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”
Come the evening of my days
The dark birds in the trees and in her garden
I hope I’ll be there somewhere too
The yarrow by my head where I have fallen
And she will lick her thinner thumb
And ringless finger too, and douse a candle
And though she never gave a thing
The way she said my name, we’ll be together
When autumn comes, she’ll be there
Jasmine still in her hair
Her tea leaves dry by the sea
Many men behind her door
Have heard the bathtub run and longed to love her
And though she never waits for me
We never ask the time when we’re together
When autumn comes, she’ll be there
Jasmine still in her hair
Her tea leaves dry by the sea
The dark birds in the trees and in her garden
I hope I’ll be there somewhere too
The yarrow by my head where I have fallen
And she will lick her thinner thumb
And ringless finger too, and douse a candle
And though she never gave a thing
The way she said my name, we’ll be together
When autumn comes, she’ll be there
Jasmine still in her hair
Her tea leaves dry by the sea
Many men behind her door
Have heard the bathtub run and longed to love her
And though she never waits for me
We never ask the time when we’re together
When autumn comes, she’ll be there
Jasmine still in her hair
Her tea leaves dry by the sea
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher, edited by jafarsfault
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When autumn comes, she�ll be there Jasmine still in her hair Her tea leaves dry by the sea
Many men behind her door Have heard the bathtub run and longed to love her And though she doesn�t wait for me We never ask the time when we�re together
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