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”
Words travel fast,
So you spend all your time in your head,
What's the point in that?
'Cause words never last,
What you say now it's not what you said.
And I'm okay with that.
You're keeping yourself tide up,
So you won't let me down
Didn't you ever think, just maybe
I'll understand you
Just give me the chance to
Love you more than you'll ever know
Even if it means I gotta let you go
With or without me,
Baby you should be happy
If you're headed down another road
Don't you leave me with nowhere to go
Don't let me be the last to know, yeah
Don't let me be the last to know
You take all I have,
Steal all for you with half-empty glass,
What's the point in that?
And all I ever ask
Is that you tell me when it's not enough,
'Cause if it's real love
I'll understand you
Just give me the chance to
Love you more than you'll ever know
Even if it means I gotta let you go
With or without me,
Baby you should be happy
If you're headed down another road
Don't you leave me with nowhere to go
Don't let me be the last to know
And maybe you'll find what you really wanted
'Cause what you left behind and all your dreams are hauntin'
Maybe I'll move on, or maybe I'll just stay
Either way
I hope you'll understand me
If I say we can't be
So if you wanna go
I want you to know
I'll understand you
Just give me the chance to
Love you more than you'll ever know
Even if it means I gotta let you go…
With or without me,
Baby you should be happy
If you're headed down another road
Don't you leave me with nowhere to go
Don't let me be the last to know, yeah
Don't let me be the last to know
Don't let me be the last to know
So you spend all your time in your head,
What's the point in that?
'Cause words never last,
What you say now it's not what you said.
And I'm okay with that.
You're keeping yourself tide up,
So you won't let me down
Didn't you ever think, just maybe
I'll understand you
Just give me the chance to
Love you more than you'll ever know
Even if it means I gotta let you go
With or without me,
Baby you should be happy
If you're headed down another road
Don't you leave me with nowhere to go
Don't let me be the last to know, yeah
Don't let me be the last to know
You take all I have,
Steal all for you with half-empty glass,
What's the point in that?
And all I ever ask
Is that you tell me when it's not enough,
'Cause if it's real love
I'll understand you
Just give me the chance to
Love you more than you'll ever know
Even if it means I gotta let you go
With or without me,
Baby you should be happy
If you're headed down another road
Don't you leave me with nowhere to go
Don't let me be the last to know
And maybe you'll find what you really wanted
'Cause what you left behind and all your dreams are hauntin'
Maybe I'll move on, or maybe I'll just stay
Either way
I hope you'll understand me
If I say we can't be
So if you wanna go
I want you to know
I'll understand you
Just give me the chance to
Love you more than you'll ever know
Even if it means I gotta let you go…
With or without me,
Baby you should be happy
If you're headed down another road
Don't you leave me with nowhere to go
Don't let me be the last to know, yeah
Don't let me be the last to know
Don't let me be the last to know
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Last To Know Lyrics as written by Per Westerlund Heather Dawn Bright
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