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”
Suckers in the country
Suckers in the city
Suckers up in outer space
Suckers to the north and
Suckers to the south and
Suckers to the east and west
Tell me you're a phoenix
Rising far above
All the
Suckers in the mainstream
Suckers in their slipstream
Suckers in the underground
Suckers on the benches
Suckers in the trenches
Suckers in the lost and found
Tell me you're a phoenix
Rising far above
All the
Suckers in the movies
Suckers on the DVDs
Suckers on the TV screens
It's over and we've just begun
Tell me you're a phoenix
Rising far above
All the
Suckers in the meantime
Suckers in the nighttime
Suckers in the afternoon
Suckers playing stadiums
Filled up to the rafters
Singing power ballad songs
Tell me you're a phoenix
Rising far above
All those
Suckers in the boardrooms
Suckers in the showrooms
Suckers on the tennis courts
Suckers in reactors
Splitting up the atoms
Suckers messing up my hair
Tell me you're a phoenix
Rising far above
And that
Sucker in the mirror
Sucker needs a tuner
Sucker needs to buy a comb
It's over and we've just begun
Oh, we've just begun
Suckers in the city
Suckers up in outer space
Suckers to the north and
Suckers to the south and
Suckers to the east and west
Tell me you're a phoenix
Rising far above
All the
Suckers in the mainstream
Suckers in their slipstream
Suckers in the underground
Suckers on the benches
Suckers in the trenches
Suckers in the lost and found
Tell me you're a phoenix
Rising far above
All the
Suckers in the movies
Suckers on the DVDs
Suckers on the TV screens
It's over and we've just begun
Tell me you're a phoenix
Rising far above
All the
Suckers in the meantime
Suckers in the nighttime
Suckers in the afternoon
Suckers playing stadiums
Filled up to the rafters
Singing power ballad songs
Tell me you're a phoenix
Rising far above
All those
Suckers in the boardrooms
Suckers in the showrooms
Suckers on the tennis courts
Suckers in reactors
Splitting up the atoms
Suckers messing up my hair
Tell me you're a phoenix
Rising far above
And that
Sucker in the mirror
Sucker needs a tuner
Sucker needs to buy a comb
It's over and we've just begun
Oh, we've just begun
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