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”
Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down
Why do we resemble concrete
Did we order all these rain clouds
Who overturned the party cart
Who said to stomp the fire out
Let the wrong be wrong
Would it be so bad
When your hair's so long
Let your hair hang down
Do we have to drag the drag around is that the plan
Can't we leave the barking dogs and join the caravan
Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down
Without a written guarantee of perfect sailing
Can you crawl from under the porch without a helmet
Before we can get all the facts
We may be going to have to act
Let the wrong be wrong
Would it be so bad
When your hair's so long
When you look so sad
Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down
Why do we resemble concrete
Did we order all these rain clouds
Who overturned the party cart
Who said to stomp the fire out
Let the wrong be wrong
Would it be so bad
When your hair's so long
Let your hair hang down
Do we have to drag the drag around is that the plan
Can't we leave the barking dogs and join the caravan
Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down
Without a written guarantee of perfect sailing
Can you crawl from under the porch without a helmet
Before we can get all the facts
We may be going to have to act
Let the wrong be wrong
Would it be so bad
When your hair's so long
When you look so sad
Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down
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Let your hair hang down It is now the time To untie your hair Let your hair hang down
Why do we resemble concrete Did we order all these rain clouds Who overturned the party cart Who said to stomp the fire out
Let the wrong be wrong Would it be so bad When your hair's so long Let your hair hang down
Do we have to drag the drag around is that the plan Can we leave the barking dogs and join the caravan
Let your hair hang down It is now the time To untie your hair Let your hair hang down
Without a written guarantee of perfect sailing Can you crawl from under the porch without a helmet Before we can get all the facts We may be going to have to act
Let the wrong be wrong Would it be so bad When your hair's so long When you look so sad Let your hair hang down It is now the time To untie your hair Let your hair hang down
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