I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Dururu duruduruddu..
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
The way you walk
The way you understand me
The way you move
The way you just whisper me
The way you touch
The way you used to kiss me
I want to just
Just the way you are
Dururu duruduruddu..
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
We're still the same
Don't ever change
I want to just the way you are
Every day now
Say you stay
Don't go away
I love you just the way you are
The way you are
Dururu duruduruddu..
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
The way you talk
The way you movin' closer
The way you kiss
The way you did beside me
'Cause everytime
Everytime I think about you
I want you just
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
The way you walk
The way you understand me
The way you move
The way you just whisper me
The way you touch
The way you used to kiss me
I want to just
Just the way you are
Dururu duruduruddu..
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
We're still the same
Don't ever change
I want to just the way you are
Every day now
Say you stay
Don't go away
I love you just the way you are
The way you are
Dururu duruduruddu..
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
The way you talk
The way you movin' closer
The way you kiss
The way you did beside me
'Cause everytime
Everytime I think about you
I want you just
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Lyrics submitted by robtherandyrascal
Just the Way You Are Lyrics as written by Billy Joel
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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It's a great feel good and summery tune. It's basically about expressing what she likes about her man and that she wounldn't want him changing for the world, she loves him just the way he is.