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”
She says my life's become a bore
Always running around
Don't know what for
Everyday is the same
There's no way out
The things I liked
I don't like now
I said I feel the exact same way
We need some kind of change
Something to blame
Chorus:
We could fly away
On a private plane
When we're tired of life
And trying to care
And the clouds roll by
You sit back and I'll
Be your pilot
You tell me where
Tell me where
Maybe we could never see the world like that
Wouldn't it feel good to never look back?
I wanna go to the edge of the earth someday
With you at my side
You could navigate
Repeat Chorus
Tell me where
I don't care
Let's go anywhere else tonight
Anywhere in the sky
You could navigate
Tell me where
I don't care
Let's go anywhere else but here
As long as we disappear
You just point the way
We never had the money
Or time to get away
I wish we won the lottery
I wish we had an airplane
They wouldn't even notice we were gone for a week or two
All the things we'd see
All the things we'd do
Repeat Chorus
I'll be your pilot
And you will tell me where
As the clouds rolled by
You said pilot
I could be your pilot
And you will tell me where
We never had the money
Or time to get away
Always running around
Don't know what for
Everyday is the same
There's no way out
The things I liked
I don't like now
I said I feel the exact same way
We need some kind of change
Something to blame
Chorus:
We could fly away
On a private plane
When we're tired of life
And trying to care
And the clouds roll by
You sit back and I'll
Be your pilot
You tell me where
Tell me where
Maybe we could never see the world like that
Wouldn't it feel good to never look back?
I wanna go to the edge of the earth someday
With you at my side
You could navigate
Repeat Chorus
Tell me where
I don't care
Let's go anywhere else tonight
Anywhere in the sky
You could navigate
Tell me where
I don't care
Let's go anywhere else but here
As long as we disappear
You just point the way
We never had the money
Or time to get away
I wish we won the lottery
I wish we had an airplane
They wouldn't even notice we were gone for a week or two
All the things we'd see
All the things we'd do
Repeat Chorus
I'll be your pilot
And you will tell me where
As the clouds rolled by
You said pilot
I could be your pilot
And you will tell me where
We never had the money
Or time to get away
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