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”
Nick just waits to fly
Easy to take
You could take me in for us
Make me a deal
A day apiece
Take it off, just stay a week
I'll take you in pieces
We can take it all apart
I've softened shipwrecks right from the start
I've been underwater
Breathin' out and in
I think I'm losin' where you end and I begin
Basic space
Openin'
Don't look away
When there's nothin'
There
I'm setting us in stone
Piece by piece before I'm alone
Air tight before we break
Keep it in
Keep us safe
This pool of boiling wax
I'm giving in that is sick
Got to fill this in
Gotta just?
Why don't we learn how to keep what I have
Preserved
Basic space
Openin'
Don't look away
When there's nothin'
There
Hot wax
Has left me with a sign
Wouldn't know if I've been left behind
Second skin
Second skin
I can let it out
I still let you in
I can let it out
I still let you in
Easy to take
You could take me in for us
Make me a deal
A day apiece
Take it off, just stay a week
I'll take you in pieces
We can take it all apart
I've softened shipwrecks right from the start
I've been underwater
Breathin' out and in
I think I'm losin' where you end and I begin
Basic space
Openin'
Don't look away
When there's nothin'
There
I'm setting us in stone
Piece by piece before I'm alone
Air tight before we break
Keep it in
Keep us safe
This pool of boiling wax
I'm giving in that is sick
Got to fill this in
Gotta just?
Why don't we learn how to keep what I have
Preserved
Basic space
Openin'
Don't look away
When there's nothin'
There
Hot wax
Has left me with a sign
Wouldn't know if I've been left behind
Second skin
Second skin
I can let it out
I still let you in
I can let it out
I still let you in
Lyrics submitted by dumbledore222, edited by TrvsJ, mmmhh, midorka
Basic Space Lyrics as written by James Thomas Smith Baria Qureshi
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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