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”
I feel a tension at the seams
I feel a pressure I never dreamed
I feel there's something more at stake
Too late to run away, too late to run away
Something screaming inside me wants me to stay
I've got to stay
I've got to stay
Though this road up ahead is marked with sharp daggers and flames
I've grown addicted to the thrills of the mystery
I'm just a sucker for anything I'll never see
Increasingly intrigued with impossibilities
Can't help myself believe
There's something we're not seeing
It's ok cause, we'll find it sooner or later
There's a bridge just up ahead now
We can't see where it will end
OH it shakes in the wind and it's narrow and thin
We hold on for dear life
I'm shaking at the knees
Ready for the world to see
I pray God'll send relief
I'm scared as hell but
Something screaming inside me wants me to stay
Got to stay
Got to stay
Can't keep my heart at ease
Run till I hit the floor
I never had a key
I keep knocking at the door
Need to be in control it seems we never know
What lies in store for us
How can we keep this up?
There's such a long way to go
But still we press onward the same
There's a bridge just up ahead now
We can't see where it will end
Oh it shakes in the wind and it's narrow and thin
And the ropes that suspend it are fraying
It seems that we live for the thrill of the fall
Oh for the thrill of the fall
I feel a pressure I never dreamed
I feel there's something more at stake
Too late to run away, too late to run away
Something screaming inside me wants me to stay
I've got to stay
I've got to stay
Though this road up ahead is marked with sharp daggers and flames
I've grown addicted to the thrills of the mystery
I'm just a sucker for anything I'll never see
Increasingly intrigued with impossibilities
Can't help myself believe
There's something we're not seeing
It's ok cause, we'll find it sooner or later
There's a bridge just up ahead now
We can't see where it will end
OH it shakes in the wind and it's narrow and thin
We hold on for dear life
I'm shaking at the knees
Ready for the world to see
I pray God'll send relief
I'm scared as hell but
Something screaming inside me wants me to stay
Got to stay
Got to stay
Can't keep my heart at ease
Run till I hit the floor
I never had a key
I keep knocking at the door
Need to be in control it seems we never know
What lies in store for us
How can we keep this up?
There's such a long way to go
But still we press onward the same
There's a bridge just up ahead now
We can't see where it will end
Oh it shakes in the wind and it's narrow and thin
And the ropes that suspend it are fraying
It seems that we live for the thrill of the fall
Oh for the thrill of the fall
Lyrics submitted by ardvarkkkkkkaaa
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