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”
Friday night became so lonely
When you came to make a break
That seemed to take all day to make me angry
'Cause I like you, maybe I'm just like you
Holding on to something that we know we cannot hold
Or fold it seems it seems we just can't forget
Are you frightened by perfection?
Is this who you are, not who you want to be?
I walk the line like Johnny Cash
I made the bus in seconds flat
I called your line too many times
I'm not obsessed just impolite
Sunday came and went so quickly
Now you say you want me back
You will hold on despite my cons
It seems we're meant to hate it being so dependent
But it seems we can believe that we're two peas in this pod
We call New York, gets so lonesome
Are you frightened by neglection?
Am I who you want to see yourself to be?
I walk the line like Johnny Cash
I made the bus in seconds flat
I called your line too many times
I'm not obsessed just impolite
You're stuck on me, you don't know why
Can't leave me anytime you try
They say that everybody cries
So don't think twice 'cause it's alright
Stay here
Touching you, touching the light in your eyes
That keeps coming back
Stay here
Touching you, touching the light in your eyes
That keeps coming back
Stay here
Touching you, touching the light in your eyes
That keeps coming back
Tell I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
When you came to make a break
That seemed to take all day to make me angry
'Cause I like you, maybe I'm just like you
Holding on to something that we know we cannot hold
Or fold it seems it seems we just can't forget
Are you frightened by perfection?
Is this who you are, not who you want to be?
I walk the line like Johnny Cash
I made the bus in seconds flat
I called your line too many times
I'm not obsessed just impolite
Sunday came and went so quickly
Now you say you want me back
You will hold on despite my cons
It seems we're meant to hate it being so dependent
But it seems we can believe that we're two peas in this pod
We call New York, gets so lonesome
Are you frightened by neglection?
Am I who you want to see yourself to be?
I walk the line like Johnny Cash
I made the bus in seconds flat
I called your line too many times
I'm not obsessed just impolite
You're stuck on me, you don't know why
Can't leave me anytime you try
They say that everybody cries
So don't think twice 'cause it's alright
Stay here
Touching you, touching the light in your eyes
That keeps coming back
Stay here
Touching you, touching the light in your eyes
That keeps coming back
Stay here
Touching you, touching the light in your eyes
That keeps coming back
Tell I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
I, tell me I do
Lyrics submitted by boothchick
Just Impolite Lyrics as written by Daniel Robert Ingala
Lyrics © Exploration Group LLC
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yeah i heard it on we need girlfriends too. its just such a great song though. i like it.