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”
Gridlock, look what you did, look what you did
You locked up the grid locked up the grid
You got the whole world flipping it's lid
Torture, is something we do at night for fun
You can't fit my burger in your bun
And thank God I'm not the only one
Who's feeling so alone
Awaiting patiently for the cyclone
I will call you on the phone and
turn your bleeding heart to stone
And I ain't playing no joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
I ain't playing no joker, poker
Sometimes in a lifetime of lies
Bloody tears are the tears she cries
And are you joking with your tape recorder
You were sent here to restore the order
And give us just one more moment of sanity
Silence, is just a suspension of belief
A way to explain away the grief
And every policeman needs a chief
Gridlock, look what you did, look what you did
You locked up the grid locked up the grid
You know you gotta gotta
Keep your love hid from all those roguish thieves
Who live to kneecap knobby knees
Who cares what anyone here believes
I wear my heart on rayon sleeves
I ain't playing no joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
One night in a night life so white
The vampiress she takes a bite
She wallows in her delight
As you lose your will to fight
The news today was a real shocker
You're sitting down but you're off your rocker
Just another prisoner of fantasy
I ain't playing no joker poker
No joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
No joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
No joker poker
You locked up the grid locked up the grid
You got the whole world flipping it's lid
Torture, is something we do at night for fun
You can't fit my burger in your bun
And thank God I'm not the only one
Who's feeling so alone
Awaiting patiently for the cyclone
I will call you on the phone and
turn your bleeding heart to stone
And I ain't playing no joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
I ain't playing no joker, poker
Sometimes in a lifetime of lies
Bloody tears are the tears she cries
And are you joking with your tape recorder
You were sent here to restore the order
And give us just one more moment of sanity
Silence, is just a suspension of belief
A way to explain away the grief
And every policeman needs a chief
Gridlock, look what you did, look what you did
You locked up the grid locked up the grid
You know you gotta gotta
Keep your love hid from all those roguish thieves
Who live to kneecap knobby knees
Who cares what anyone here believes
I wear my heart on rayon sleeves
I ain't playing no joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
One night in a night life so white
The vampiress she takes a bite
She wallows in her delight
As you lose your will to fight
The news today was a real shocker
You're sitting down but you're off your rocker
Just another prisoner of fantasy
I ain't playing no joker poker
No joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
No joker poker
I ain't playing no joker poker
No joker poker
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