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”
I wanna be your secret cavern
I wanna be where you begin
I just wanna pull you closer
but you never let, you never let
you never let me in
wanna surround you like a skyline
wanna be your sweetest sin
I wanna show you what I made of
but you never let, you never let
you never let me in
you 're living by numbers
think you don't need another
you 're living by numbers
you don't need another
can I stand by you like a warrior
can I lend colour to your dreams
can I break your defences
be what you are, what you are
what you are to me
you 're living by numbers
think you don't need another
you 're living by numbers
you don't need another
I wanna shoot up through the membrane, love you like a hurricane, bury all your barricades, be your shelter from the pain, and then , like a long lost friend,
become one that you die to defend.
I'm an angel that keeps falling from your grace
but you can't never stop the rain, and you never play it safe.
You live it 1-2-3 , instead of just loving me
you know you can't break it down in 1-2-3
life will never be that easy
you 're living by numbers
think you don't need another
you 're living by numbers
you don't need another
wanna run like wilds horses
overcome you like the wind
just succumb to all my forces
let me show you how , teach you how
you 're really supposed to live
you 're living by numbers
think you don't need another
you 're living by numbers
I wanna be where you begin
I just wanna pull you closer
but you never let, you never let
you never let me in
wanna surround you like a skyline
wanna be your sweetest sin
I wanna show you what I made of
but you never let, you never let
you never let me in
you 're living by numbers
think you don't need another
you 're living by numbers
you don't need another
can I stand by you like a warrior
can I lend colour to your dreams
can I break your defences
be what you are, what you are
what you are to me
you 're living by numbers
think you don't need another
you 're living by numbers
you don't need another
I wanna shoot up through the membrane, love you like a hurricane, bury all your barricades, be your shelter from the pain, and then , like a long lost friend,
become one that you die to defend.
I'm an angel that keeps falling from your grace
but you can't never stop the rain, and you never play it safe.
You live it 1-2-3 , instead of just loving me
you know you can't break it down in 1-2-3
life will never be that easy
you 're living by numbers
think you don't need another
you 're living by numbers
you don't need another
wanna run like wilds horses
overcome you like the wind
just succumb to all my forces
let me show you how , teach you how
you 're really supposed to live
you 're living by numbers
think you don't need another
you 're living by numbers
Lyrics submitted by killstar
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