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”
The hidden persuaders
Are gonna infiltrate us
Till babes in consumer land
Feed supply and demand
And the spending's contagious
Do you reckon it's outrageous
That they're paying the entertainers,
To get you buying the jeans
That you don't really need
From the fashion dictators?
Coz they're all trying to make me compromise
To these one a dollar conners telling lots of lies
Am I as bad as them
And you just realised that it's true
Coz you're free,
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do as we say
And you're free
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do it today
They've been at it for ages
Creating black holes for wages
To get you all hypnotised by the big dollar signs
Of the manipulators
The hidden persuaders
Are gonna infiltrate us
Till babes in consumer land
Feed supply and demand
And the spending's contagious
They call it product placement in the industry
And it's designed to get you buying all the things you see
Do you think they're hoodwinking society and you?
Coz you're free,
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do as we say
And you're free
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do it today
And you're free,
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do as we say
And you're free
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do it today
Are gonna infiltrate us
Till babes in consumer land
Feed supply and demand
And the spending's contagious
Do you reckon it's outrageous
That they're paying the entertainers,
To get you buying the jeans
That you don't really need
From the fashion dictators?
Coz they're all trying to make me compromise
To these one a dollar conners telling lots of lies
Am I as bad as them
And you just realised that it's true
Coz you're free,
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do as we say
And you're free
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do it today
They've been at it for ages
Creating black holes for wages
To get you all hypnotised by the big dollar signs
Of the manipulators
The hidden persuaders
Are gonna infiltrate us
Till babes in consumer land
Feed supply and demand
And the spending's contagious
They call it product placement in the industry
And it's designed to get you buying all the things you see
Do you think they're hoodwinking society and you?
Coz you're free,
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do as we say
And you're free
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do it today
And you're free,
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do as we say
And you're free
To do as we tell you
And you're free
To do it today
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