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”
Went to the corner of second and main
And there was someone there
Who mentioned that they hoped that it would rain forever, forever,
So they could drown in peace.
Went down to the hodskin p.l.
But there was nobody to answer
When I rang the doorbell forever, forever
So now I'm sad all the time.
Sick and sad again. Sometimes I'd like the rain to end. Sick and sad again. Sometimes I'd like to stand on my own two feet.
Today was the day
But she threw it all away
And I could never understand 'cause she was never one to play
By the rules of the game
Her and me we're so the same
I try so hard
And I never give in
And I am never satisifed until the day that I win
Agaisnt them
But I don't care I'll follow her to anywhere.
And there was someone there
Who mentioned that they hoped that it would rain forever, forever,
So they could drown in peace.
Went down to the hodskin p.l.
But there was nobody to answer
When I rang the doorbell forever, forever
So now I'm sad all the time.
Sick and sad again. Sometimes I'd like the rain to end. Sick and sad again. Sometimes I'd like to stand on my own two feet.
Today was the day
But she threw it all away
And I could never understand 'cause she was never one to play
By the rules of the game
Her and me we're so the same
I try so hard
And I never give in
And I am never satisifed until the day that I win
Agaisnt them
But I don't care I'll follow her to anywhere.
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Anyone else here catch the underlay at the end of the second verse? He throws in a line from Keasbey Nights at the same time as the last couple lines "But I don't care I'll follow her to anywhere" You can hear faintly "But I don't care I can fade away to anywhere don't stop cause you might get dropped" Thought that was interesting.
Ha! I knew I wasn't the only one in the world who heard that. I played the song over and over and over and over, trying to hear what he was saying. I was so happy when I figured it out, I called my friend who had originally introduced me to Streetlight. :)
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Damn Mad Jeddai, you have good ears to hear that. I can only catch the very end when he says "you might get dropped". Good catch.
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hahaha that is crazy cause i was listening to that today and i thought i heard that but i just thought i was hearing things but then i saw mad jeddai's comment and now i dont feel crazy hahaha
I slowed down the part with the fat singing in the back and I got this. "but i dont care i will go follow her to anywhere, don't stop 'cuz you might get dropped."
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he hears this on the way to the girl's place, and when he gets there, ringing the doorbell "forever, forever" implies that he could literally ring it forever and she would never answer because she's gone and can't come back, and that's why now he's sad all the time.
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