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”
You forced me into broken dreams
The world as I know has been torn from the seams
I try looking up, but I'm face down
All I can taste is the dirt from the ground
But I will remain
I've come undone
Now you've won
I feel my life crashing down onto me
The sun is gone, shadows on
You think my world you have taken from me
But I start again
I will remain
Now that the dust is settling
I find all the answers are unraveling
I'm falling apart as you can see
I pick up the pieces of what's left of me
But I will remain
I've come undone
Now you've won
I feel my life crashing down onto me
The sun is gone, shadows on
You think my world you have taken from me
But I start again
And I will stay right here
One day I will be the one you envy
Come back again
And then you will be the one that's ending here
I will remain
The world as I know has been torn from the seams
I try looking up, but I'm face down
All I can taste is the dirt from the ground
But I will remain
I've come undone
Now you've won
I feel my life crashing down onto me
The sun is gone, shadows on
You think my world you have taken from me
But I start again
I will remain
Now that the dust is settling
I find all the answers are unraveling
I'm falling apart as you can see
I pick up the pieces of what's left of me
But I will remain
I've come undone
Now you've won
I feel my life crashing down onto me
The sun is gone, shadows on
You think my world you have taken from me
But I start again
And I will stay right here
One day I will be the one you envy
Come back again
And then you will be the one that's ending here
I will remain
Lyrics submitted by iwnbts17
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