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”
Sometimes life can get you down
Sometimes it's hard to pick yourself off the ground
Sometimes mountains crumble down around you
And you feel there's nothing you can do
When your skies turn gray
It kinda turns me gay
Oh yeah
It fuckin' turns me gay
Kinda queer
Fuckin' turns me gay
Oh, fuck yeah
Oh, gay
Today
Ah
I mean, gay
Sometimes life gets you down
You gotta fuckin' pick yourself up by your bootstraps
Yeah when it looks like all hope is lost
There is a cost that you must pay
Fuck yeah
And then it turns you gay
Oh yeah
It fuckin' turns you gay
Pretty gay
Sometimes it tears your fuckin' asshole apart
You can barely fart
Sometimes the only thing that can help you
Is when the fuckin' gerbil pushes his little hairs
And tickles it a little
Fuck yeah
Somebody find me a fuckin' funnel and a gerbil
I think I'm turnin' gay
Oh
Oh yeah
Buck n' five
Sometimes it's hard to pick yourself off the ground
Sometimes mountains crumble down around you
And you feel there's nothing you can do
When your skies turn gray
It kinda turns me gay
Oh yeah
It fuckin' turns me gay
Kinda queer
Fuckin' turns me gay
Oh, fuck yeah
Oh, gay
Today
Ah
I mean, gay
Sometimes life gets you down
You gotta fuckin' pick yourself up by your bootstraps
Yeah when it looks like all hope is lost
There is a cost that you must pay
Fuck yeah
And then it turns you gay
Oh yeah
It fuckin' turns you gay
Pretty gay
Sometimes it tears your fuckin' asshole apart
You can barely fart
Sometimes the only thing that can help you
Is when the fuckin' gerbil pushes his little hairs
And tickles it a little
Fuck yeah
Somebody find me a fuckin' funnel and a gerbil
I think I'm turnin' gay
Oh
Oh yeah
Buck n' five
Lyrics submitted by Androgyne
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