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”
i love my mother for all the things she's not
but mostly for who she is
i love my father for all the things he's thought
but really for the things he did
i love my piano though i wasn't ever taught
still i think i'm gonna live
all things to those who wait
take time to find your way
half the answers will come from your mistakes
even when you're wrong i think you're great
i love my brother he's always taking shit
he's just not like those other kids
i love my sister for always making things
she even made a brother out of me, sweet kid
i love this feeling like i've got something to give
you know i think i'm gonna live
all things to those who wait
take time to find your way
some will say the truth is not so plain
don't confuse the truth with your pain
you can take a line and say it isn't straight
but that ain't gonna change it's shape
i love my drummer and all the things he plays
i wrote it in half-time just to say thanks
i love my bassist represent the Western states
i think they sent me an angel from the old Salt Lake
i love my guitarist his chops from outer space
he can make my three chords sound like eight
all the things to those who wait
take time to find your way
to all the bands who mean what they say:
it's not what you sell its what you make.
i love you stranger though it might not always show
there's a lot of good in you i know
but mostly for who she is
i love my father for all the things he's thought
but really for the things he did
i love my piano though i wasn't ever taught
still i think i'm gonna live
all things to those who wait
take time to find your way
half the answers will come from your mistakes
even when you're wrong i think you're great
i love my brother he's always taking shit
he's just not like those other kids
i love my sister for always making things
she even made a brother out of me, sweet kid
i love this feeling like i've got something to give
you know i think i'm gonna live
all things to those who wait
take time to find your way
some will say the truth is not so plain
don't confuse the truth with your pain
you can take a line and say it isn't straight
but that ain't gonna change it's shape
i love my drummer and all the things he plays
i wrote it in half-time just to say thanks
i love my bassist represent the Western states
i think they sent me an angel from the old Salt Lake
i love my guitarist his chops from outer space
he can make my three chords sound like eight
all the things to those who wait
take time to find your way
to all the bands who mean what they say:
it's not what you sell its what you make.
i love you stranger though it might not always show
there's a lot of good in you i know
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this song just touches me so. i think it's so sweet, a very sincere thank you to the people who count.
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never seen an artist thank everyone in a song so good as this blake rules
really sweet song, but i found a discrepancy, when i saw them at the Bowery Ballroom he said he was nervous cuz his piano teacher was in the audience..."i love my piano though i wasn't ever taught"...hmmmm
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to me jets has always made songs for themselves...i never feel like they follow the trends in whatever it is people call music these days. werd up.
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