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”
Ah, my sister
Ah, my sister
Hold my hand in the night
Ah, my sister
Ah, my sister
Hold my hand in the night
Tick tock, baby
Tick tock, baby
Ah, my sister
Ah, my sister
Ah, my sister
Hold my hand in the night
Ladies walk about, singing in the night
You will never tell
Ladies walk about, singing in the night
I will never tell
I will cry on the 4th of July, and
I don't really mind, and
I haven't the time, and
I will cry on the 4th of July, and
I don't
Ladies walk about, singing in the night
You will never tell
Ladies walk about, singing in the night
You will never tell
My only friend
This is the end
My only friend
This is the end
My only friend
This is the end
My only friend
This is the end
Ah, my sister
Hold my hand in the night
Ah, my sister
Ah, my sister
Hold my hand in the night
Tick tock, baby
Tick tock, baby
Ah, my sister
Ah, my sister
Ah, my sister
Hold my hand in the night
Ladies walk about, singing in the night
You will never tell
Ladies walk about, singing in the night
I will never tell
I will cry on the 4th of July, and
I don't really mind, and
I haven't the time, and
I will cry on the 4th of July, and
I don't
Ladies walk about, singing in the night
You will never tell
Ladies walk about, singing in the night
You will never tell
My only friend
This is the end
My only friend
This is the end
My only friend
This is the end
My only friend
This is the end
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It may or may not actually be about sisters and the love and secrets they share. They might be real sisters, they might as well be sisters by choice or a metaphorical generalisation: best friends, girls, women as all. They walk about after dark together and sing, not giving away a glimpse of the secrets they keep, of the problems or fears or things that happened to them - you would never tell. They hold each other's hand in the dark, they've known one another since early childhood. I think the part about the 4th of July might be about the idea of conforming, going with the flow...
What interests me is the last and most powerful line. Is it the end of their friendship? Has the sister died? Or has she become distant, or for whatever reason eventually their union simply broke? Is it just a graceful and smart play of words to finish off the lovely song? "And that, my friend, is the end". :D
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