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”
A is for action
P is for paranoid
A is for anger
Out here in the void
C is for countdown
O is for over
LYPSE are for your lips smashed on mine when the world blows up
Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your souls now
Got to stay strong
Hang hang hang on
Hanging on hanging on
Til the old man bangs a gong
G is for greed
O is for order
V is for villains in the three-piece suits defining the borders
E is for empire
R is for revenue
N is for not for me but was
MENT was meant for you and me
Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your soul now
That's a place to start
Hang hang hang on
Hanging on hanging on
Til the old man bangs the gong
We don't care if we're all right
All we want to do is fight
Who cares if we're all right?
Who cares when we can just fight?
D is for disease
E is for entropy
A is for acceptance so drop your funeral weapons
T is for time [tick tock tick tock...] and you ain't got much left
H is for heaven or hell now let's hear it for
DEATH
Beggars, poets, hustlers
Wall Street, rich boy suckers
Why, friends, you know that no side's
better in the end
We're all gonna fry together
Hang hang hang on
Where should they go?
Save your souls now
That's a place to start
Hang hang hang on
Hanging on hanging on
Til the old man bangs
Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your souls now
That's a place to start
Hang hang hang on
Hanging on hanging on
Til the old man bangs a gong
P is for paranoid
A is for anger
Out here in the void
C is for countdown
O is for over
LYPSE are for your lips smashed on mine when the world blows up
Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your souls now
Got to stay strong
Hang hang hang on
Hanging on hanging on
Til the old man bangs a gong
G is for greed
O is for order
V is for villains in the three-piece suits defining the borders
E is for empire
R is for revenue
N is for not for me but was
MENT was meant for you and me
Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your soul now
That's a place to start
Hang hang hang on
Hanging on hanging on
Til the old man bangs the gong
We don't care if we're all right
All we want to do is fight
Who cares if we're all right?
Who cares when we can just fight?
D is for disease
E is for entropy
A is for acceptance so drop your funeral weapons
T is for time [tick tock tick tock...] and you ain't got much left
H is for heaven or hell now let's hear it for
DEATH
Beggars, poets, hustlers
Wall Street, rich boy suckers
Why, friends, you know that no side's
better in the end
We're all gonna fry together
Hang hang hang on
Where should they go?
Save your souls now
That's a place to start
Hang hang hang on
Hanging on hanging on
Til the old man bangs
Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your souls now
That's a place to start
Hang hang hang on
Hanging on hanging on
Til the old man bangs a gong
Lyrics submitted by soXfarXtoXgo
A Is for Action Lyrics as written by Joey Waronker Alex Ebert
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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