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”
Well I don't know what to say
Because there's truth to what you say
I know it kills you I'm this way
There's something different every day
Could it be that
I never had the chance to grow inside?
Could it be that
My habit is to find a place to hide
Could it be that
Sometimes I say things just to disagree?
Could it be that
I'm only being me?
Not easy living in my mind
A little peace is hard to find
My every thought is undermined
By all the history inside
Could it be that
I never had the chance to grow inside?
Could it be that
My habit is to find a place to hide
Could it be that
Sometimes I say things just to disagree?
Could it be that
I'm only being me?
I know I hear the words you said
Over and over again
I just can't get them through my head
There's just too many voices
Must be like living with the dead
Waiting for me to begin
To do the things I have said
And for this I'm sorry
So there's some truth to what you say
Could it be that
I never had the chance to grow inside?
Could it be that
My habit is to find a place to hide
Could it be that
Sometimes I say things just to disagree?
Could it be that
I'm only being me?
Because there's truth to what you say
I know it kills you I'm this way
There's something different every day
Could it be that
I never had the chance to grow inside?
Could it be that
My habit is to find a place to hide
Could it be that
Sometimes I say things just to disagree?
Could it be that
I'm only being me?
Not easy living in my mind
A little peace is hard to find
My every thought is undermined
By all the history inside
Could it be that
I never had the chance to grow inside?
Could it be that
My habit is to find a place to hide
Could it be that
Sometimes I say things just to disagree?
Could it be that
I'm only being me?
I know I hear the words you said
Over and over again
I just can't get them through my head
There's just too many voices
Must be like living with the dead
Waiting for me to begin
To do the things I have said
And for this I'm sorry
So there's some truth to what you say
Could it be that
I never had the chance to grow inside?
Could it be that
My habit is to find a place to hide
Could it be that
Sometimes I say things just to disagree?
Could it be that
I'm only being me?
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I notice in this entire album it seems to be how at least two people relate to each other. It's like a conversation between Aaron and possibly a friend. Possibly a lover. Or a daughter. Now it is Aaron that is explaining himself to another. Telling the other person that he is sorry he is this certain way, because he has been through so much.
I think a big thing about this song is about accepting yourself. That we all have our flaws and issues. We have things that affect us a certain way. Don't isolate that from who you are, because that is a part of who you are. I used to fight tooth and nail against my ego, trying to suppress my wants and desires because I thought they were dirty or evil. But, that stuff is a part of who you are.
So Aaron is basically saying yes there is truth to how this other person is describing him. He won't deny that. He won't deny who he is.