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”
You're flying by and oh you caught my eye
With those bright blue eyes and that beautiful blond hair
And I don't know, I don't know exactly what I'd do
When I get the nerve to talk to you
And I've got all this worked out in my head
But this ain't a story from a book I've read
Pigeons don't date hummingbirds
Take a chance and we might learn just how to write a story of our own
I'm standing here watching you fly by
And I'm thinking that this might be worth our time
And I don't know, I don't know just how to begin
But I'm dying to find out how our story ends
And I got all this worked out in my head
But this ain't a story from a book I've read
Pigeons don't date hummingbirds
Take a chance and we might learn
just how to write a story of our own, our own, our own
Flying over end
And you might not see that this truce gave me
Flying over end, in the center of it all
And I can't, I can't, I can't go on
Cause I got all this worked out in my head
But this ain't a story from a book I've read
Pigeons don't date hummingbirds
Take a chance and we might learn just how to write a story of our own
I said, oh let's write, come on, let's write a story of our own
I said, oh let's write, come on, let's write a story
Oh let's write, come on, let's write a story of our own
I said, oh let's write a story of our own
With those bright blue eyes and that beautiful blond hair
And I don't know, I don't know exactly what I'd do
When I get the nerve to talk to you
And I've got all this worked out in my head
But this ain't a story from a book I've read
Pigeons don't date hummingbirds
Take a chance and we might learn just how to write a story of our own
I'm standing here watching you fly by
And I'm thinking that this might be worth our time
And I don't know, I don't know just how to begin
But I'm dying to find out how our story ends
And I got all this worked out in my head
But this ain't a story from a book I've read
Pigeons don't date hummingbirds
Take a chance and we might learn
just how to write a story of our own, our own, our own
Flying over end
And you might not see that this truce gave me
Flying over end, in the center of it all
And I can't, I can't, I can't go on
Cause I got all this worked out in my head
But this ain't a story from a book I've read
Pigeons don't date hummingbirds
Take a chance and we might learn just how to write a story of our own
I said, oh let's write, come on, let's write a story of our own
I said, oh let's write, come on, let's write a story
Oh let's write, come on, let's write a story of our own
I said, oh let's write a story of our own
Lyrics submitted by fedorov1fan
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