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 like my houses broken down
i like my people not around
i love the rain
when i'm drunk and insane
when it can rinse me of my name
whatever all that meant
it was still a fucking accident
i'll let my boredom be
and leave the city
i love the stars
i love their mess
when i feel wonderfully worthless
but the city hides them to trick you babe
it's the petty, bullshit notion that you're needed
that the roar of the woods will drown out
as for your surrender, i can see no better place
than the city that's as ugly as your face
i don't want love
i don't want cash
my brains a rock, my guts are trash
but i tell you this from a dirty bench
in a square park, in the bright dark, and i never gave a shit for a place to sit
and you can see in my eyes that i'm lazy
that the pigeons, roaches, and flies are babies
and the metal world gets colder than ice
and hotter than my sweaty nights
and it couples up with gravity to chain my legs and conquer me
and nothing's gonna change my ways
neither the brightest of lights nor the tallest of graves
nothing's gonna change my ways
the rooster call's awful coughs
they turn me on and turn me off
and there was always time for acting
kept laughter quiet in the can
but now my skin takes to cracking
and i'm a very honest man
i like my people not around
i love the rain
when i'm drunk and insane
when it can rinse me of my name
whatever all that meant
it was still a fucking accident
i'll let my boredom be
and leave the city
i love the stars
i love their mess
when i feel wonderfully worthless
but the city hides them to trick you babe
it's the petty, bullshit notion that you're needed
that the roar of the woods will drown out
as for your surrender, i can see no better place
than the city that's as ugly as your face
i don't want love
i don't want cash
my brains a rock, my guts are trash
but i tell you this from a dirty bench
in a square park, in the bright dark, and i never gave a shit for a place to sit
and you can see in my eyes that i'm lazy
that the pigeons, roaches, and flies are babies
and the metal world gets colder than ice
and hotter than my sweaty nights
and it couples up with gravity to chain my legs and conquer me
and nothing's gonna change my ways
neither the brightest of lights nor the tallest of graves
nothing's gonna change my ways
the rooster call's awful coughs
they turn me on and turn me off
and there was always time for acting
kept laughter quiet in the can
but now my skin takes to cracking
and i'm a very honest man
Lyrics submitted by hankmay4
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