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 caught me on my way to destroy stages
You stopped me bitter faced to ask me this
You, I don't understand your agitation
Why can't you write a track that's sensitive?
It isn't because I just didn't think about it
It isn't because I just see-see-can't
It isn't because I just didn't think about it
It isn't because
I wish I see-see-could little man
I wish I see-see-could little man
I wish I see-see-could
You took a step back when I started howling
You turned and told your friends with hostile frowns
This dude is furious I don't quite get it
I wonder why he doesn't just calm down
It isn't because I just didn't think about it
It isn't because
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could
I made my way back to the Merc Booth after
A man confronts me smiling ear to ear
The sweat is dripping from his face in gallons
And all he wants to do is shake my hand
He stops to tell me he'd be six feet under
That's if it wasn't for our caveman jam
I wish I see-see-could little man
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could little man
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could
You stopped me bitter faced to ask me this
You, I don't understand your agitation
Why can't you write a track that's sensitive?
It isn't because I just didn't think about it
It isn't because I just see-see-can't
It isn't because I just didn't think about it
It isn't because
I wish I see-see-could little man
I wish I see-see-could little man
I wish I see-see-could
You took a step back when I started howling
You turned and told your friends with hostile frowns
This dude is furious I don't quite get it
I wonder why he doesn't just calm down
It isn't because I just didn't think about it
It isn't because
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could
I made my way back to the Merc Booth after
A man confronts me smiling ear to ear
The sweat is dripping from his face in gallons
And all he wants to do is shake my hand
He stops to tell me he'd be six feet under
That's if it wasn't for our caveman jam
I wish I see-see-could little man
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could little man
I wish I see-see-could little girl
I wish I see-see-could
Lyrics submitted by Soupiertiger
Caveman Jam Lyrics as written by Randy Michael Torres Andrew Albert Schwab
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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