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”
The clock chimes in an empty room
I can feel you moving away
Come out to the garden where the lilacs bloom
There is something that I need to say
I can draw your face from my memory
Tell the story behind every line-ine
I can beg you to stay, but that's not the way
That I'm ever gonna make you mine
So is it just enough to know you love me, baby?
Is it not enough to know I care about you?
Is it strong enough a bond to carry on?
Or is there something else that's really true?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you-ou-ou?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Is it 'cause there's something else that's really true?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you-ou-ou?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Is it 'cause there's something else that's really true?
You remember that night that I stayed out late?
Woke you up at quarter after three
Afraid my face would show the spark that was burning in my heart
So I didn't let you close to me
Had a dream that night that I was walking alone
In a city where no one knew my name
I came upon you in the street and then you said to me
"Darling, nothing ever stays the same"
So is it just enough to know you love me, baby?
Is it not enough to know I care about you?
Is it strong enough a bond to carry on?
Or is there something else that's really true?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you-ou-ou?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Is it 'cause there's something else that's really true?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you-ou-ou?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Is it 'cause there's someone else who's really true?
Is it 'cause there's someone else who's really true?
Is it 'cause there's someone else?
Is it 'cause there's someone else?
Is it 'cause there's someone?
Is it 'cause there's someone?
I can feel you moving away
Come out to the garden where the lilacs bloom
There is something that I need to say
I can draw your face from my memory
Tell the story behind every line-ine
I can beg you to stay, but that's not the way
That I'm ever gonna make you mine
So is it just enough to know you love me, baby?
Is it not enough to know I care about you?
Is it strong enough a bond to carry on?
Or is there something else that's really true?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you-ou-ou?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Is it 'cause there's something else that's really true?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you-ou-ou?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Is it 'cause there's something else that's really true?
You remember that night that I stayed out late?
Woke you up at quarter after three
Afraid my face would show the spark that was burning in my heart
So I didn't let you close to me
Had a dream that night that I was walking alone
In a city where no one knew my name
I came upon you in the street and then you said to me
"Darling, nothing ever stays the same"
So is it just enough to know you love me, baby?
Is it not enough to know I care about you?
Is it strong enough a bond to carry on?
Or is there something else that's really true?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you-ou-ou?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Is it 'cause there's something else that's really true?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you-ou-ou?
Why do I feel like I'm losing to you?
Is it 'cause there's someone else who's really true?
Is it 'cause there's someone else who's really true?
Is it 'cause there's someone else?
Is it 'cause there's someone else?
Is it 'cause there's someone?
Is it 'cause there's someone?
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher, edited by ao76421
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