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 had to break from breath of stone
Would have been cold and happy then
But to break it from its mold
It lacked the long and wavering
Leave it a stain, my second chance
Bleaches it cold, not happy then
And to turn it to his home
The lover we were torn from
Stay with it
On second hand
Bring it back to one night
Gets outta line
Leave with it
Don't be a better man
No harm can come from thee
Wasn't happy with it
Stay with it
On second hand
Bring it back to one night
We'll save for it
Leave with it
Don't be a better man
No harm can come to thee
Wasn't happy with it
I had to break from breath of stone
Would have been cold, unhappy then
But to break it from its mold
To lack the long unwavering
Lean on a stand, my second chance
Even, it's old and happy then
And to take it from his home
The lover we were torn from
Stay with it
On second hand
Bring it back to one night
Gets outta line
Leave with it
Don't be a better man
No harm can come from thee
Wasn't happy with it
On second hand
Bring it back to one night
We'll save for it
Leave with it
Don't be a better man
No harm can come to thee
Wasn't happy with it
The lover we were torn from
The lover we were torn from
The lover we were torn from
The lover we were
Would have been cold and happy then
But to break it from its mold
It lacked the long and wavering
Leave it a stain, my second chance
Bleaches it cold, not happy then
And to turn it to his home
The lover we were torn from
Stay with it
On second hand
Bring it back to one night
Gets outta line
Leave with it
Don't be a better man
No harm can come from thee
Wasn't happy with it
Stay with it
On second hand
Bring it back to one night
We'll save for it
Leave with it
Don't be a better man
No harm can come to thee
Wasn't happy with it
I had to break from breath of stone
Would have been cold, unhappy then
But to break it from its mold
To lack the long unwavering
Lean on a stand, my second chance
Even, it's old and happy then
And to take it from his home
The lover we were torn from
Stay with it
On second hand
Bring it back to one night
Gets outta line
Leave with it
Don't be a better man
No harm can come from thee
Wasn't happy with it
On second hand
Bring it back to one night
We'll save for it
Leave with it
Don't be a better man
No harm can come to thee
Wasn't happy with it
The lover we were torn from
The lover we were torn from
The lover we were torn from
The lover we were
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