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”
Used to worry for each other
No one's bothered like before
We sleep with each others friends
Sneak around, fall apart
And come back for more
We sit around drinking tables
Stabilized and keeping score
But my mind is somewhere out the door
Oh, we have grown
Maybe I've overstayed awhile
In my time in exile and
Oh time has flown and the
Only thing I've learned
I want a life now of my own
We go to clubs, the songs are old
The evening's blown
Go our ways and take taxis home
Talk of Sunday outings
And medicate to fight the doubting
But know we'll always be alone
Oh, we have grown
Maybe I've overstayed awhile
In my time in exile and
Oh time has flown
And the only thing I've learned
I want a life now of my own
That's my year spent in exile
Second guessed and dressed up in tatters
My both feet didn't take this path
And I'm still looking for a life that matters
More than chit chat
We listen to The Streets
We're all deadbeats and these old habits
Are starting to show through
Sorry I didn't get to know you
Oh, we have grown
Maybe I've overstayed awhile
In my time in exile and
Oh time has flown
And the only thing I've learned
I want a life now of my own
Bye, bye
To the friends I've known
In my time in exile
No one's bothered like before
We sleep with each others friends
Sneak around, fall apart
And come back for more
We sit around drinking tables
Stabilized and keeping score
But my mind is somewhere out the door
Oh, we have grown
Maybe I've overstayed awhile
In my time in exile and
Oh time has flown and the
Only thing I've learned
I want a life now of my own
We go to clubs, the songs are old
The evening's blown
Go our ways and take taxis home
Talk of Sunday outings
And medicate to fight the doubting
But know we'll always be alone
Oh, we have grown
Maybe I've overstayed awhile
In my time in exile and
Oh time has flown
And the only thing I've learned
I want a life now of my own
That's my year spent in exile
Second guessed and dressed up in tatters
My both feet didn't take this path
And I'm still looking for a life that matters
More than chit chat
We listen to The Streets
We're all deadbeats and these old habits
Are starting to show through
Sorry I didn't get to know you
Oh, we have grown
Maybe I've overstayed awhile
In my time in exile and
Oh time has flown
And the only thing I've learned
I want a life now of my own
Bye, bye
To the friends I've known
In my time in exile
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This is really a great song...I think this song is about someone who used to live in the past but now is deciding to move on.
I agree with tigerlily. Also, at least to me, it seems like sometime she said that she didn’t want to be with him (thus his “time in exile”). Now they’re kind of on and off, but not together. He wonders if maybe she wanted him later, but he kept away although he wanted it too because he thought that was what she wanted. He’s stayed around, but now realizes that time is flying by, the past must stay in the past, and he has to move on, to get a life of his own.
how come no one's commented on this one ? beautiful track.
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i also agree with Tigerlily and Soultears, i feel this song is about him being with this girl but he knows he's worn out the welcome and feels he has to move on. another sad song to the list of my favorites...
peace,
i think this song is about a relationship that was just destructive and one that he did not feel like himself in. where he says "sorry I didn't get to know you" it's like even though they spent a year together he didn't act like he usually does.
he left his old friends and life and was in "exile" during the relationship. at first it was a high for him but it's old now.
he has become accustom to this life, of "sitting around drinking tables". Now he is realizing he's been there too long, exile. Time has flown, and he knows its time, time to start his life. He might have a girl or just friends that are not elevating him.
And it hits him, just like it hits us. We need to change. Looking for a life that is more than chit chat.
he' stuck in a life with little to move on to and is the same blandness everyday. he realized that he needs to change or move on to better himself. "i'm sorry i didn't get to know you" represents a girl that was there the whole time and regrets not looking into her. she could of been the small ignificant essence that would of changed his out look and life there. but he overlooked her now regrets. life could of been completely differnt if she was in his life. if only he took the them to see this when he had the chance...
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Exile is a forced time spent away from home so to me it could mean he was married and now divorced and trying to relive his bachelor days and has relised he liked having a "home"....also could mean alot more..
First a few understandings:
"We have grown, time has flown, and the only thing I've learned, I want a life now of my own (something meaningful and real)."
"We sit around drinking tables, stabilized and keeping score, but my mind is somewhere out the door (there must be something more)."
"That's my year spent in exile, second guessed (by himself) and dresed up in tatters, my birth feet didn't take this path (this is not his destiny) and I'm still looking for a life that matters (more than chit chat.)"
"I've overstayed (time to go home) awhile..."
This song is about a relationship gone sour. The two of them have been together for awhile but now it's getting boring for the both of them. Although they're still "together" they sleep around and don't even worry about cheating with each other anymore because the love is gone. He's getting sick of this relationship and wants to just leave permanently but yet something is holding him back from leaving even though he feels miserable about the whole relationship.