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”
Before I met you I was dancing on my own
In a pair of skinny jeans that I'd outgrown
And when I noticed you my breath it came and went
Didn't dream that you could ever be my friend
Holding my breath
But it's kind of pointless
When you're rushing on in
And I'm letting you win
I don't wanna talk like that
Be at each other's throat like that
I don't wanna hear my name
Like you're saying it for the last time
Got me feeling like I'm playing the fool
And I know you think you're cooler than cool
I don't wanna say your name
Like I'm saying it for the last time
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
When I met you
You'd only just moved to town
You snuck me upstairs to your room without a sound
You told me all about the things you wanna see
Yeah it was us against the world boy
You and me
And now I'm holding my breath
But it's kind of pointless
When you're rushing on in
And I'm letting you win
I don't wanna talk like that
Be at each other's throat like that
I don't wanna hear my name
Like you're saying it for the last time
Got me feeling like I'm playing the fool
And I know you think you're cooler than cool
I don't wanna say your name
Like I'm saying it for the last time
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
Can you tell me it's not over now
Over, over
'Cause since I met you I feel more alive
Than in my dreams
I don't wanna talk like that
Be at each other's throat like that
I don't wanna hear my name
Like you're saying it for the last time
Got me feeling like I'm playing the fool
And I know you think you're cooler than cool
I don't wanna say your name
Like I'm saying it for the last time
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
In a pair of skinny jeans that I'd outgrown
And when I noticed you my breath it came and went
Didn't dream that you could ever be my friend
Holding my breath
But it's kind of pointless
When you're rushing on in
And I'm letting you win
I don't wanna talk like that
Be at each other's throat like that
I don't wanna hear my name
Like you're saying it for the last time
Got me feeling like I'm playing the fool
And I know you think you're cooler than cool
I don't wanna say your name
Like I'm saying it for the last time
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
When I met you
You'd only just moved to town
You snuck me upstairs to your room without a sound
You told me all about the things you wanna see
Yeah it was us against the world boy
You and me
And now I'm holding my breath
But it's kind of pointless
When you're rushing on in
And I'm letting you win
I don't wanna talk like that
Be at each other's throat like that
I don't wanna hear my name
Like you're saying it for the last time
Got me feeling like I'm playing the fool
And I know you think you're cooler than cool
I don't wanna say your name
Like I'm saying it for the last time
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
Can you tell me it's not over now
Over, over
'Cause since I met you I feel more alive
Than in my dreams
I don't wanna talk like that
Be at each other's throat like that
I don't wanna hear my name
Like you're saying it for the last time
Got me feeling like I'm playing the fool
And I know you think you're cooler than cool
I don't wanna say your name
Like I'm saying it for the last time
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
I don't wanna talk, talk, talk, talk
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I really love that line. It represents my life/best friend (she's basically the girl in the song).