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”
Heaven is calling, waking me from my sleep
Cross the ocean for the ghost of a chance to be free
Over the rainbow, follow the rolling sea
Find an answer to the dream of the man I can be
[Chorus]
Set my sail by a star
Into the world of raging sea, left my home
Oh goodbye my love, your tears break my heart
But we'll meet again on a new horizon
In a paradise for you and for me
Summer is coming, warm the winter skies
Yellow sun to dry the rain that's clouding my eyes
Over the ocean, chasing lonely moon
Heaven knows if my true fate will come find me soon
Storm all around us, blacken the icy sea
Save my soul if my good angel's there waiting for me
Hurricane rising, thank the god I know
Feel my destiny to find my own El Dorado
[Chorus]
Looking for new worlds, haunting me in my sleep
Lost one good friend to the sword and one more to the deep
Over the sunrise, blood on flaming sea
Crossed the ocean for the ghost of a chance to be free
Cross the ocean for the ghost of a chance to be free
Over the rainbow, follow the rolling sea
Find an answer to the dream of the man I can be
[Chorus]
Set my sail by a star
Into the world of raging sea, left my home
Oh goodbye my love, your tears break my heart
But we'll meet again on a new horizon
In a paradise for you and for me
Summer is coming, warm the winter skies
Yellow sun to dry the rain that's clouding my eyes
Over the ocean, chasing lonely moon
Heaven knows if my true fate will come find me soon
Storm all around us, blacken the icy sea
Save my soul if my good angel's there waiting for me
Hurricane rising, thank the god I know
Feel my destiny to find my own El Dorado
[Chorus]
Looking for new worlds, haunting me in my sleep
Lost one good friend to the sword and one more to the deep
Over the sunrise, blood on flaming sea
Crossed the ocean for the ghost of a chance to be free
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Raging Sea Lyrics as written by Jose Pires De Almeida Neto Jose Neto
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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