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”
When the world kicks me under, big ol’ shiny moon
Lord take the bad side and keep it from her too
It never really matters, I said what I would do
Lord take the bad side and keep it from her too
Gonna wake up in the morning, find her lying there
Free side of every man is knowing when to care
City’s gonna blow down, it's big outside my door
Lord keep her here with me, just a little more
Gonna move it all out
Don’t wanna move it all out
And my eyes they burn fires, she whispers out to me
Leave it all, let’s go to town, broken down but free
All the killers and the sad ones are wasted songs to me
Tell ‘em when they come around they won’t be down with me
Gonna move it all out
Don’t wanna move it all out
She finds me in the darkness, waiting to be found
Lord take the bad side, the drugs can hang around
Drive all night, watch the light burn our love some more
Lord keep her here with me, just a little more
Lord keep her here with me, just a little more
Lord take the bad side and keep it from her too
It never really matters, I said what I would do
Lord take the bad side and keep it from her too
Gonna wake up in the morning, find her lying there
Free side of every man is knowing when to care
City’s gonna blow down, it's big outside my door
Lord keep her here with me, just a little more
Gonna move it all out
Don’t wanna move it all out
And my eyes they burn fires, she whispers out to me
Leave it all, let’s go to town, broken down but free
All the killers and the sad ones are wasted songs to me
Tell ‘em when they come around they won’t be down with me
Gonna move it all out
Don’t wanna move it all out
She finds me in the darkness, waiting to be found
Lord take the bad side, the drugs can hang around
Drive all night, watch the light burn our love some more
Lord keep her here with me, just a little more
Lord keep her here with me, just a little more
Lyrics submitted by Hooky586
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