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”
Of the new broken hearted phase
You’re skipping stones across radio waves
Let’s explore ravines to nowhere
Divided by streams
Nobody would think of finding people there
Moon Boots through poison ivy leaf
Lunar Eclipse messes with
Our chemicals
Apparatus winding down
Drizzling mist as if astral projecting
Good use of negative space
Can’t you see that the dizziness is like
From chasing vestigial tail
What could be explained in one picture frame is
Time lapse photography maybe
You’re a teacher who deliberately is
Teaching the wrong names for things but I’m
Usually tuning you out
Thinking a bit beyond the blueprint stage
I believe centipedes stretch out for millimeters but the
Caterpillars are more dreamy looking inchworms than any
centipede
Captive for a minute you were held captive for the hour
You were found stewing in your juices where you
ran web footed way back when
I nurse your freezer burn while you cauterize my paper cut
Ever gently
You bathe my head in vinegar and kill the lice off of me
Ever gently
You’re skipping stones across radio waves
Let’s explore ravines to nowhere
Divided by streams
Nobody would think of finding people there
Moon Boots through poison ivy leaf
Lunar Eclipse messes with
Our chemicals
Apparatus winding down
Drizzling mist as if astral projecting
Good use of negative space
Can’t you see that the dizziness is like
From chasing vestigial tail
What could be explained in one picture frame is
Time lapse photography maybe
You’re a teacher who deliberately is
Teaching the wrong names for things but I’m
Usually tuning you out
Thinking a bit beyond the blueprint stage
I believe centipedes stretch out for millimeters but the
Caterpillars are more dreamy looking inchworms than any
centipede
Captive for a minute you were held captive for the hour
You were found stewing in your juices where you
ran web footed way back when
I nurse your freezer burn while you cauterize my paper cut
Ever gently
You bathe my head in vinegar and kill the lice off of me
Ever gently
Lyrics submitted by mrtrout
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