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”
Come loosen up
So hung up
Come count them ways to brether
Remember
Windsor
Gets cold in ways you always forget
Oh you know
Mm... the rhythm and soul
Get your hands out your back pocket
Boy let it go
Here comes the man
You saw in Khazan
He just picks in his cold
The rhythm and soul
Dollars and cent
And no accidents
Not in the name of democracy
Come get there
Come be there
Come let your socks fall down to your shoes
Oh you know
Mm... the rhythm and soul
Get your ankles moving their sockets
All that you've done
Here comes the man
You saw in Khazan
He just picks in his cold
The rhythm and soul
When you take a picture and it falls in the lot
Take another picture and you spring in the trap
Mm you miss home
You can't back this at your ride
Change of tide
And you're wise, you're wise
Rhythm and
Tracked houses
Square couches
Short legs and
Square shoulders
Pot holders
Aching soldiers
Your tank rollers
Your all overs
And you know
Ooh the rhythm and soul
Get your fingers moving their sockets
Tune in Tokyo
You're just the man
The one I saw in Khazan
Wonder what this book will throw
The rhythm and
So hung up
Come count them ways to brether
Remember
Windsor
Gets cold in ways you always forget
Oh you know
Mm... the rhythm and soul
Get your hands out your back pocket
Boy let it go
Here comes the man
You saw in Khazan
He just picks in his cold
The rhythm and soul
Dollars and cent
And no accidents
Not in the name of democracy
Come get there
Come be there
Come let your socks fall down to your shoes
Oh you know
Mm... the rhythm and soul
Get your ankles moving their sockets
All that you've done
Here comes the man
You saw in Khazan
He just picks in his cold
The rhythm and soul
When you take a picture and it falls in the lot
Take another picture and you spring in the trap
Mm you miss home
You can't back this at your ride
Change of tide
And you're wise, you're wise
Rhythm and
Tracked houses
Square couches
Short legs and
Square shoulders
Pot holders
Aching soldiers
Your tank rollers
Your all overs
And you know
Ooh the rhythm and soul
Get your fingers moving their sockets
Tune in Tokyo
You're just the man
The one I saw in Khazan
Wonder what this book will throw
The rhythm and
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