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'm a man who doesn't know defeat
I tend to tower over trees
And I make a damn good coffee
I'm a man who's great at setting trends
Uses his teeth to open cans
I've never lost against a grizzly
But when it comes to you
I'm like a child
I'm stuck and won't get anywhere
I wrote Casablanca in my sleep
??? to say the least
And I'm ??? at Ryan Gosling
But when it comes to you
I'm like a child
I'm stuck and won't get anywhere
Days like these I wish that I could just hide in my bed
Like a captain who's lost his first mate to the ocean
Some things will just never, ever change
I'm the kid who never did his chores
I've slayed a thousand dinosaurs
Yeah, I'm the cause for their extinction
I don't remember the last time I gave in
I can't recall the last party I didn't attend
I look great in a black tuxedo
Oh yeah!
But when it comes to you
I'm like a child
I'm stuck and won't get anywhere
Days like these I wish that I could just hide in my bed
Like a captain who's lost his first mate to the ocean
Some things will just never, ever change
Wake up every morning with my feet in front of me
The sun burning my eyelids making it too hard to see
I know I need to come around
It's way too late for me to win this war
I've loaded up my luggage with everything I might need
A t-shirt and a few socks, two pillows and a book to read
I'm off just like an astronaut, shuttle straight up into space
But before I leave I'll be sure that you don't forget this face
Days like these I wish that I could just hide in my bed
Like a captain who's lost his first mate to the ocean
Some things will just never, ever change
I tend to tower over trees
And I make a damn good coffee
I'm a man who's great at setting trends
Uses his teeth to open cans
I've never lost against a grizzly
But when it comes to you
I'm like a child
I'm stuck and won't get anywhere
I wrote Casablanca in my sleep
??? to say the least
And I'm ??? at Ryan Gosling
But when it comes to you
I'm like a child
I'm stuck and won't get anywhere
Days like these I wish that I could just hide in my bed
Like a captain who's lost his first mate to the ocean
Some things will just never, ever change
I'm the kid who never did his chores
I've slayed a thousand dinosaurs
Yeah, I'm the cause for their extinction
I don't remember the last time I gave in
I can't recall the last party I didn't attend
I look great in a black tuxedo
Oh yeah!
But when it comes to you
I'm like a child
I'm stuck and won't get anywhere
Days like these I wish that I could just hide in my bed
Like a captain who's lost his first mate to the ocean
Some things will just never, ever change
Wake up every morning with my feet in front of me
The sun burning my eyelids making it too hard to see
I know I need to come around
It's way too late for me to win this war
I've loaded up my luggage with everything I might need
A t-shirt and a few socks, two pillows and a book to read
I'm off just like an astronaut, shuttle straight up into space
But before I leave I'll be sure that you don't forget this face
Days like these I wish that I could just hide in my bed
Like a captain who's lost his first mate to the ocean
Some things will just never, ever change
Lyrics submitted by bonjouramigo
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