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”
For once I want to be the car crash
Not always, just the traffic jam
Hit me hard enough to wake me
And lead me wild to your dark roads
[Chorus]
Headlights, before me
So beautiful, so clear
Reach out, and take it
'Cause I'm so tired of all this fear
My tongue is lost, oh, I can't tell you
Please just see it in my eyes
I pull up thorns from our ripped bodies
And let the blood fall in my mouth
[Chorus x 2]
Not always, just the traffic jam
Hit me hard enough to wake me
And lead me wild to your dark roads
[Chorus]
Headlights, before me
So beautiful, so clear
Reach out, and take it
'Cause I'm so tired of all this fear
My tongue is lost, oh, I can't tell you
Please just see it in my eyes
I pull up thorns from our ripped bodies
And let the blood fall in my mouth
[Chorus x 2]
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