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”
He awakes in the light
A new day, a blessing
Was it worth the fight?
Getting through the night?
'Cause yesterday all was lost, everything
Counting the cost: everything
Save this new day
While he's dressing
You're not entitled to anything
You're not entitled to anything
She wears a new watch on her wrist
A tattooed watch, hammered in by a fist
And I think, "Why would you do that?"
"Why would you want to remind yourself
That all that matters is time?"
You're not entitled to anything
We're not entitled to anything
The more that I'm living
The more something seems to say
What has been given
Can be taken away
And if you knew
What transpired at that moment of death
You wouldn't waste time not loving
You wouldn't squander it on regret
So own this moment
'Cause you are not promised the next
Live it, sink in it
'Cause last time I checked
We were not
Entitled
We're not entitled to anything
I'm not entitled to anything
No we're not entitled
[Alternate additional lyrics:
Not a thing, not a song
Not a moment that's one year long
Not a thing, not a song
Not a year a minute long]
And all that matters is
Nothing that matters in
The grand ole context of time
A new day, a blessing
Was it worth the fight?
Getting through the night?
'Cause yesterday all was lost, everything
Counting the cost: everything
Save this new day
While he's dressing
You're not entitled to anything
You're not entitled to anything
She wears a new watch on her wrist
A tattooed watch, hammered in by a fist
And I think, "Why would you do that?"
"Why would you want to remind yourself
That all that matters is time?"
You're not entitled to anything
We're not entitled to anything
The more that I'm living
The more something seems to say
What has been given
Can be taken away
And if you knew
What transpired at that moment of death
You wouldn't waste time not loving
You wouldn't squander it on regret
So own this moment
'Cause you are not promised the next
Live it, sink in it
'Cause last time I checked
We were not
Entitled
We're not entitled to anything
I'm not entitled to anything
No we're not entitled
[Alternate additional lyrics:
Not a thing, not a song
Not a moment that's one year long
Not a thing, not a song
Not a year a minute long]
And all that matters is
Nothing that matters in
The grand ole context of time
Lyrics submitted by fishleader
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