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”
Nobody left in the airport lounge
They cleaned the ashtrays
TV's just wound down
I've got to wait till morning
I've got to last the night
I've only got one book
To see me through my flight
But when I get to Paris
We'll paint all our portraits
In brush-strokes of yellow
And christen the canvas
The left bank is crying
For color to crown it
Like the roof of a palace
We'll drink in the amber
When I get to Paris
You were the best
Of Montmartre Street life
You signed the tablecloth
Art has its price
It's so hard to hold on
To the ghost of your breed
It takes ambition
To call the colors you need
Oh, but when I get to Paris
We'll paint all our portraits
In brush-strokes of yellow
And christen the canvas
The left bank is crying
For color to crown it
Like the roof of a palace
We'll drink in the amber
When I get to Paris
I've got to wait till morning
Oh, I've got to last the night
I've only got one book
To see me through my flight
Oh, but when I get to Paris
We'll paint all our portraits
In brush-strokes of yellow
And christen the canvas
The left bank is crying
For color to crown it
Like the roof of a palace
We'll drink in the amber
When I get to Paris
Like the roof of a palace
We'll drink in the amber
When I get to Paris
Paris
Paris
Paris
They cleaned the ashtrays
TV's just wound down
I've got to wait till morning
I've got to last the night
I've only got one book
To see me through my flight
But when I get to Paris
We'll paint all our portraits
In brush-strokes of yellow
And christen the canvas
The left bank is crying
For color to crown it
Like the roof of a palace
We'll drink in the amber
When I get to Paris
You were the best
Of Montmartre Street life
You signed the tablecloth
Art has its price
It's so hard to hold on
To the ghost of your breed
It takes ambition
To call the colors you need
Oh, but when I get to Paris
We'll paint all our portraits
In brush-strokes of yellow
And christen the canvas
The left bank is crying
For color to crown it
Like the roof of a palace
We'll drink in the amber
When I get to Paris
I've got to wait till morning
Oh, I've got to last the night
I've only got one book
To see me through my flight
Oh, but when I get to Paris
We'll paint all our portraits
In brush-strokes of yellow
And christen the canvas
The left bank is crying
For color to crown it
Like the roof of a palace
We'll drink in the amber
When I get to Paris
Like the roof of a palace
We'll drink in the amber
When I get to Paris
Paris
Paris
Paris
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Paris Lyrics as written by Elton John Bernie Taupin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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