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 song is dedicated to the memory of Katherine Korzilius.
Sometimes God calls His angels ... too soon.
It was another day
Perfect Texas afternoon
Mother and two children play
The way they always do
As they raced home from the mailbox
A mother and her son
Against a little girl of six years old
The independent one
The deputies went door to door
Through all the neighbourhood
They said I got some news to tell you folks
I’m afraid it aint so good
Somehow something happened
Someone got away
Someone got the answers for what happened here today
Oh no, oh no
Oh no no no no
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15
Now the people from the papers and the local TV news
Tried to find the reason
Cop dogs sniffed around for clues
Someone shouted "Hit and run"
The coroner cried "Foul"
Her blue dress was what she wore
The day they laid her body down
Oh no, oh no
Oh no no no no
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15
I know tonight that there’s an angel
Up on Heaven’s highest hill
And no one there can hurt you baby
No one ever will
Somewhere someone’s conscience
Is like a burning bed
The flames are all around you
How you gonna sleep again
Oh no, oh no
Oh no no no no
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15
Sometimes God calls His angels ... too soon.
It was another day
Perfect Texas afternoon
Mother and two children play
The way they always do
As they raced home from the mailbox
A mother and her son
Against a little girl of six years old
The independent one
The deputies went door to door
Through all the neighbourhood
They said I got some news to tell you folks
I’m afraid it aint so good
Somehow something happened
Someone got away
Someone got the answers for what happened here today
Oh no, oh no
Oh no no no no
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15
Now the people from the papers and the local TV news
Tried to find the reason
Cop dogs sniffed around for clues
Someone shouted "Hit and run"
The coroner cried "Foul"
Her blue dress was what she wore
The day they laid her body down
Oh no, oh no
Oh no no no no
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15
I know tonight that there’s an angel
Up on Heaven’s highest hill
And no one there can hurt you baby
No one ever will
Somewhere someone’s conscience
Is like a burning bed
The flames are all around you
How you gonna sleep again
Oh no, oh no
Oh no no no no
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
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Wasn't Katherine Korzilius his producers daughter who was killed and this is his dedication?
Yeah
Katherine was killed and they never got the bastards that did it. Jon wrote this to vent his own anger, as well as to tell the killers exactly what was thought of them.
Katherine was the daughter of the Bon Jovi road manager.
This song... is so incredibly sad... I mean... it makes me cry... I dont see how more people dont pay attention to it.
the korzilius's are very close family friends and i remember katherine as a child, i havent been able to listen to the song in years, its definatly a very very upsetting song
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From what I remember from the show they said that Jon was close to the family and was sadden by the news. So to let the world (killer included) know how he felt he wrote this song.