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'm already looking back
I'm already looking around
Where did we get off the track
What was it that brought us down
I'm already waking up
How I've been asleep too long
Losing you is hard enough
Not knowing anything was wrong
Changes come but where they go?
You'll never know
Just another day like any other
Nothing in the sky said run for cover
Just another reason never thought it would end this way
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
Boy you were supposed to last
You were never supposed to be
Just somebody in the past
Somebody I used to see
Trouble crept up on us
Warning never came a time
Before I knew it we were dust
Just left behind, left behind
Changes come but where they go?
You'll never know
Just another day like any other
Nothing in the sky said run for cover
Just another reason never thought it would end this way
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
No waves crashing
There was no one else around for days
There was no parade
And after all the noise I never heard our last goodbye
It was silent as a butterfly
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
No waves crashing
There was no one else around for days
There was no parade (no parade)
No parade
No parade
I'm already looking around
Where did we get off the track
What was it that brought us down
I'm already waking up
How I've been asleep too long
Losing you is hard enough
Not knowing anything was wrong
Changes come but where they go?
You'll never know
Just another day like any other
Nothing in the sky said run for cover
Just another reason never thought it would end this way
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
Boy you were supposed to last
You were never supposed to be
Just somebody in the past
Somebody I used to see
Trouble crept up on us
Warning never came a time
Before I knew it we were dust
Just left behind, left behind
Changes come but where they go?
You'll never know
Just another day like any other
Nothing in the sky said run for cover
Just another reason never thought it would end this way
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
No waves crashing
There was no one else around for days
There was no parade
And after all the noise I never heard our last goodbye
It was silent as a butterfly
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
No waves crashing
There was no one else around for days
There was no parade (no parade)
No parade
No parade
Lyrics submitted by dontwasteyoursong
No Parade Lyrics as written by Anne Preven Scott Michael Cutler
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Walt Disney Music Company
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It's about a break up that happened so fast they didn't see it coming.
It's so vivid in those lines:
"Where did we get off the track What was it that brought us down"
and
"Trouble crept up on us Warning never came a time Before I knew it we were dust Just left behind, left behind"
and
"And after all the noise I never heard our last goodbye It was silent as a butterfly"
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