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”
(This is gonna be funky)
How come all the pretty girls like you are taken baby
I've been looking for someone like you to save me
Life's too easy to be so damn complicated
Take your time and I'll be waitin'
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray someday that you will love me only
I think about you some days
And the way I would lay and waste a day after day with you
We always go our separate ways
But no one can love you baby the way I do
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray someday that you will love me only
Well the world can be real tough
Find shelter in me
If there's no-one else to love
Keep me in mind
If ever you wanted me
I'll be your man
I'd be a fool to let you go with someone else
Whatever you want from me
I'll be your man
I'd give it all up just to have you for myself
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray someday that you will love me only
Well the world can be real tough
Why don't you hold on to me
When there's no one else to love
Keep me in mind (Keep me in mind)
And I'll hold you darling (Keep me in mind)
I'll be your man (Keep me in mind)
I'll hold you darling (Keep me in mind)
C'mon little mama
Put it on me
How come all the pretty girls like you are taken baby
I've been looking for someone like you to save me
Life's too easy to be so damn complicated
Take your time and I'll be waitin'
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray someday that you will love me only
I think about you some days
And the way I would lay and waste a day after day with you
We always go our separate ways
But no one can love you baby the way I do
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray someday that you will love me only
Well the world can be real tough
Find shelter in me
If there's no-one else to love
Keep me in mind
If ever you wanted me
I'll be your man
I'd be a fool to let you go with someone else
Whatever you want from me
I'll be your man
I'd give it all up just to have you for myself
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray someday that you will love me only
Well the world can be real tough
Why don't you hold on to me
When there's no one else to love
Keep me in mind (Keep me in mind)
And I'll hold you darling (Keep me in mind)
I'll be your man (Keep me in mind)
I'll hold you darling (Keep me in mind)
C'mon little mama
Put it on me
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It's not that she can't or won't settle down. He's the "friends with benefits".
Because it's not a real relationship. Basically your a booty call til they meet someone who they want to have a real and honest relationship with,and even then<br /> they'll still want the sex- at least til start gettin' it from the one they are<br /> having the legitimate relationship.
"How come all the pretty girls like you are taken." "I'll pray someday that you will love me only."
It's pretty obvious that the woman is either married or in a committed relationship but is cheating.
maybe she's not married or with anyone, but has kids and is trying to better herself before entering another relationship. he says take your time and i'll be waitn' (which i don't think he would say if she was with someone else) and at the end he says "c'mon little mama"
She's taken, he wants her to love him only, they lay around and waste the day together and then go their separate ways. He's saying "I understand you're in a relationship but no one can love you like I do, so take your time to figure it out and I'll be here waiting for you". When he calls her "mama" I think it's just slang and not meant to be taken literally. That's my interpretation anyways.
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