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”
So here we go
Having the same old fight again
Though there she goes
Same old game that never ends
If I could say all the right words
I know I could make you stay
If I could say all the right words
Things would work out all right
And then if you go
I won't believe
That it's forever
And then you can go
But I'll never leave
'Cause it's not over, oh
Replay last night
Talking it out don't make it right
I know she's tried
But my whole world is her
And all we've got now
And then if you go
I won't believe
That it's forever
And I won't let go
Even if she says that it's over
I know it'll be different this time
If you'd just stay
And when we wrote this story
How did it end?
It was you and me for all our lives
Come on, don't say it
We'll try again
And if I'd just hold you
We could last
But she stands softly
Tears down her face
Hitting me, oh god
This is the end
I'd wait here for you
But there's nothing more now I can do
How did you know
How did you know
How did you know
Finally
Having the same old fight again
Though there she goes
Same old game that never ends
If I could say all the right words
I know I could make you stay
If I could say all the right words
Things would work out all right
And then if you go
I won't believe
That it's forever
And then you can go
But I'll never leave
'Cause it's not over, oh
Replay last night
Talking it out don't make it right
I know she's tried
But my whole world is her
And all we've got now
And then if you go
I won't believe
That it's forever
And I won't let go
Even if she says that it's over
I know it'll be different this time
If you'd just stay
And when we wrote this story
How did it end?
It was you and me for all our lives
Come on, don't say it
We'll try again
And if I'd just hold you
We could last
But she stands softly
Tears down her face
Hitting me, oh god
This is the end
I'd wait here for you
But there's nothing more now I can do
How did you know
How did you know
How did you know
Finally
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