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”
We talk about the man like he didn't
Just make us the cigarettes we got stuck in our faces
And you can save the whole bit about quitting
'Cause the man's got his clutches on you too
And tonight we all feel like dancing
And tonight I feel like romancing
So put you arms around my back and hug me
Like it wasn't just the beer hugging me
You can plan and strategize
And prepare and build up
But in the end it's like a race
They count off but is never run
One two three one
One two three one
One two three one
You've been up all night I can tell
You've been tossing and turning like hell
From the space between the wall and the bed
I watch you begin to regret some of the pills
And the sun lasers in through the window
Triumphantly leaping day viewing its strength
And its a damn sure annoyance as it lands on your eyeball
And you can locate the cause without any pause
Don't you wish, my friends, that more problems were just like this?
With a source and a direct route to an end?
Well I've been getting this feeling at night
Like it's all preparation, and my plans and my future might never collide
You've got it!
I've got it!
In this unexplained notion that something good
Will happen if we just stay the course
And the band begins to tune
And the patient begins to consume
And the drummer counts it off
But the song's never sung
One two three one
One two three one
One two three one
Just make us the cigarettes we got stuck in our faces
And you can save the whole bit about quitting
'Cause the man's got his clutches on you too
And tonight we all feel like dancing
And tonight I feel like romancing
So put you arms around my back and hug me
Like it wasn't just the beer hugging me
You can plan and strategize
And prepare and build up
But in the end it's like a race
They count off but is never run
One two three one
One two three one
One two three one
You've been up all night I can tell
You've been tossing and turning like hell
From the space between the wall and the bed
I watch you begin to regret some of the pills
And the sun lasers in through the window
Triumphantly leaping day viewing its strength
And its a damn sure annoyance as it lands on your eyeball
And you can locate the cause without any pause
Don't you wish, my friends, that more problems were just like this?
With a source and a direct route to an end?
Well I've been getting this feeling at night
Like it's all preparation, and my plans and my future might never collide
You've got it!
I've got it!
In this unexplained notion that something good
Will happen if we just stay the course
And the band begins to tune
And the patient begins to consume
And the drummer counts it off
But the song's never sung
One two three one
One two three one
One two three one
Lyrics submitted by debaser12
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