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 picked you up at the corner of Belmont
Yeah I'm a wreck
That's exactly what you want
You're just a mess in a dress
Better count to ten
And keep my thoughts in my head
Think I'll start again
I picked you up at the corner of Belmont
Yeah I'm a wreck
That's exactly what you want
You're just a mess in a dress
Better count to ten
And keep my thoughts in my head
Think I'll start again
I think I'll start again
It's time to start again
I think I'll start again
It's time to start again
Just stop
I don't think that we'll make it out alive
I don't think I can take it
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
Just stop
I don't think that we'll make it out alive
I don't think I can take it
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
I picked you up at the corner of Belmont
It's plain to see but I guess that I forgot
You broke my heart from the start
Cuz you know you can
Go waste your time in the arms of another man
I think I'll start again
It's time to start again
I think I'll start again
It's time to start again
Just stop
I don't think that we'll make it out alive
I don't think I can take it
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
Just stop
I don't think that we'll make it out alive
I don't think I can take it
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
I still see you sitting there
Broken heel and broken hearted
It was broke before you started
So blissfully unaware
I drove you home in silence
I don't think that I've cried since
I still see you sitting there
Broken heel and broken hearted
It was broke before you started
So blissfully unaware
I drove you home in silence
I don't think that I've cried since
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
Yeah I'm a wreck
That's exactly what you want
You're just a mess in a dress
Better count to ten
And keep my thoughts in my head
Think I'll start again
I picked you up at the corner of Belmont
Yeah I'm a wreck
That's exactly what you want
You're just a mess in a dress
Better count to ten
And keep my thoughts in my head
Think I'll start again
I think I'll start again
It's time to start again
I think I'll start again
It's time to start again
Just stop
I don't think that we'll make it out alive
I don't think I can take it
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
Just stop
I don't think that we'll make it out alive
I don't think I can take it
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
I picked you up at the corner of Belmont
It's plain to see but I guess that I forgot
You broke my heart from the start
Cuz you know you can
Go waste your time in the arms of another man
I think I'll start again
It's time to start again
I think I'll start again
It's time to start again
Just stop
I don't think that we'll make it out alive
I don't think I can take it
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
Just stop
I don't think that we'll make it out alive
I don't think I can take it
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
I still see you sitting there
Broken heel and broken hearted
It was broke before you started
So blissfully unaware
I drove you home in silence
I don't think that I've cried since
I still see you sitting there
Broken heel and broken hearted
It was broke before you started
So blissfully unaware
I drove you home in silence
I don't think that I've cried since
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
Cuz you've been dragging us both through Hell
And I'm just worried about my mental health
Lyrics submitted by fallacyofdualism
Start Again Lyrics as written by Tim Ilardi
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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I'm lost inside the pain I feel without you I can't stop holding on I need you with me
I think that is the most meaningful part of the song which means that they can't live without the other person, that they need to be with them otherwise they're nothing and just full of hurt and regret.
That is my opinion on the song anyway :)