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”
Go on, just say it
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
Go on, just say it
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
Well, I hold my tongue, use it to assess
The damage from way back when it mattered
But nothing seems important anymore
We're just protecting ourselves from our self
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
I'm making the difference
It just seems pointless
With all the obvious lines all out of focus
Why can't you just be happy?
Why can't you just be happy?
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Well, I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent, defenseless dependent)
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
Go on, just say it
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
Well, I hold my tongue, use it to assess
The damage from way back when it mattered
But nothing seems important anymore
We're just protecting ourselves from our self
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
I'm making the difference
It just seems pointless
With all the obvious lines all out of focus
Why can't you just be happy?
Why can't you just be happy?
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Well, I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent, defenseless dependent)
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
One-Eighty by Summer Lyrics as written by Edward Reyes Adam Burbank Lazzara
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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