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”
On the 19th day of April
In 1995
There was the worst car bombing
Near 200 people died
In Oklahoma City
On Wednesday nine o'clock
They struck the federal building
Took out near half the block
They thought it was an earthquake
Made trees and lightpoles bend
And folks thought they were seeing
The world about to end
It blew the building open
It lay there like a wound
Twisted pipes and wires
Silent like a tomb
Yeah, they blew the building open
And blew folks lives apart
Firefighters mumbling
And wondering where to start
They rushed out some survivors
But soon could only cry
And place the dead in caskets
And ask the dear lord why
Prayer for the missing
For daughters and for sons
Prayers for the souls of those
Who'd never heard a one
Kevin Small was lucky
His clock needed repair
He overslept an hour
His three-year old son was spared
But for too many others
The news was not so bright
One baby got her picture in the paper
Then she died
The President, he promised
They'd pay dearly for the blast
and all across the country
Flags were flying at half mast
Shock soon turned to anger
"Who would do this?" people said
And everyone suspicious
Had a price upon their head
They thought it was some Arabs
And folks began ton scream
"First tighten up the borders
Then hang 'em from a tree
This proves what we've been saying
'Bout our fair and gentle land
Nobody who did this
Could be an American"
The FBI got busy
Some drawings and some names
And everyone was looking
For someone else to blame
Some 50 hours later
Early Friday day
They found the man they wanted
In jail ten miles away
A so-called right extremist
A patriot government foe
An expert on explosions
And white as drive snow
When people heard the news they found it
Hard to understand
How could such a murderer
Come from our own land
But when we build walls and borders
From fear and hate and guns
The hatred turns around and
Strikes at everyone
Maybe now we'll understand
Maybe now we'll see
Superpatriots are seldom
Friends of you and me
They're scared and weak and cowards
And they think that with their guns
The ones they're most afraid of
Will turn around and run
But when we stand strong together
And let love enjoy its will
Misfortune can't defeat us
It makes us stronger still
Like on the 19th day of April
In 1995
A day all Oklahomans will
Remember all their lives
In 1995
There was the worst car bombing
Near 200 people died
In Oklahoma City
On Wednesday nine o'clock
They struck the federal building
Took out near half the block
They thought it was an earthquake
Made trees and lightpoles bend
And folks thought they were seeing
The world about to end
It blew the building open
It lay there like a wound
Twisted pipes and wires
Silent like a tomb
Yeah, they blew the building open
And blew folks lives apart
Firefighters mumbling
And wondering where to start
They rushed out some survivors
But soon could only cry
And place the dead in caskets
And ask the dear lord why
Prayer for the missing
For daughters and for sons
Prayers for the souls of those
Who'd never heard a one
Kevin Small was lucky
His clock needed repair
He overslept an hour
His three-year old son was spared
But for too many others
The news was not so bright
One baby got her picture in the paper
Then she died
The President, he promised
They'd pay dearly for the blast
and all across the country
Flags were flying at half mast
Shock soon turned to anger
"Who would do this?" people said
And everyone suspicious
Had a price upon their head
They thought it was some Arabs
And folks began ton scream
"First tighten up the borders
Then hang 'em from a tree
This proves what we've been saying
'Bout our fair and gentle land
Nobody who did this
Could be an American"
The FBI got busy
Some drawings and some names
And everyone was looking
For someone else to blame
Some 50 hours later
Early Friday day
They found the man they wanted
In jail ten miles away
A so-called right extremist
A patriot government foe
An expert on explosions
And white as drive snow
When people heard the news they found it
Hard to understand
How could such a murderer
Come from our own land
But when we build walls and borders
From fear and hate and guns
The hatred turns around and
Strikes at everyone
Maybe now we'll understand
Maybe now we'll see
Superpatriots are seldom
Friends of you and me
They're scared and weak and cowards
And they think that with their guns
The ones they're most afraid of
Will turn around and run
But when we stand strong together
And let love enjoy its will
Misfortune can't defeat us
It makes us stronger still
Like on the 19th day of April
In 1995
A day all Oklahomans will
Remember all their lives
Lyrics submitted by JohnnyLurg
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