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”
i saw you
i saw who you really were
you were something
truly to me
not that you would ever know
for anything
how i watched you (how i watched you)
and everything that you did (and everything)
in spite of them
didn't you know (didn't you know)
that you had everything to lose (had everything)
why didn't you care?
what drove you to?
why would you?
with everything to lose
what drove you to?
how could you?
with everything to lose
you were the only
one who made sense to me
the irony
and i hate them
for everything they didn't know
but always wrote
your vision made it (your vision made it)
worthwhile and i knew (worthwhile and i knew)
that i lost that too
and now, i don't know (now, i didn't know)
what i should say, only that (i should say)
i know i miss you
what drove you to?
why would you?
with everything to lose
what drove you to?
how could you?
with everything to lose ( X 2 )
how couldn't you know
where it would go?
i don't believe that you didn't care
how could you say
that it was okay
when you lied about it each day?
what are you gonna tell them
when they are old enough to understand
why they found you face down
what drove you to?
why would you?
with everything to lose
what drove you to?
how could you?
with everything to lose ( X 3 )
with everything, with everything
with everything to lose
i saw who you really were
you were something
truly to me
not that you would ever know
for anything
how i watched you (how i watched you)
and everything that you did (and everything)
in spite of them
didn't you know (didn't you know)
that you had everything to lose (had everything)
why didn't you care?
what drove you to?
why would you?
with everything to lose
what drove you to?
how could you?
with everything to lose
you were the only
one who made sense to me
the irony
and i hate them
for everything they didn't know
but always wrote
your vision made it (your vision made it)
worthwhile and i knew (worthwhile and i knew)
that i lost that too
and now, i don't know (now, i didn't know)
what i should say, only that (i should say)
i know i miss you
what drove you to?
why would you?
with everything to lose
what drove you to?
how could you?
with everything to lose ( X 2 )
how couldn't you know
where it would go?
i don't believe that you didn't care
how could you say
that it was okay
when you lied about it each day?
what are you gonna tell them
when they are old enough to understand
why they found you face down
what drove you to?
why would you?
with everything to lose
what drove you to?
how could you?
with everything to lose ( X 3 )
with everything, with everything
with everything to lose
Lyrics submitted by hold2thecore
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