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”
You've got a smart best friend, she's OK
Have you had a smile today
Push the door and take your seats
I've been seen playin' for keeps
Dear heart, don't stop fighting
Prepare, ride the lightning
It's like heart-heart-heartbeat
Just like riot rhythm
You've gotta march!
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You've gotta march!
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You've got a smart best friend and she's OK
Have you ever felt that way
Straight A kids like a treat
She stands up and takes the heat
Dear heart, don't stop fighting
Prepare, ride the lightning
It's like heart-heart-heartbeat
Just like riot rhythm
You've gotta march
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You've gotta march
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Have you had a smile today
Push the door and take your seats
I've been seen playin' for keeps
Dear heart, don't stop fighting
Prepare, ride the lightning
It's like heart-heart-heartbeat
Just like riot rhythm
You've gotta march!
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You've gotta march!
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You've got a smart best friend and she's OK
Have you ever felt that way
Straight A kids like a treat
She stands up and takes the heat
Dear heart, don't stop fighting
Prepare, ride the lightning
It's like heart-heart-heartbeat
Just like riot rhythm
You've gotta march
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You've gotta march
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
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Straight A students? They tend to congregate with other "smart" people, even if you don't have much in common. ("She's okay." You two claim to be "best friends" but aren't actually close. Perhaps emotionally.)
"Have you had a smile today?" Having to ask yourself like as a regimented reminder to "be happy". Like an instructed social norm.
Go to class. Behave. "play for keeps"-"you take things very seriously and the outcome is very important to you; it is not a mere game."(from usingenglish.com)
"Dear heart..." etc. Not very clear on what the lyrics are, but judging from what is posted... This student is pushing forward. I guess, it might be about the social life you sacrifice to get ahead. "Not heaven or hell." People aren't black and white, so it's reassuring to know that you don't belong with one or the other (for instance, high-acheivers vs. average and etc.... Nerds vs. Popular/Jock All-stars... Stereotyped groups.) Take the lightning. Quick insults.
"Just like riot rhythm" riot-duel meaning... an uproar. the masses. The riot can be the majority or unconcerned, animalistic, wild teenagers. (which to me verifies my theory of the beach in "Rachel" as the mass majority/wild youth, because a synonym of "riot" is "sea". Sea of people. The difference is in the outlook of the two songs. This one's take is a very army-like, structured look at... education? Kind of like brainwashing. The idea of manufacturing humans to think and live a certain way.)
"You gotta march." Push forward, but stay undetectable and in line... most likely so that you can make no trouble and get out of there.
"Straight A kids like a treat. She stands up and takes the heat." Okay, this one goes a few ways for me. High-acheivers kind of tend to find answering questions in class gratifying. At some schools(like I'm thinking of uniform, Catholic school type), when you speak or answer a question you must stand. She is speaking in class and is... a.) got the answer wrong or just stood up out of habit but finds that she had no answer and "takes the heat"-incompetence b.) goes back to being bullied, get called a teacher's pet or ass kisser or nerd(something negative) c.) this one is a bit different from the previous two. it suggests that the whole time she was questioning her routine life of hitting the books hard and associating with people who are smart but are otherwise uninteresting. She is finding different views within herself and is straying from what she has been conditioned to think. She stands up/fights for her new beliefs and is scolded for stepping out of line.
The change of heart feeling are suggested in the "have you had a smile today?" and "have you ever felt that way?" both second lines in the verse.
Thoughts? A, B, or C? D, all of the above?