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”
Well, I can see her loading boxes in my mind
Into a belvedere with a trailer pulled behind
Well, things didn't go exactly as they planned, no, no, no
She's a woman and now he is a man
Well, there's a vacancy between them ever yday
And a sense of guilt that's not going away
And when they get older perhaps they'll understand, oh, oh, oh
She's a woman and now he is a man
And now he's into something that her heart cannot forgive
She's saying to herself, "this is not the way to live"
Well, he'll never listen to her 'cause his mind is like a sieve
Oh brother, oh brother, I'm telling your sister
No way can I resist her
With a guilty feeling hanging in their brain
And when the two of them are potentially insane
Well, they've had enough, which is more than they can stand, oh, oh, oh
'Cause she's a woman and now he is a man
I can see her loading boxes in my mind
Into a belvedere with a trailer pulled behind
Well, things didn't go exactly as they planned, no, no, no
She's a woman and now he is a man
She's a woman and now he is a man
She's a woman and now he is a man
She's a woman and now he is a man
She's a woman and now he is a man
Into a belvedere with a trailer pulled behind
Well, things didn't go exactly as they planned, no, no, no
She's a woman and now he is a man
Well, there's a vacancy between them ever yday
And a sense of guilt that's not going away
And when they get older perhaps they'll understand, oh, oh, oh
She's a woman and now he is a man
And now he's into something that her heart cannot forgive
She's saying to herself, "this is not the way to live"
Well, he'll never listen to her 'cause his mind is like a sieve
Oh brother, oh brother, I'm telling your sister
No way can I resist her
With a guilty feeling hanging in their brain
And when the two of them are potentially insane
Well, they've had enough, which is more than they can stand, oh, oh, oh
'Cause she's a woman and now he is a man
I can see her loading boxes in my mind
Into a belvedere with a trailer pulled behind
Well, things didn't go exactly as they planned, no, no, no
She's a woman and now he is a man
She's a woman and now he is a man
She's a woman and now he is a man
She's a woman and now he is a man
She's a woman and now he is a man
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"I can see her loading boxes in my mind Into a belvedere with a trailer pulled behind"
The narrator is expecting her to pack up and leave any day
"Well things didn't go exactly as they planned She's a woman and now he is a man"
This is where it gets confusing, because there are several meanings that you can derive. Maybe they're fighting, perhaps physically. But my guess is that they're both cheating on each other.
"There's a vacancy between them everyday And a sense of guilt that's not going away When they get older perhaps they'll understand She's a woman and now he is a man"
This seems to fit in with cheating. But it could also fit in with other things.
And to think, first time I heard this, I thought it was about a woman that got a sex change.