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”
Alarm clock say hello to my dying head
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed
And I didn’t really get any sleep last night
I just thought about things that I shouldn’t have said
The days all seem to run together now
I won’t to feel better but I don’t know how
I reach for the bottle and it’s not there
Last night was the wrong night to learn to share
And I know that things can’t really be that bad
And I know that I won’t start feeling better
Until I stop feeling so damn bad… It’s gonna be alright
I just want to say “what the fuck are you doing?”
You don’t even care about the people that you’re screwin’
Or the lives that you ruin
Rationalize with just one word: legalize
Well I’m sick and fucking tired of people lying to me
Is something wrong with me? Do I got a disease?
You single me out because I smoke weed
Well I don’t get in fights, and I’ll never OD
It’s just like sodomy, you know neither are legal
But we do’ em anyway
If I smoke weed and YOU smoke weed,
Then WE smoke weed: It’s unity ALL DAY!!
Do we cause that much of a threat?
Go ahead and wrap your plastic around my head
So I looked at the clock and it’s twenty past four
And I’m still high for the night before
I wanna find some roaches on the floor
Ya know what I’m really looking for
I want to smoke a joint that lasts forever
I want to drink a beer that never goes warm
Gets you drunk with no hangover
Twice a week I’ll try to stay sober
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed
And I didn’t really get any sleep last night
I just thought about things that I shouldn’t have said
The days all seem to run together now
I won’t to feel better but I don’t know how
I reach for the bottle and it’s not there
Last night was the wrong night to learn to share
And I know that things can’t really be that bad
And I know that I won’t start feeling better
Until I stop feeling so damn bad… It’s gonna be alright
I just want to say “what the fuck are you doing?”
You don’t even care about the people that you’re screwin’
Or the lives that you ruin
Rationalize with just one word: legalize
Well I’m sick and fucking tired of people lying to me
Is something wrong with me? Do I got a disease?
You single me out because I smoke weed
Well I don’t get in fights, and I’ll never OD
It’s just like sodomy, you know neither are legal
But we do’ em anyway
If I smoke weed and YOU smoke weed,
Then WE smoke weed: It’s unity ALL DAY!!
Do we cause that much of a threat?
Go ahead and wrap your plastic around my head
So I looked at the clock and it’s twenty past four
And I’m still high for the night before
I wanna find some roaches on the floor
Ya know what I’m really looking for
I want to smoke a joint that lasts forever
I want to drink a beer that never goes warm
Gets you drunk with no hangover
Twice a week I’ll try to stay sober
Lyrics submitted by caatherinne
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