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”
We'll walk hand in hand
Never understand
Take the hidden wish to death
And laugh and laugh and catch your breath
And forget that every word's been said
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
As the world expands
The pair must face the final fling
The hook and ladder, a fatal swing
The sign looks missed, the marks we've placed
The playful grin that won't erase
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
Across a foreign land
See your face with soft repose
In heaven snow makes catacombs
Until when any runoff flows and glows
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
Never as we planned
And even those we never knew
Fast they disappear from view
Fading world without a price
Right before our very eyes
Melts before our very eyes
Dies before our very eyes
And even though we feel the burn
We careen past the heavy turn
Push, then pull to scale the hill
Then miss the cliff, don't take the spill
Until we can't withstand
We'll walk hand in hand
Running from the pull of tide
Fumbling from the creeping time
Running out of whims and rhyme
We'll walk hand in hand
Till we understand
And everything to be despised
Right before our very eyes
Forced before our very eyes
Dies before our very eyes
We'll walk hand in hand (we'll walk hand, hand in hand)
We'll walk hand in hand (we'll walk hand, hand in hand)
We'll walk hand in hand (we'll walk hand, hand in hand)
We'll walk hand in hand (we'll walk hand, hand in hand)
Hand in hand (we'll walk hand, hand in hand)
Never understand
Take the hidden wish to death
And laugh and laugh and catch your breath
And forget that every word's been said
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
As the world expands
The pair must face the final fling
The hook and ladder, a fatal swing
The sign looks missed, the marks we've placed
The playful grin that won't erase
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
Across a foreign land
See your face with soft repose
In heaven snow makes catacombs
Until when any runoff flows and glows
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
Never as we planned
And even those we never knew
Fast they disappear from view
Fading world without a price
Right before our very eyes
Melts before our very eyes
Dies before our very eyes
And even though we feel the burn
We careen past the heavy turn
Push, then pull to scale the hill
Then miss the cliff, don't take the spill
Until we can't withstand
We'll walk hand in hand
Running from the pull of tide
Fumbling from the creeping time
Running out of whims and rhyme
We'll walk hand in hand
Till we understand
And everything to be despised
Right before our very eyes
Forced before our very eyes
Dies before our very eyes
We'll walk hand in hand (we'll walk hand, hand in hand)
We'll walk hand in hand (we'll walk hand, hand in hand)
We'll walk hand in hand (we'll walk hand, hand in hand)
We'll walk hand in hand (we'll walk hand, hand in hand)
Hand in hand (we'll walk hand, hand in hand)
Lyrics submitted by realitysoldier
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