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”
And hey darling, I hope you're good tonight
And I know you don't feel right when I'm leaving
Yeah, I want it, but no, I don't need it
Tell me something sweet to get me by
'Cause I can't come back home 'til they're singin'
La, la la la, la la la
'Til everyone is singin'
If you can wait 'til I get home (I get home)
Then I swear to you that we can make this last
La, la
If you can wait 'til I get home (I get home)
Then I swear, come tomorrow, this will all be in our past
Well, it might be for the best
And hey sweetie, well, I need you here tonight
And I know that you don't wanna be leaving
Yeah, you want it, but I can't help it
I just feel complete when you're by my side
But I know you can't come home 'til they're singin'
La, la la la, la la la
'Til everyone is singin'
La, la la la, la la la
If you can wait 'til I get home (I get home)
Then I swear to you that we can make this last
La, la
If you can wait 'til I get home (I get home)
Then I swear, come tomorrow, this will all be in our past
Well, it might be for the best
You know you can't give me what I need
And even though you mean so much to me
I can wait through everything
Is this really happening?
I swear I'll never be happy again
And don't you dare say we can just be friends
I'm not some boy that you can sway
We knew it'd happen eventually
La, la la la, la la la
Now everybody's singin'
La, la la la, la la la
Now everybody's singin'
La, la la la, la la la (if you can wait 'til I get home)
Now everybody's singin'
La, la la la, la la la (then I swear we can make this last)
Now everybody's singin'
La, la la la, la la la
(If you can wait 'til I get home)
Now everybody's singin'
La, la la la, la la la
(Then I swear we can make this last)
Now everybody's singin', la
And I know you don't feel right when I'm leaving
Yeah, I want it, but no, I don't need it
Tell me something sweet to get me by
'Cause I can't come back home 'til they're singin'
La, la la la, la la la
'Til everyone is singin'
If you can wait 'til I get home (I get home)
Then I swear to you that we can make this last
La, la
If you can wait 'til I get home (I get home)
Then I swear, come tomorrow, this will all be in our past
Well, it might be for the best
And hey sweetie, well, I need you here tonight
And I know that you don't wanna be leaving
Yeah, you want it, but I can't help it
I just feel complete when you're by my side
But I know you can't come home 'til they're singin'
La, la la la, la la la
'Til everyone is singin'
La, la la la, la la la
If you can wait 'til I get home (I get home)
Then I swear to you that we can make this last
La, la
If you can wait 'til I get home (I get home)
Then I swear, come tomorrow, this will all be in our past
Well, it might be for the best
You know you can't give me what I need
And even though you mean so much to me
I can wait through everything
Is this really happening?
I swear I'll never be happy again
And don't you dare say we can just be friends
I'm not some boy that you can sway
We knew it'd happen eventually
La, la la la, la la la
Now everybody's singin'
La, la la la, la la la
Now everybody's singin'
La, la la la, la la la (if you can wait 'til I get home)
Now everybody's singin'
La, la la la, la la la (then I swear we can make this last)
Now everybody's singin'
La, la la la, la la la
(If you can wait 'til I get home)
Now everybody's singin'
La, la la la, la la la
(Then I swear we can make this last)
Now everybody's singin', la
Lyrics submitted by fallacyofdualism, edited by xJacksonx, SmCiKs, LonePotato
If It Means A Lot To You Lyrics as written by Jeremy Wade Mckinnon Thomas H. Jr. Denney
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I probably feel this way simply because it applies to my life, but it reminds me of going off to college. You leave behind the one special person, swearing you will be back soon and often. However, as time goes on, coming home isn't as simple as you thought it would be. It sounds to me like she is saying I can't continue to watch you leave, and I can't continue to dream of you being here next to me.
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The truth of it is, they both knew when he went off, it wouldn't work. It hardly ever does. I think the end is saying "We've done what's right, and in some crazy, messed up way, it's brought harmony back into our lives and the lives of everyone we know."
You nailed it. This is exactly how I feel about this song, I've been through it...
Well, while I see your meaning as correct, things could be a little different.<br /> <br /> My current Boyfriend is going to go into his second year of college. We were dating the spring & summer before he left. At the time he was 18 & I was 16.<br /> His parents talked him out of our relationship by telling him I would be likely to cheat on him. So when he left I was crushed because he's the first boy that I dated that I FELL for. However, I moved on.. Then, January of this year, after months of NO communication, he came back & I FELL again. He swore he was done with college life & ready for a serious relationship but only wanted it with me. I was SO happy<3 Then he thought he found another girl & left me again.. I still had faith that he was coming back to me. Then in March, he realized he loved me & had to be with me. So he came back & we stayed in communication till he got home in May. then my mom & step dad stepped in, told me I couldn't date him. I lost faith that he would stay because of not being able to see each other, so I left. Now.. We're together & dealing with things keeping us apart by gaining friends who help us see each other.. They're singing la la la, and we're competing against the world around us to be together..<br /> So I imagine that the song is about him leaving many times & coming back, which only makes it harder for her to see him leave.. So she loses faith & leaves. Yet, with EVERYONE around them singing la la la, she's probably going to realize she still loves him & that he's back for good, so her faith will come back.<br /> We just don't know if the end of the song is the permanent end... Or if there's more to the story that we don't get to hear because it gives us a sense of wonder & makes us able to apply it to our own life's this way.<br /> <br /> So in a way.. We write the end of the story that this song plays out.
@Alaskaa This is actually my story<br />