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”
Can you answer me one question, please? Can you tell me is she alright, physically, without her medicine?
She had been drinking over two gallons of water per hour...
Did sweet daddy die square on your birthday?
Some macabre-ish attempts to see you rue the day
Or appear in the end and be happy he made it back
To be just in time to cut the cake and watch
You boil alive in your own butterscotch
His ghost might appear as a venomous backlash
His ghost might appear as a motive in fear
And everyone tells you there's nobody down there
In between the chinging glasses where
They eat you up slow down to awkward again
Did sweet daddy die square on your birthday?
Some macabre-ish attempts to see you rue the day
Here again
So here comes the bride
And out stretch the hands
To one to chop and cut clean
And here come the chefs
Ante up the bets
See how long it'll be
Out come the knives
Down swings the ax
To one to sharp it all in
So here comes the bride
Here comes the bride
Here comes the bride
Here comes the bride
And out stretch the hands
To one to chop and cut clean
And here come the chefs
Ante up the bets
See how long it'll be
Out come the knives
Down swings the ax
To one to sharp it all in
Here comes the bride
Here comes the bride
Here comes the bride
She had been drinking over two gallons of water per hour...
Did sweet daddy die square on your birthday?
Some macabre-ish attempts to see you rue the day
Or appear in the end and be happy he made it back
To be just in time to cut the cake and watch
You boil alive in your own butterscotch
His ghost might appear as a venomous backlash
His ghost might appear as a motive in fear
And everyone tells you there's nobody down there
In between the chinging glasses where
They eat you up slow down to awkward again
Did sweet daddy die square on your birthday?
Some macabre-ish attempts to see you rue the day
Here again
So here comes the bride
And out stretch the hands
To one to chop and cut clean
And here come the chefs
Ante up the bets
See how long it'll be
Out come the knives
Down swings the ax
To one to sharp it all in
So here comes the bride
Here comes the bride
Here comes the bride
Here comes the bride
And out stretch the hands
To one to chop and cut clean
And here come the chefs
Ante up the bets
See how long it'll be
Out come the knives
Down swings the ax
To one to sharp it all in
Here comes the bride
Here comes the bride
Here comes the bride
Lyrics submitted by artslut
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Great version of a great song,
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