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 got eyes in the back of my head and I, see where you're going with this
I'm not surprised
You take me for a fool, maybe you're right
If I was wiser I would not have let myself come here tonight
You sold yourself, you'll never learn (You sold yourself...)
Here I am watching the summer fading (The summer we shared fade away with the winter)
Your hands were warm on my face. Now they're cold, pushing away (Your hands were warm now...)
Slowly now (Colder than ice and they are slowly pushing me away)
Pushing me away
I knew it (I knew it) right from the start
I got this big, big hole in my heart
I wanted (I wanted) to put you in
But for some reason you just wouldn't fit
You just wouldn't fit
You sold yourself, You'll never learn (You sold yourself...)
Here I am watching the summer fading (The summer we shared fade away with the winter)
Your hands were warm on my face. Now they're cold, pushing away (Your hands were warm now...)
Slowly now (Colder than ice and they are slowly pushing me away)
Pushing me away, pushing me away, pushing me away
Lust can give a man so many regrets
Just this once is what we tell ourselves
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ships don't sink if they have wind in their sails
But if the wind fails is there hope for me (I guess your love, was only as safe..)
I thought your love was safe as promise you made(..as the promise you made...)
Now I am drowning in your shallow sea; I swim
(you are the storm, the wind and the waves, you break me in two and toss me away)
You are the waves that toss me in.
(I fell apart when I fell for you)
How can I float above the water that fills my lungs?
(you are the water filing my lungs, killing me softly without a word)
Killing me softly without a word.
(Without a word)
I'm not surprised
You take me for a fool, maybe you're right
If I was wiser I would not have let myself come here tonight
You sold yourself, you'll never learn (You sold yourself...)
Here I am watching the summer fading (The summer we shared fade away with the winter)
Your hands were warm on my face. Now they're cold, pushing away (Your hands were warm now...)
Slowly now (Colder than ice and they are slowly pushing me away)
Pushing me away
I knew it (I knew it) right from the start
I got this big, big hole in my heart
I wanted (I wanted) to put you in
But for some reason you just wouldn't fit
You just wouldn't fit
You sold yourself, You'll never learn (You sold yourself...)
Here I am watching the summer fading (The summer we shared fade away with the winter)
Your hands were warm on my face. Now they're cold, pushing away (Your hands were warm now...)
Slowly now (Colder than ice and they are slowly pushing me away)
Pushing me away, pushing me away, pushing me away
Lust can give a man so many regrets
Just this once is what we tell ourselves
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ships don't sink if they have wind in their sails
But if the wind fails is there hope for me (I guess your love, was only as safe..)
I thought your love was safe as promise you made(..as the promise you made...)
Now I am drowning in your shallow sea; I swim
(you are the storm, the wind and the waves, you break me in two and toss me away)
You are the waves that toss me in.
(I fell apart when I fell for you)
How can I float above the water that fills my lungs?
(you are the water filing my lungs, killing me softly without a word)
Killing me softly without a word.
(Without a word)
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