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”
lost all of my memories
drug into infinity
try to press them but i always miss
time goes by so fast as if it hardly wants to exist
let's make a mask of our face, of our hands
so that we can be still for a while
for a while
for a while
all the many ways that you can choose to be alive
all the countless steps you take before you have arrived
all the passing faces going quickly on their way
where are they going so quickly
and where you're going into the same
one moment you're awake and making a sound
another asleep in your ground
in your ground
in your ground
well i wish i could wrap it all up in bows
thank you i'll have all of my thoughts to go
wrapped up in a box with the rest of my soul
to hide away
to hide away
to hide away
yeah and hoping somebody might find it
yeah and hoping somebody might find it
and hoping somebody might find it
yeah hoping somebody might find it
drug into infinity
try to press them but i always miss
time goes by so fast as if it hardly wants to exist
let's make a mask of our face, of our hands
so that we can be still for a while
for a while
for a while
all the many ways that you can choose to be alive
all the countless steps you take before you have arrived
all the passing faces going quickly on their way
where are they going so quickly
and where you're going into the same
one moment you're awake and making a sound
another asleep in your ground
in your ground
in your ground
well i wish i could wrap it all up in bows
thank you i'll have all of my thoughts to go
wrapped up in a box with the rest of my soul
to hide away
to hide away
to hide away
yeah and hoping somebody might find it
yeah and hoping somebody might find it
and hoping somebody might find it
yeah hoping somebody might find it
Lyrics submitted by elevatorlady
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