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”
It feels like I'm up on a wire,
And you just keep lifting it higher
I'm right on the edge,
And I'm doing my best not to fall
It feels like the world's spinning faster,
Towards a beautiful perfect disaster
The moment you kissed me,
I knew I was risking it all
The further I run from you baby,
The closer I get to the truth
And I feel like nothing can save me,
It's something I just can't undo,
Cause I can't not love you
I'm bracing myself for collision,
In the back seat of my heart's decision
I'm rounding the curb,
And I don't have the nerve to say no
The further I run from you baby,
The closer I get to the truth
And I feel like nothing can save me,
It's something I just can't undo,
Cause I can't not love you
Yeah, ooh, ooh
Yeah
The further I run from you baby,
The closer I get to the truth
And I feel like nothing can save me,
It's something I just can't undo,
Cause I can't not love you
Yeah
But baby, baby I can't
I can't not love you baby
I can't not
And you just keep lifting it higher
I'm right on the edge,
And I'm doing my best not to fall
It feels like the world's spinning faster,
Towards a beautiful perfect disaster
The moment you kissed me,
I knew I was risking it all
The further I run from you baby,
The closer I get to the truth
And I feel like nothing can save me,
It's something I just can't undo,
Cause I can't not love you
I'm bracing myself for collision,
In the back seat of my heart's decision
I'm rounding the curb,
And I don't have the nerve to say no
The further I run from you baby,
The closer I get to the truth
And I feel like nothing can save me,
It's something I just can't undo,
Cause I can't not love you
Yeah, ooh, ooh
Yeah
The further I run from you baby,
The closer I get to the truth
And I feel like nothing can save me,
It's something I just can't undo,
Cause I can't not love you
Yeah
But baby, baby I can't
I can't not love you baby
I can't not
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this song is absolutley amazing......i believe it is about someone who tries and tries to make himself believe that he does not really love the one he is obviously in love. she has everything he needs and has got him close to falling but he keeps trying to prevent it and it does not work. i can relate to this....
I feel like this song jumps around a little bit to different times in a persons relationship. I almost feel like it is about someone who has some strong feels for someone else, but the person who he/she has feelings for is kinda of messing with them a little bit, saying they also have feelings for them, but at the same time not really making any moves to progress this into a relationship. That's atleast how i see the verses anyway. up until the line: "The moment you kissed me, i knew i was risking it all." and "I'm rounding the curb and i don't have the nerve to say no." Let's put this song from the perspective of a guy to make it easier to explain myself. Because of the girl messing with him a little and never making a move, he feels like nothing will ever happen between them. This would be the parts of the verses right up until the lines i mentioned above. Finally she kisses him, showing him that she is now ready for their relationship to go further (idk maybe she was scared of taking the risk or something) The choruses then become the relationship where he realizes (and maybe she also realizes) that there is no way in hell that they will ever let each other go. No matter how bad things get in the relationship, because they can't not love each other. No matter what.