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”
I'll no longer hide it
Yes, you move me to tears
Over and over
Every time I get it settled, you excite it
Every time I get my face dry, you sing
It's not meant to be a strife
It's not meant to be a struggle uphill
Now I know, so now I no longer fight it
Come on in little floating head at the door
Who are you? Who are you?
Who has come to fill my room?
Well come on, welcome in
It's not meant to be a strife
It's not meant to be a struggle uphill
I'll no longer hide it
Yes, the way you say it stirs me to the core
Every time, no matter what
No matter who I think you are
Every time I hear you say undo I do
And the tears fall
And the universe is shown
But who are you, voice in headphones?
Yes, you move me to tears
Over and over
Every time I get it settled, you excite it
Every time I get my face dry, you sing
It's not meant to be a strife
It's not meant to be a struggle uphill
Now I know, so now I no longer fight it
Come on in little floating head at the door
Who are you? Who are you?
Who has come to fill my room?
Well come on, welcome in
It's not meant to be a strife
It's not meant to be a struggle uphill
I'll no longer hide it
Yes, the way you say it stirs me to the core
Every time, no matter what
No matter who I think you are
Every time I hear you say undo I do
And the tears fall
And the universe is shown
But who are you, voice in headphones?
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youtube.com/watch I guess I was just looking too hard at it. "[that song is] about listening to music and being really into it."
It definitely is related to her song Undo, obviously because of the chorus is taken directly from the song. But I can't really find a real meaning behind it. I have a hard time thinking that it's just Phil writing about a song he really likes, it doesn't seem like a song he'd write. There needs to be something deeper to it (at least to me).