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'm lost I don't care
On this road to God knows where
It's okay to be confused
Except for that it's you I'd loose
The Janes made up my mind for me
There is somewhere else that I'd rather be
I'll drown my sorrows another night
Sparing us from another fight
The city lights they're starting to glow
As I walk through your neighborhood all alone
Behind the clouds there's a beautiful sunset
I'm hoping you’ll forgive, cause I know I will forget
But you cut me and it burns so good
I’m sorry I'm not your Mr. Hollywood
Somebody pinch me, somebody scream
I'm asking you to wake me up from this dream
I just left your apartment
Singing I don't know, gotta go, gotta get up
And leave it to me
To go make believe
Everything was okay
Cause we survived another day
Don't expect me to be someone I am not
See if you're not happy with what you've got
Then I'll talk to you another day
And see how you’re doing without me
It can be simple, it can be hard
It's when you fall down you find out who you are
Pick yourself up and dust yourself off
You go to the doctor, turn your head, and cough
He'll tell you you're fine and you'll make a mistake
Of taking that other girl out on a date
And you never thought, you never thought
You get what you deserve, you deserve what you got
I just left your apartment
Singing I don't know, gotta go, gotta get up
And leave it to me
To go make believe
Everything was okay
Cause we survived another day
Don't expect me to be someone I am not
See if you're not happy with what you've got
Then I'll talk to you another day
And see how you’re doing without me
The bog is lifting now
The bog is lifting now
It's making sense somehow
The bog is lifting now
It's making sense somehow
What is meant to be will happen
If it doesn't that's too bad
And I will walk away
There will be more sunny days
I will walk away from it all
I just left your apartment
Singing I don't know, gotta go, gotta get up
And leave it to me
To go make believe
Everything was okay
Cause we survived another day
Don't expect me to be someone I am not
See if you're not happy with what you've got
Then I'll talk to you another day
And see how you’re doing without me
On this road to God knows where
It's okay to be confused
Except for that it's you I'd loose
The Janes made up my mind for me
There is somewhere else that I'd rather be
I'll drown my sorrows another night
Sparing us from another fight
The city lights they're starting to glow
As I walk through your neighborhood all alone
Behind the clouds there's a beautiful sunset
I'm hoping you’ll forgive, cause I know I will forget
But you cut me and it burns so good
I’m sorry I'm not your Mr. Hollywood
Somebody pinch me, somebody scream
I'm asking you to wake me up from this dream
I just left your apartment
Singing I don't know, gotta go, gotta get up
And leave it to me
To go make believe
Everything was okay
Cause we survived another day
Don't expect me to be someone I am not
See if you're not happy with what you've got
Then I'll talk to you another day
And see how you’re doing without me
It can be simple, it can be hard
It's when you fall down you find out who you are
Pick yourself up and dust yourself off
You go to the doctor, turn your head, and cough
He'll tell you you're fine and you'll make a mistake
Of taking that other girl out on a date
And you never thought, you never thought
You get what you deserve, you deserve what you got
I just left your apartment
Singing I don't know, gotta go, gotta get up
And leave it to me
To go make believe
Everything was okay
Cause we survived another day
Don't expect me to be someone I am not
See if you're not happy with what you've got
Then I'll talk to you another day
And see how you’re doing without me
The bog is lifting now
The bog is lifting now
It's making sense somehow
The bog is lifting now
It's making sense somehow
What is meant to be will happen
If it doesn't that's too bad
And I will walk away
There will be more sunny days
I will walk away from it all
I just left your apartment
Singing I don't know, gotta go, gotta get up
And leave it to me
To go make believe
Everything was okay
Cause we survived another day
Don't expect me to be someone I am not
See if you're not happy with what you've got
Then I'll talk to you another day
And see how you’re doing without me
Lyrics submitted by Kutzko
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