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”
Open up the window
Try to let the light out
Try to let the curtain float in
That way I can hear the water
Pulling on a pathway
Calling on the pathway
Whisper and passing
Shoes rattle and I was thinking I was running
And every time I see you
I have to pretend I don't
You thought that it would help
But it's only made us fall apart
I'm treading in the water
Human in the shadows
No longer your shadow
Clearing, I know where your light is
More or less nothing changes
Maybe I've been seeing things
Cry to yourself with worm that are
Going out of home
And can't you see us fading
Soon there won't be anyone there
It's funny when you fuck up
No one really has to care
And sometimes I wish
That none of this had happened
Let our sad song
Be carried out to sea
And steady as the water
As tender as the evening
Where we hurry, a need
Down to (?) Island
As softly as an echo
As solid as a triangle
Send a message as you
Where everything is walking, there's a hallway
And maybe you were right
When you said I'd never been in love
How can I explain why it's safer when
I feel alone
And what has been done
May never be undone
So take your sad song
And sail into the next life
And maybe you were right when you
Said I'd never been in love
How can I explain
Why it's safer just to be alone
Try to let the light out
Try to let the curtain float in
That way I can hear the water
Pulling on a pathway
Calling on the pathway
Whisper and passing
Shoes rattle and I was thinking I was running
And every time I see you
I have to pretend I don't
You thought that it would help
But it's only made us fall apart
I'm treading in the water
Human in the shadows
No longer your shadow
Clearing, I know where your light is
More or less nothing changes
Maybe I've been seeing things
Cry to yourself with worm that are
Going out of home
And can't you see us fading
Soon there won't be anyone there
It's funny when you fuck up
No one really has to care
And sometimes I wish
That none of this had happened
Let our sad song
Be carried out to sea
And steady as the water
As tender as the evening
Where we hurry, a need
Down to (?) Island
As softly as an echo
As solid as a triangle
Send a message as you
Where everything is walking, there's a hallway
And maybe you were right
When you said I'd never been in love
How can I explain why it's safer when
I feel alone
And what has been done
May never be undone
So take your sad song
And sail into the next life
And maybe you were right when you
Said I'd never been in love
How can I explain
Why it's safer just to be alone
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@wooki You did well! I can't make much out, I wish I knew what she was saying. But I also like in a way that I don't.
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