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”
[Santana:]
Gloria, you're always on the run now
Running after somebody, you gotta get him somehow
[Elliott:]
I think you've got to slow down before you start to blow it
I think you're headed for a breakdown, so be careful not to show it
[Elliott and Santana:]
You really don't remember, was it something that he said?
Are the voices in your head calling Gloria?
Gloria, don't you think you're fallin'?
[Rachel:]
If everybody wants you, why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the li-ine, oh-oh-oh, calling Gloria
[Rachel with Elliott:]
Gloria (Gloria), I think they got your number (Gloria)
I think they got your alias (Gloria)
That you've been living under (Gloria)
But you really don't remember
(Rachel: Was it something that they said?)
Are the voices in your head calling Gloria?
Gloria!
[Santana:]
A-ha-ha, a-ha-ha, (Gloria)
Don't you think you're fallin'?
If everybody wants you
[Elliott, Rachel and Santana:]
Why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the li-ine, oh-oh-oh
Calling Gloria
[Elliott and Rachel:]
Gloria (Gloria)
I think they got your number (Gloria)
I think they got your alias (Gloria)
That you've been living under (Gloria)
[Santana:]
But you really don't remember, ([Rachel:] Oooh!)
[Elliott (Rachel and Santana):]
Was it something that they said? (Oooh!)
Are the voices in your head (Oooh!)
Calling Glori- ([with Santana and Rachel:] aaaa?)
[Elliott, Rachel and Santana:]
Gloria! ([Santana:] Ooh Gloria)
[Rachel (with the Spotlight Diner Workers):]
Ooh (Gloria!) ([Santana:] Oooh!)
[Santana (Rachel and the Spotlight Diner Workers):]
([Rachel:] Ooh!) (Gloria!)
I think they got your number ([Rachel:] Ooh!)
(Gloria!)
Gloria! ([Rachel:] Ooh!)
[Spotlight Diner Workers:]
Gloria! ([Santana:] Ooh-oh!)
[Rachel (with the Spotlight Diner Workers):]
(Gloria!)
([Santana:] Do-do) ([with Santana:] Uh oh!)
[Rachel and Santana with the Spotlight Diner Workers:]
Gloria! ([Santana:] Gloria!)
[Rachel:]
Ooh!
[Spotlight Diner Workers:]
Gloria! ([Santana:] They gotcha, they gotcha number!)
[Rachel and Santana with the Spotlight Diner Workers:]
Gloria!
Gloria, you're always on the run now
Running after somebody, you gotta get him somehow
[Elliott:]
I think you've got to slow down before you start to blow it
I think you're headed for a breakdown, so be careful not to show it
[Elliott and Santana:]
You really don't remember, was it something that he said?
Are the voices in your head calling Gloria?
Gloria, don't you think you're fallin'?
[Rachel:]
If everybody wants you, why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the li-ine, oh-oh-oh, calling Gloria
[Rachel with Elliott:]
Gloria (Gloria), I think they got your number (Gloria)
I think they got your alias (Gloria)
That you've been living under (Gloria)
But you really don't remember
(Rachel: Was it something that they said?)
Are the voices in your head calling Gloria?
Gloria!
[Santana:]
A-ha-ha, a-ha-ha, (Gloria)
Don't you think you're fallin'?
If everybody wants you
[Elliott, Rachel and Santana:]
Why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the li-ine, oh-oh-oh
Calling Gloria
[Elliott and Rachel:]
Gloria (Gloria)
I think they got your number (Gloria)
I think they got your alias (Gloria)
That you've been living under (Gloria)
[Santana:]
But you really don't remember, ([Rachel:] Oooh!)
[Elliott (Rachel and Santana):]
Was it something that they said? (Oooh!)
Are the voices in your head (Oooh!)
Calling Glori- ([with Santana and Rachel:] aaaa?)
[Elliott, Rachel and Santana:]
Gloria! ([Santana:] Ooh Gloria)
[Rachel (with the Spotlight Diner Workers):]
Ooh (Gloria!) ([Santana:] Oooh!)
[Santana (Rachel and the Spotlight Diner Workers):]
([Rachel:] Ooh!) (Gloria!)
I think they got your number ([Rachel:] Ooh!)
(Gloria!)
Gloria! ([Rachel:] Ooh!)
[Spotlight Diner Workers:]
Gloria! ([Santana:] Ooh-oh!)
[Rachel (with the Spotlight Diner Workers):]
(Gloria!)
([Santana:] Do-do) ([with Santana:] Uh oh!)
[Rachel and Santana with the Spotlight Diner Workers:]
Gloria! ([Santana:] Gloria!)
[Rachel:]
Ooh!
[Spotlight Diner Workers:]
Gloria! ([Santana:] They gotcha, they gotcha number!)
[Rachel and Santana with the Spotlight Diner Workers:]
Gloria!
Lyrics submitted by Abbie96
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