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”
Sometimes I believe
(No one's even listening)
And I can only move in light
Memory is not so much a fluid as a capsule
Breaking without sound like months of ice
We met at midnight, the closest we could come to a new day
The whole world's weight melted with the snow
Leaving only we to reflect
The endless hope of spring
The endless spring of hope
Our hearts were the type that broke windows
Exchanging secrets as we slept
Unknowing we'd excel at all things which are held
While failing at those which are kept
We moved as apparitions through each nightmarish vision
And I woke up someone else
To whisper of joint decisions
Loud feet dance in the kitchen
Gloriously out of step
The creaking floorboards would ring
With all the strength and hope of spring
And I could hold you up in beams
I was helpless but to reflect
But now we only move in memory
In past tense
And I can feel my heart breaking like a capsule
Like silence, like dawn
And however late, all that spills out is light
We believed we could have danced all night
And we were half-right
(No one's even listening)
And I can only move in light
Memory is not so much a fluid as a capsule
Breaking without sound like months of ice
We met at midnight, the closest we could come to a new day
The whole world's weight melted with the snow
Leaving only we to reflect
The endless hope of spring
The endless spring of hope
Our hearts were the type that broke windows
Exchanging secrets as we slept
Unknowing we'd excel at all things which are held
While failing at those which are kept
We moved as apparitions through each nightmarish vision
And I woke up someone else
To whisper of joint decisions
Loud feet dance in the kitchen
Gloriously out of step
The creaking floorboards would ring
With all the strength and hope of spring
And I could hold you up in beams
I was helpless but to reflect
But now we only move in memory
In past tense
And I can feel my heart breaking like a capsule
Like silence, like dawn
And however late, all that spills out is light
We believed we could have danced all night
And we were half-right
Lyrics submitted by InspectorMustache
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