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”
Every day has a beginning and ending,
Just like every life has a start and finish
July is gone like the gasoline
It took to make the circle again.
Florida to Florida, by the way of America
Cocaine and soda, playing Tetris in our underwear
We take turns reading letters, I read the haiku
And you move your nails across my legs.
In your arms, I don't know who I am
Taking all I know about nihilism
And trying to build it into a life
With your thought in mind.
I walk the streets down to the shore
And I sink into the Pacific
This is evrything up to now ending
It was nice to believe for a while.
Just like every life has a start and finish
July is gone like the gasoline
It took to make the circle again.
Florida to Florida, by the way of America
Cocaine and soda, playing Tetris in our underwear
We take turns reading letters, I read the haiku
And you move your nails across my legs.
In your arms, I don't know who I am
Taking all I know about nihilism
And trying to build it into a life
With your thought in mind.
I walk the streets down to the shore
And I sink into the Pacific
This is evrything up to now ending
It was nice to believe for a while.
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This is my favorite against me song. This is passion.
Psh. You don't know passion.
beautiful
geez. this is sad. the lyrics are very pretty, though.
The way the entire EP is just so cohesive and perfect for that sense of feeling that comes from all the uncertainty and knowledge of moving on...I am in love with Andrew's backing vocals on this EP. Adds a wonderful, passionate element to every word.
I think it is about how one can look back on the past and remember all the great times and how much you've changed into the person you are now. This doesnt mean that tom is "realizing that AM! is over" but that they are turning into something that he never knew would come "I am, taking all I know about nihilism, and trying to build it into a life."
The best song on a perfect EP.
its simply looking back on when he was against me! tom gable by himself.. and he is thinking is this better? is this worse? what si this? quess we are gonna find out
A truly heartfelt and emotionally stirring work. The lucid lyrics create powerful and poignant imagery.
Lonely undertones and expressions of isolation suggest that the subject/protagonist has become lost, alienated, and disillusioned with life:
"Taking all I know about nihilism and trying to build it into a life" "In your arms, I don't know who I am" "Every life has a start and finish" "It was nice to believe for a while"
It would be an over-simplification to call this a song about suicide, although I believe there are some serious allusions to ending ones life: "I walk the streets down to the shore and I sink into the Pacific. This is everything up to now ending."
I also love that this song sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom; the raw sound and grittiness contribute to its sincerity and pairs so well with Tom's intensity as a vocalist.
As if it were possible to pick only one, I may very well appreciate this as my favorite AM! song.