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”
We all take chances, tormenting changes fighting
Letting go not knowing what tomorrow brings
Hour to hour, day by day
We pray someday we'll find a place to stay
But darkness never ends for us
Living in a strange world crying
Living in a strange world dying
Trying to protect ourselves from harm knowing
We are living in a strange world
(Living in a strange world)
Calling, hoping that you'll change world
Women with children struggling to make a living battling
Let the cries be heard before the night is gone
Hour to hour, day by day
The children have no place to play
They dream of home so far away
Living in a strange world crying
Living in a strange world dying
Trying to protect ourselves from harm knowing
We are living in a strange world
(Living in a strange world)
Calling, hoping that you'll change world
No more living in a strange
No more living in a strange world
(Living in a strange world)
We laugh and smile upon the new world
We are living on our own in a world out of control
No place to call our own
We are living in a strange world
(Living in a strange world)
Calling, hoping that you'll change world
No more living in a strange
No more living in a strange world
(Living in a strange world)
We laugh and smile upon the new world
How come we're still living in a strange world
We hide, we cry, we die
In a strange world, in a strange world
We hide, we cry, we die
In this strange world, in this strange world
Strange world
Letting go not knowing what tomorrow brings
Hour to hour, day by day
We pray someday we'll find a place to stay
But darkness never ends for us
Living in a strange world crying
Living in a strange world dying
Trying to protect ourselves from harm knowing
We are living in a strange world
(Living in a strange world)
Calling, hoping that you'll change world
Women with children struggling to make a living battling
Let the cries be heard before the night is gone
Hour to hour, day by day
The children have no place to play
They dream of home so far away
Living in a strange world crying
Living in a strange world dying
Trying to protect ourselves from harm knowing
We are living in a strange world
(Living in a strange world)
Calling, hoping that you'll change world
No more living in a strange
No more living in a strange world
(Living in a strange world)
We laugh and smile upon the new world
We are living on our own in a world out of control
No place to call our own
We are living in a strange world
(Living in a strange world)
Calling, hoping that you'll change world
No more living in a strange
No more living in a strange world
(Living in a strange world)
We laugh and smile upon the new world
How come we're still living in a strange world
We hide, we cry, we die
In a strange world, in a strange world
We hide, we cry, we die
In this strange world, in this strange world
Strange world
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Living in a Strange World Lyrics as written by Mac Quayle Luis Ferdinand Vega
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