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”
(And all we really want)
(And all we really need)
(Is all right here)
(It's all I'll ever need)
With a switchblade knife, backs against the wall
Standing up we fight like a wrecking ball
Tossed outta sight, more lost than found
Strangers of the night, we're the underground
Better off dead, we're the wounded and bled
'Cause the lies we were fed left us hanging by a thread
See the road up ahead is wearing right through the tread
Wish the skin that we shed shined like armor instead (instead
(Whoa-whoa) From glass houses, they cast their stones
(Whoa-Whoa) To shatter and break our bones
(Whoa-whoa) Left us to fight for a place of our own
(Whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa)
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever need
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever
All I'll ever need
With some broken glass, writing's on the wall
Standing up we fight like a fireball
Left outta sight, lights of downtown
Strangers of the night, we're the underground
Come on, this is not a test, this is civil unrest
So S.O.S as we fall down, they can care less
A pressure pressed like a ten ton weight on the chest
They left a mess and an emptiness now
We're up next (up next, up next...)
(Whoa-whoa) From glass houses, they cast their stones
(Whoa-Whoa) To shatter and break our bones
(Whoa-whoa) Left us to fight for a place of our own
(Whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa)
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever need
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever
All I'll ever need
Blood shot eyes keep the dream alive
(Everybody rally round the battle cry)
In the midnight sky watching trains go by
(Everybody rally round the battle cry)
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here
It's all I'll ever need
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever need (all I'll ever need)
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever
All I'll ever need
(Better off dead, we're the wounded and bled, hey, hey) all I'll ever need
(Better off dead, we're the wounded and bled, hey, hey) all I'll ever need
(And all we really need)
(Is all right here)
(It's all I'll ever need)
With a switchblade knife, backs against the wall
Standing up we fight like a wrecking ball
Tossed outta sight, more lost than found
Strangers of the night, we're the underground
Better off dead, we're the wounded and bled
'Cause the lies we were fed left us hanging by a thread
See the road up ahead is wearing right through the tread
Wish the skin that we shed shined like armor instead (instead
(Whoa-whoa) From glass houses, they cast their stones
(Whoa-Whoa) To shatter and break our bones
(Whoa-whoa) Left us to fight for a place of our own
(Whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa)
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever need
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever
All I'll ever need
With some broken glass, writing's on the wall
Standing up we fight like a fireball
Left outta sight, lights of downtown
Strangers of the night, we're the underground
Come on, this is not a test, this is civil unrest
So S.O.S as we fall down, they can care less
A pressure pressed like a ten ton weight on the chest
They left a mess and an emptiness now
We're up next (up next, up next...)
(Whoa-whoa) From glass houses, they cast their stones
(Whoa-Whoa) To shatter and break our bones
(Whoa-whoa) Left us to fight for a place of our own
(Whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa)
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever need
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever
All I'll ever need
Blood shot eyes keep the dream alive
(Everybody rally round the battle cry)
In the midnight sky watching trains go by
(Everybody rally round the battle cry)
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here
It's all I'll ever need
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever need (all I'll ever need)
And all we really want
And all we really need
Is all right here (right here)
It's all I'll ever
All I'll ever need
(Better off dead, we're the wounded and bled, hey, hey) all I'll ever need
(Better off dead, we're the wounded and bled, hey, hey) all I'll ever need
Lyrics submitted by Bskiffington
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