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”
In the beginning I believed in love and things
It happened like a hurricane
I could never really tell you what this did to me
I could never make it better for you
Anyway
[Chorus]
Thing is
Time was
Part of me used to love you
Part of me still does
This light here
Some become strangers
Did it have to be so easy to live without it?
I was hoping to remember you with just a smile
Now the memory of giving you is giving out
Well, I could say that I knew it all the while
[Chorus]
Didn't want to be the one to
Say goodbye
In a stranger's eyes
Look how we've changed
I don't really need this in my life
Why don't we forget about it?
Thing is
Time was
Part of me used to love you
Part of me still does
This light here
Some become strangers
Let your soul become a stranger
Baby, you're no stranger
You're no stranger
Not that I am
Well, you've become that stranger
And let your soul become a stranger
Well, you're no stranger, not that I am
So you do it
I think that you should do it
Well, you do it
It happened like a hurricane
I could never really tell you what this did to me
I could never make it better for you
Anyway
[Chorus]
Thing is
Time was
Part of me used to love you
Part of me still does
This light here
Some become strangers
Did it have to be so easy to live without it?
I was hoping to remember you with just a smile
Now the memory of giving you is giving out
Well, I could say that I knew it all the while
[Chorus]
Didn't want to be the one to
Say goodbye
In a stranger's eyes
Look how we've changed
I don't really need this in my life
Why don't we forget about it?
Thing is
Time was
Part of me used to love you
Part of me still does
This light here
Some become strangers
Let your soul become a stranger
Baby, you're no stranger
You're no stranger
Not that I am
Well, you've become that stranger
And let your soul become a stranger
Well, you're no stranger, not that I am
So you do it
I think that you should do it
Well, you do it
Lyrics submitted by BlueCrystalMirror
Some Become Strangers Lyrics as written by Amy Reichardt Peter Carr Rafelson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Spirit Music Group
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