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”
Headin' out on some uncharted path
You soon turn back
It happens time and time again
You never seem to reach the end
Someone's out there on the street tonight
When things go wrong
He'll guarantee to make them right
If the price is right
Every time I look you're fallin' fallin'
Beaten by the wind
Every time I turn around he's there again
It's like a full force gale
An American storm
You're buried far beneath a mountain of cold
And you never get warm
It's like a wall of mirrors
You charge 'em at full speed
You cover up- You hear the shattering glass
But you never bleed
You never feel the need
Everybody casts a certain light
A special gift
It's theirs to use for wrong or right
When you face the night
More and more we choose the easy way
We take no risks
We figure out which games to play
And how to make 'em pay
Suddenly the pressure's fallin' fallin'
Skies have all turned grey
Suddenly the storm is heading straight your way
It's like a full force gale
Atop a mountain of cold
You tell your story again and again
And it never gets old
You face a wall of mirrors
You charge 'em at full speed
You cover up- You hear the shattering glass
But you never bleed
You face a full force gale
An American storm
You're buried far beneath a mountain of cold
And you never get warm- No you never get warm
You face a wall of mirrors
You charge 'em at full speed
You cover up- You hear the shattering glass
But you never bleed
You never feel the need
You soon turn back
It happens time and time again
You never seem to reach the end
Someone's out there on the street tonight
When things go wrong
He'll guarantee to make them right
If the price is right
Every time I look you're fallin' fallin'
Beaten by the wind
Every time I turn around he's there again
It's like a full force gale
An American storm
You're buried far beneath a mountain of cold
And you never get warm
It's like a wall of mirrors
You charge 'em at full speed
You cover up- You hear the shattering glass
But you never bleed
You never feel the need
Everybody casts a certain light
A special gift
It's theirs to use for wrong or right
When you face the night
More and more we choose the easy way
We take no risks
We figure out which games to play
And how to make 'em pay
Suddenly the pressure's fallin' fallin'
Skies have all turned grey
Suddenly the storm is heading straight your way
It's like a full force gale
Atop a mountain of cold
You tell your story again and again
And it never gets old
You face a wall of mirrors
You charge 'em at full speed
You cover up- You hear the shattering glass
But you never bleed
You face a full force gale
An American storm
You're buried far beneath a mountain of cold
And you never get warm- No you never get warm
You face a wall of mirrors
You charge 'em at full speed
You cover up- You hear the shattering glass
But you never bleed
You never feel the need
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