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”
Got a picture of you I carry in my heart
Close my eyes to see it when the world gets dark
Got a memory of you I carry in my soul
I wrap it close around me when the nights get cold
And if you ask me how I'm doing, I'd say just fine
But the truth is baby if you could read my mind
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
After all this time you're still with me it's true
Somehow you remain, locked so deep inside
Baby, baby, oh baby
Not a day goes by
I still wait for the phone in the middle of the night
Thinking you might call me if your dreams don't turn out right
And it still amazes me that I lie here in the dark
Wishing you were next to me with your head against my heart
And if you ask me how I'm doing, I'd say just fine
But the truth is baby if you could read my mind
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
And after all this time you're still with me it's true
Somehow you remain, locked so deep inside
Baby, baby, oh baby
Not a day goes by
Minutes turn to hours and the hours to days
Seems it's been forever that I've felt this way
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
After all this time you're still with me it's true, oh
Somehow you remain, locked so deep inside
Baby, baby, oh baby
Not a day goes by
That I don't think of you
Close my eyes to see it when the world gets dark
Got a memory of you I carry in my soul
I wrap it close around me when the nights get cold
And if you ask me how I'm doing, I'd say just fine
But the truth is baby if you could read my mind
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
After all this time you're still with me it's true
Somehow you remain, locked so deep inside
Baby, baby, oh baby
Not a day goes by
I still wait for the phone in the middle of the night
Thinking you might call me if your dreams don't turn out right
And it still amazes me that I lie here in the dark
Wishing you were next to me with your head against my heart
And if you ask me how I'm doing, I'd say just fine
But the truth is baby if you could read my mind
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
And after all this time you're still with me it's true
Somehow you remain, locked so deep inside
Baby, baby, oh baby
Not a day goes by
Minutes turn to hours and the hours to days
Seems it's been forever that I've felt this way
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
After all this time you're still with me it's true, oh
Somehow you remain, locked so deep inside
Baby, baby, oh baby
Not a day goes by
That I don't think of you
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