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”
Take your brother down to the sea,
Have two's on a cigarette.
Young sons mozy it happily
Learn facts on the soviet
A crowded room that holds just three, takes four do you connect?
And all this shit means fuck all to me.
Long livers in the sunset.
So crazy Billy Jay Jones, robs banks just for the shits
Man alone giggling so stoned, pick up the phone
Cause that money I leant you said was just a loan
You're danger prone, with too much gel and a whiff of dad's cologne
Leave me alone,
Cause now you come down and you just go and lower the tone
[Chorus]
But after about ten clear minutes, he was back in the game.
Thought he was done man, thought he was finished,
But he's back up again
And after about ten clear minutes, he was back in the game.
Thought he was done man, thought he was finished,
But he's back up again.
With a tainted brain of intoxication purple heart smartarse
Got on the transistor, said that you missed her,
Looking for selectors and found no one better than you.
With bother boy blues, take up the old
Tick up the avenues. And talk like you do what you do,
Takin up time, but now it comes down and it?s for who the bell tolls.
[Chorus]
And after about ten clear minutes, he was back in the game.
Thought he was done man, thought he was finished,
But he's back up again
And after about ten clear minutes, he was back in the game.
Thought he was done man, thought he was finished,
But he's back up again.
Have two's on a cigarette.
Young sons mozy it happily
Learn facts on the soviet
A crowded room that holds just three, takes four do you connect?
And all this shit means fuck all to me.
Long livers in the sunset.
So crazy Billy Jay Jones, robs banks just for the shits
Man alone giggling so stoned, pick up the phone
Cause that money I leant you said was just a loan
You're danger prone, with too much gel and a whiff of dad's cologne
Leave me alone,
Cause now you come down and you just go and lower the tone
[Chorus]
But after about ten clear minutes, he was back in the game.
Thought he was done man, thought he was finished,
But he's back up again
And after about ten clear minutes, he was back in the game.
Thought he was done man, thought he was finished,
But he's back up again.
With a tainted brain of intoxication purple heart smartarse
Got on the transistor, said that you missed her,
Looking for selectors and found no one better than you.
With bother boy blues, take up the old
Tick up the avenues. And talk like you do what you do,
Takin up time, but now it comes down and it?s for who the bell tolls.
[Chorus]
And after about ten clear minutes, he was back in the game.
Thought he was done man, thought he was finished,
But he's back up again
And after about ten clear minutes, he was back in the game.
Thought he was done man, thought he was finished,
But he's back up again.
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Back in the Game Lyrics as written by Jamie Alexander Treays
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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