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”
I spent a week in my room
Not really sure what to do
I got locked in my head and the key it fell out of my ear.
Struggling through an old list
Figuring out who I miss
I am weary and sad and I'm glad it's getting colder here.
Think that I'll go to the city
Meet this girl I've been talking to for tea
She knows what she's doing and she claims she knows a lot about me
And if our date turns into drinking
and we both see the next morning through
I might not know what I'm doing but I'm sure I'll know something 'bout you.
The same couple things have been bothering me
Like if I disappear what will be here to prove that I was?
Expectations are high and I wish was too
But how do you do what's expected of you and feel like anyone?
Want to get out the states
And travel the world for some days
There's so much I make up that I don't really know about things.
Every woman I see I'm alarmed
And I try to take care of my heart
But it's just like my body, I give it away on a string.
So if I figure out that I made a mistake
I'm just a tug away from feeling like I did yesterday.
I want to be true
And learn how to be with you
But I really don't know what I need, I think differently everyday.
Maybe, possibly maybe
these words they haunt me
In maniacal tones.
Have me, teach me how to be happy.
Your voice it soothes me, I am never alone.
I spent a week on the road
And there isn't so much to be told
'cept if I'm growing older I'd rather not do it at home.
Nothing has ever been clear
She's mistaken my shaking for fear
When the seasons the reason
And I don't know how to be here
No I don't know how to be here.
Not really sure what to do
I got locked in my head and the key it fell out of my ear.
Struggling through an old list
Figuring out who I miss
I am weary and sad and I'm glad it's getting colder here.
Think that I'll go to the city
Meet this girl I've been talking to for tea
She knows what she's doing and she claims she knows a lot about me
And if our date turns into drinking
and we both see the next morning through
I might not know what I'm doing but I'm sure I'll know something 'bout you.
The same couple things have been bothering me
Like if I disappear what will be here to prove that I was?
Expectations are high and I wish was too
But how do you do what's expected of you and feel like anyone?
Want to get out the states
And travel the world for some days
There's so much I make up that I don't really know about things.
Every woman I see I'm alarmed
And I try to take care of my heart
But it's just like my body, I give it away on a string.
So if I figure out that I made a mistake
I'm just a tug away from feeling like I did yesterday.
I want to be true
And learn how to be with you
But I really don't know what I need, I think differently everyday.
Maybe, possibly maybe
these words they haunt me
In maniacal tones.
Have me, teach me how to be happy.
Your voice it soothes me, I am never alone.
I spent a week on the road
And there isn't so much to be told
'cept if I'm growing older I'd rather not do it at home.
Nothing has ever been clear
She's mistaken my shaking for fear
When the seasons the reason
And I don't know how to be here
No I don't know how to be here.
Lyrics submitted by rcefan
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