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”
You can find another country if you want
Somewhere you can hide yourself away
Find yourself another set of holes to haunt
Get yourself another debt that you can't pay
Yeah, you can try to run for cover everywhere
Add another letter to your name
Burn everything you ever used to wear
Get yourself another lover that looks the same
But sometimes it's the medicine
Sometimes it's the medicine
Yeah, sometimes it's the medicine itself
That makes the pain
Well, you can always make another move again
Another set of keys, a different town
And you can try to lose yourself in them
Till the truth it catches up and cuts you down
'Cause sometimes it's the medicine
Sometimes it's the medicine
Yeah, sometimes it's the medicine itself
That makes the pain
And you can always hide the wreckage
That you come from
But every new disguise
Is just another lie to run from
Yeah, you can only try to fool yourself so long
With any kind of measure you can find
'Cause every phony pleasure you've been on
Has lifted off and left the pain behind
'Cause sometimes it's the medicine
Sometimes it's the medicine
Yeah, sometimes it's the medicine itself
That makes the pain
Somewhere you can hide yourself away
Find yourself another set of holes to haunt
Get yourself another debt that you can't pay
Yeah, you can try to run for cover everywhere
Add another letter to your name
Burn everything you ever used to wear
Get yourself another lover that looks the same
But sometimes it's the medicine
Sometimes it's the medicine
Yeah, sometimes it's the medicine itself
That makes the pain
Well, you can always make another move again
Another set of keys, a different town
And you can try to lose yourself in them
Till the truth it catches up and cuts you down
'Cause sometimes it's the medicine
Sometimes it's the medicine
Yeah, sometimes it's the medicine itself
That makes the pain
And you can always hide the wreckage
That you come from
But every new disguise
Is just another lie to run from
Yeah, you can only try to fool yourself so long
With any kind of measure you can find
'Cause every phony pleasure you've been on
Has lifted off and left the pain behind
'Cause sometimes it's the medicine
Sometimes it's the medicine
Yeah, sometimes it's the medicine itself
That makes the pain
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