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”
A flask I drink of sober tea
While relay cameras monitor me
And the buzz surrounds it does
Buzz surrounds
Buzz surrounds
Closed eyed, sky wide open
Unlimited girl, unlimited sigh
Elsewhere
Indefinitely
Far away
Magnifies and deepens
Ready to sing
My sixth sense peacefully placed on my breath
And listening
(Keys swing from my hand)
My ears know that my eyes are closed
(Perish thoughts like contraband)
I train myself in martial arts
As advertised
I reinforce my softened parts
As advertised
See through me little glazed lane
A world in myself
Ready to sing
My sixth sense peacefully place on my breath
(Flickering I roam)
And listening
My ears know that my eyes are closed
Ready to sing
My sixth sense peacefully placed on my breath
(Flickering I roam)
And listening
My ears know that my eyes are closed
I see to bolts
Put key to locks
No boats are rocked
I'm free to roam
Among dummy screens
And magazines
Closed eyed sky wide open
Unlimited girl unlimited sigh
To think that I lay next to you
Wasting time when I could do
A simple job in strip lights
A flask I drink of sober tea
'Til daylight sends me home
Flickering I roam
Daydreaming admiring being
Quietly, open the world
I hear the tune of the starry sky
Turning over at midnight
Seen through me little glazed one
A world in myself
Daydreaming admiring being
Quietly, open the world
I hear the tune of the starry sky
Turning over at midnight
While relay cameras monitor me
And the buzz surrounds it does
Buzz surrounds
Buzz surrounds
Closed eyed, sky wide open
Unlimited girl, unlimited sigh
Elsewhere
Indefinitely
Far away
Magnifies and deepens
Ready to sing
My sixth sense peacefully placed on my breath
And listening
(Keys swing from my hand)
My ears know that my eyes are closed
(Perish thoughts like contraband)
I train myself in martial arts
As advertised
I reinforce my softened parts
As advertised
See through me little glazed lane
A world in myself
Ready to sing
My sixth sense peacefully place on my breath
(Flickering I roam)
And listening
My ears know that my eyes are closed
Ready to sing
My sixth sense peacefully placed on my breath
(Flickering I roam)
And listening
My ears know that my eyes are closed
I see to bolts
Put key to locks
No boats are rocked
I'm free to roam
Among dummy screens
And magazines
Closed eyed sky wide open
Unlimited girl unlimited sigh
To think that I lay next to you
Wasting time when I could do
A simple job in strip lights
A flask I drink of sober tea
'Til daylight sends me home
Flickering I roam
Daydreaming admiring being
Quietly, open the world
I hear the tune of the starry sky
Turning over at midnight
Seen through me little glazed one
A world in myself
Daydreaming admiring being
Quietly, open the world
I hear the tune of the starry sky
Turning over at midnight
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Group Four Lyrics as written by Robert Del Naja Elizabeth Fraser
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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