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”
this one goes out to all shady transactors, the actors, the hangers-on
blasting transistors, the tvs, the fisters, the 1st time french kissers
and the bags that you grabbed like a crab dude
and the rags you stuffed into your stab wounds
this one goes out to all the white druggie ravers, hey saviour, your soup is on
at the table with the breaking out blondes
there's a gaggle of gutted out swans
we groped on the green golf course lawn
and we sped through the 7th straight dawn
and we woke up in 7th street
first we got rushed and then we got crushed
these tiger-striped toughs are much bigger than us
first we got sliced and then we got swarmed
these sabre-toothed thugs are so heavily armed
this one goes out to all the heavyweight hangers-on, your whole fucking entourage
there's pricks in the peakskills, there's dust in these drum fills and this mouth's got mic skills
ask the brothels and hostels that housed us, ask the club kids as they crowded around us
this one goes out to all the white druggie ravers that keep puttin records on
cause they keep putting records out, cause the old ones keep wearin out
and i think the same thing that's eating you up on the inside
is the same guy that's eatin you out
(so that's when i said let's get incredible)
dude looks like jesus but sleeveless, says he's into Rush and reckless chemistry
met him in memphis, got him up to galilee, says it's easy to see
these kids want something new to get their eyes rollin back into their dreams
they want a cellophane celebration, a revolution rushing into dancefloor distribution
(from amhearst/hampton to boston, from trenton and princeton to camden)
hennepin and 7th to stinson, franklin and portland to clinton
blasting transistors, the tvs, the fisters, the 1st time french kissers
and the bags that you grabbed like a crab dude
and the rags you stuffed into your stab wounds
this one goes out to all the white druggie ravers, hey saviour, your soup is on
at the table with the breaking out blondes
there's a gaggle of gutted out swans
we groped on the green golf course lawn
and we sped through the 7th straight dawn
and we woke up in 7th street
first we got rushed and then we got crushed
these tiger-striped toughs are much bigger than us
first we got sliced and then we got swarmed
these sabre-toothed thugs are so heavily armed
this one goes out to all the heavyweight hangers-on, your whole fucking entourage
there's pricks in the peakskills, there's dust in these drum fills and this mouth's got mic skills
ask the brothels and hostels that housed us, ask the club kids as they crowded around us
this one goes out to all the white druggie ravers that keep puttin records on
cause they keep putting records out, cause the old ones keep wearin out
and i think the same thing that's eating you up on the inside
is the same guy that's eatin you out
(so that's when i said let's get incredible)
dude looks like jesus but sleeveless, says he's into Rush and reckless chemistry
met him in memphis, got him up to galilee, says it's easy to see
these kids want something new to get their eyes rollin back into their dreams
they want a cellophane celebration, a revolution rushing into dancefloor distribution
(from amhearst/hampton to boston, from trenton and princeton to camden)
hennepin and 7th to stinson, franklin and portland to clinton
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