The doors are closed in the nursery
To protect our lives in the nursery
There is no time in the nursery
All time ends in the nursery
In the nursery (x3)
Play games in the nursery
[???] down in the nursery
[There is?] war in the nursery
Shielded from life in the nursery
No absolutions in the nursery
The world breathes no air in the nursery
There in the nursery (x3)
There is burning [ink?] in the nursery
Everything is neat in the nursery
Boys turn into frogs in the nursery
Girls turn into boys in the nursery
I am watching you in the nursery
[???] in the nursery
Everything is clear in the nursery
A darkness is here in the nursery
Lyrics submitted by Cynothoglys
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