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”
On the weird winds of Ontario
came worry sailing strange and low
And we laid under the heavy sheets to love to spite the strange winds blowing
To lust with raging lungs
What hangs above when we love in fear?
Don't take me to the hospital
Don't tie me to the wires
Just kiss me on a rooftop
It's for us
It's a red light flashing under helicopters of desire
Red light
It's for us
came worry sailing strange and low
And we laid under the heavy sheets to love to spite the strange winds blowing
To lust with raging lungs
What hangs above when we love in fear?
Don't take me to the hospital
Don't tie me to the wires
Just kiss me on a rooftop
It's for us
It's a red light flashing under helicopters of desire
Red light
It's for us
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