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”
You call, call, call on me
I suffocate in all of it
And call, call on me
Its hard to breathe
I suffocate and choke on it
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever's taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is wailing
I
I still believe
To tryin' all this
Is short of bliss
To kill the cycle that I've fed
The labyrinth in me
Is every sin everyday
And all have lain
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Colors bleed in a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven sees for me
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Here its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
War in me
A war in me
A war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven steers
Oh! its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
In a war
A war in me
A war in me
A war in me
Blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
A war for me
A war for me
A war for me, blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Yeah
There's a war
A war in me
War in me
Blaring
War in me
A war in me
Blaring
A war in me!
I suffocate in all of it
And call, call on me
Its hard to breathe
I suffocate and choke on it
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever's taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is wailing
I
I still believe
To tryin' all this
Is short of bliss
To kill the cycle that I've fed
The labyrinth in me
Is every sin everyday
And all have lain
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Colors bleed in a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven sees for me
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Here its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
War in me
A war in me
A war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven steers
Oh! its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
In a war
A war in me
A war in me
A war in me
Blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
A war for me
A war for me
A war for me, blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Yeah
There's a war
A war in me
War in me
Blaring
War in me
A war in me
Blaring
A war in me!
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