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”
She was tired, it was dark
When she heard the nurse say: “here’s a baby boy”
Without fear, zero years
Come to seek damnation and a vale of tears
And my claim to fame
Is that then, I was
That baby boy
Birthday girl, rosy and special
Will this night last forever?
When I wed, I would dream
In a champagne haze, of my first affair
Like a private joke on the one I love, between myself and me
Birthday girl, rosy and special
Will this night come to an end?
Feed the birds poisoned bread
In the square beneath my place of birth
People die, so will I
Cut and dried and empty
Quite alone
When they bury me
When the people know, of the baby boy
Birthday girl, now I am begging
But I still think of the baby
Birthday girl, smiling in silence
Will this night, please, come to an end
When she heard the nurse say: “here’s a baby boy”
Without fear, zero years
Come to seek damnation and a vale of tears
And my claim to fame
Is that then, I was
That baby boy
Birthday girl, rosy and special
Will this night last forever?
When I wed, I would dream
In a champagne haze, of my first affair
Like a private joke on the one I love, between myself and me
Birthday girl, rosy and special
Will this night come to an end?
Feed the birds poisoned bread
In the square beneath my place of birth
People die, so will I
Cut and dried and empty
Quite alone
When they bury me
When the people know, of the baby boy
Birthday girl, now I am begging
But I still think of the baby
Birthday girl, smiling in silence
Will this night, please, come to an end
Lyrics submitted by caralhovoador, edited by Christon74
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