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”
There was darkness, there was light,
There was day and there was night,
There was wrong and there was right...
And then there was me.
You didn't even know me, but you treated me like dirt.
(And then there was me)
You didn't even know me, but you called me a jerk.
(And then there was me)
I'm from a planet near a star
You wouldn't know (it's very far).
The're calling me the man from Mars
And I think they're insulting me.
They tried to take my special suit.
(Insulting me)
They say my head looks like fruit.
(What is fruit?!)
(Put your hands up or I'll shoot!) I don't have hands...
Across the galaxy I flew,
Heard a peaceful message sent by you.
Now I find you're judged by color and size.
I can't believe what you call my...
I'se the guy who sails the sky, but I think I'd like to live here.
I'd like to share your mountains, share your trees, and shar your rivers.
I've never seen so many people of so many colors.
I'd like to think that someday maybe I could call you brothers.
(And then there was we)
I'd like to learn about your pizza and your weather,
(And then there was we)
Then we could learn about how beings live together.
(And then there was we)
So if you're thinking about being a spaceman,
It don't matter if you're black or white
Or purple or blue or green or red
Or yellow with polka dots on your head
Or made of snow or made of wheat
Or looking like something that's kind of a treat.
I like your hat... (fade)
There was day and there was night,
There was wrong and there was right...
And then there was me.
You didn't even know me, but you treated me like dirt.
(And then there was me)
You didn't even know me, but you called me a jerk.
(And then there was me)
I'm from a planet near a star
You wouldn't know (it's very far).
The're calling me the man from Mars
And I think they're insulting me.
They tried to take my special suit.
(Insulting me)
They say my head looks like fruit.
(What is fruit?!)
(Put your hands up or I'll shoot!) I don't have hands...
Across the galaxy I flew,
Heard a peaceful message sent by you.
Now I find you're judged by color and size.
I can't believe what you call my...
I'se the guy who sails the sky, but I think I'd like to live here.
I'd like to share your mountains, share your trees, and shar your rivers.
I've never seen so many people of so many colors.
I'd like to think that someday maybe I could call you brothers.
(And then there was we)
I'd like to learn about your pizza and your weather,
(And then there was we)
Then we could learn about how beings live together.
(And then there was we)
So if you're thinking about being a spaceman,
It don't matter if you're black or white
Or purple or blue or green or red
Or yellow with polka dots on your head
Or made of snow or made of wheat
Or looking like something that's kind of a treat.
I like your hat... (fade)
Lyrics submitted by abchak1
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