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”
Tell me mirror mirror mirror on my wall
Who is the fairest the fairest of them all
Tell me fortune teller look into your crystal ball
A love for me romantically tell me will i fall
For someone good looking what's the color of his hair
Does he have a fortune i really just don't care
If he needs the money i'll gladly pay his fare
Summon him this very night what style should i wear my hair
For my lover i need a lover
Dearest fairy godmother please wave your magic wand
Please send me someone to whom i can hold on
Genie in the bottle do you hear my plea
If you don't answer my call i'll throw you in the sea
I rule my bed alone each night what a poor state of affairs
Please send me someone
Please send me someone who really cares
Send me out a valentine in a puff of smoke
To curl around my body
Passionate feelings will evoke
Like a lover i need a lover
A lover, a lover, a lover, a lover
Fantasy and phantasm
Whatever turns you on
Don't let your mother tell you
You're doing something wrong
I use any avenue of thoughts which i am fond
Oh how i wish someone would come along
And wave their magic wand
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Merlin in your castle cast me a spell
Conjure up some magic that you do so well
Witches in your towers mix me a potion rare
Pleas use all your powers for this maiden fair
High priestess of the voodoo please reverse this curse
That causes me to write to you this long and lonely verse
I rule my bed alone each night what a poor state of affairs
Please send me someone who really cares
Like a lover i need a lover
A lover, a lover, a lover, a lover
I need a lover
Who is the fairest the fairest of them all
Tell me fortune teller look into your crystal ball
A love for me romantically tell me will i fall
For someone good looking what's the color of his hair
Does he have a fortune i really just don't care
If he needs the money i'll gladly pay his fare
Summon him this very night what style should i wear my hair
For my lover i need a lover
Dearest fairy godmother please wave your magic wand
Please send me someone to whom i can hold on
Genie in the bottle do you hear my plea
If you don't answer my call i'll throw you in the sea
I rule my bed alone each night what a poor state of affairs
Please send me someone
Please send me someone who really cares
Send me out a valentine in a puff of smoke
To curl around my body
Passionate feelings will evoke
Like a lover i need a lover
A lover, a lover, a lover, a lover
Fantasy and phantasm
Whatever turns you on
Don't let your mother tell you
You're doing something wrong
I use any avenue of thoughts which i am fond
Oh how i wish someone would come along
And wave their magic wand
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Merlin in your castle cast me a spell
Conjure up some magic that you do so well
Witches in your towers mix me a potion rare
Pleas use all your powers for this maiden fair
High priestess of the voodoo please reverse this curse
That causes me to write to you this long and lonely verse
I rule my bed alone each night what a poor state of affairs
Please send me someone who really cares
Like a lover i need a lover
A lover, a lover, a lover, a lover
I need a lover
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