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”
Find comfort in the unknown
Making friends with a foe
Come and get me lets go
Walk down a blinding road
Where light makes fast
Go slow
Catch the world sleeping in
Go devour it whole
Every smile
Every confusion
Just go on, go on, go on
Dive into a photobooth
Snap it for Japan, yeah oh
Crawl in to a corner, and creep into
The upside down
I've been breakin baby
Turn me down
I've been shakin lately
Take a little time
Would you mess around my mind
You just trip, trip, trip
And I...
Never seen so much light
As when it hits the midnight
Look strangers in the eye
Until it goes out of style
What do you think you know.
Dive in to a corner, and creep into
The upside down
I've been breakin baby
Turn me down
I've been shakin lately
Take a little time
Would you mess around my mind
You just trip, trip, trip
And I fall
You just trip, trip, trip
And I fall [x2]
Go!
Upside down
I've been breakin baby
Turn me down
I've been shakin lately
Take a little time
Would you mess around my mind
You just trip, trip, trip
Upside down
I've been breakin baby
Turn me down
I've been shakin lately
Take a little time
Would you mess around my mind
You just trip, trip, trip
You just trip, trip, trip
Hey! [x8]
Ichi!
Ni!
San!
Shi!
Upside down
I've been breakin baby
Turn me down
I've been shakin lately [x2]
Upside down
(Ever morning brings old to new)
I've been breakin baby
Upside down
(ever time I want to go)
I've been shaking lately
Turn me down
(Ever morning brings old to new)
I've been breakin baby
Upside Down
(every time I want to go)
I've been shakin lately
Making friends with a foe
Come and get me lets go
Walk down a blinding road
Where light makes fast
Go slow
Catch the world sleeping in
Go devour it whole
Every smile
Every confusion
Just go on, go on, go on
Dive into a photobooth
Snap it for Japan, yeah oh
Crawl in to a corner, and creep into
The upside down
I've been breakin baby
Turn me down
I've been shakin lately
Take a little time
Would you mess around my mind
You just trip, trip, trip
And I...
Never seen so much light
As when it hits the midnight
Look strangers in the eye
Until it goes out of style
What do you think you know.
Dive in to a corner, and creep into
The upside down
I've been breakin baby
Turn me down
I've been shakin lately
Take a little time
Would you mess around my mind
You just trip, trip, trip
And I fall
You just trip, trip, trip
And I fall [x2]
Go!
Upside down
I've been breakin baby
Turn me down
I've been shakin lately
Take a little time
Would you mess around my mind
You just trip, trip, trip
Upside down
I've been breakin baby
Turn me down
I've been shakin lately
Take a little time
Would you mess around my mind
You just trip, trip, trip
You just trip, trip, trip
Hey! [x8]
Ichi!
Ni!
San!
Shi!
Upside down
I've been breakin baby
Turn me down
I've been shakin lately [x2]
Upside down
(Ever morning brings old to new)
I've been breakin baby
Upside down
(ever time I want to go)
I've been shaking lately
Turn me down
(Ever morning brings old to new)
I've been breakin baby
Upside Down
(every time I want to go)
I've been shakin lately
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Upside Down Lyrics as written by Jack Hody Johnson
Lyrics © Bubble Toes Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
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