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”
Since we're feeling so bohemian, it's more than bread and wine again.
Well we're hardly vaudevillian.
Chorus
When in Rome, when in Rome, we'll do as the romans do.
To see the evening through.
Since we're feeling philosophical, every question's hypothetical,
inebriated and so sceptical.
Run around and scream and shout and people making funny sounds.
Tonight my name is caesar, i'm not wearing a crown,
Tonight i'll be your emperor and i'll burn this city down.
But I am not a hero, i'm not even a crook,
and you will never read about me in your history book.
Well we're hardly vaudevillian.
Chorus
When in Rome, when in Rome, we'll do as the romans do.
To see the evening through.
Since we're feeling philosophical, every question's hypothetical,
inebriated and so sceptical.
Run around and scream and shout and people making funny sounds.
Tonight my name is caesar, i'm not wearing a crown,
Tonight i'll be your emperor and i'll burn this city down.
But I am not a hero, i'm not even a crook,
and you will never read about me in your history book.
Lyrics submitted by garethma
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