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”
Tell me who is that man
With blood on his hands
Pretending he's god
With a mind of his own
Built a tower of stone
To reach for the sky
Is it true what they say
All the things that they do
This tyrant must go
Burn down Jerusalem
Light up and carpe diem
Hurry now we can't let them win
Burn down Jerusalem
The home of evil men
It must burn and be cleansed from all sin
He can whip up a wind
He can play with your mind
With a gesture so faint
No more whispering campaign
Everywhere on the walls
This devil we paint
See the people in chains
See them suffer in pain
Through the hot desert sand
Burn down Jerusalem
My wish is your command
I'm the king of the desert sand
Burn down Jerusalem
This god forsaken land
It must burn and be cleansed from sin
He's evil at heart - so stay away
And now you've been warned. The tyrant must die
With blood on his hands
Pretending he's god
With a mind of his own
Built a tower of stone
To reach for the sky
Is it true what they say
All the things that they do
This tyrant must go
Burn down Jerusalem
Light up and carpe diem
Hurry now we can't let them win
Burn down Jerusalem
The home of evil men
It must burn and be cleansed from all sin
He can whip up a wind
He can play with your mind
With a gesture so faint
No more whispering campaign
Everywhere on the walls
This devil we paint
See the people in chains
See them suffer in pain
Through the hot desert sand
Burn down Jerusalem
My wish is your command
I'm the king of the desert sand
Burn down Jerusalem
This god forsaken land
It must burn and be cleansed from sin
He's evil at heart - so stay away
And now you've been warned. The tyrant must die
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