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”
What if daddy was right?
What if there's no forever?
Would you kiss me goodnight
So that I could remember?
Keep you frozen in time
Like they do in the pictures
And if I close my eyes
Would I still think of patience
Stay with me, don't disappear
To tell the truth, I need you here
I'm afraid, I can barely breathe
I need your words to comfort me
Say goodnight,
Would you say goodnight?
What if daddy was right?
And I knew all the answers?
Well they could give me the world,
But that wouldn't matter
And if the gates open wide,
And make you an angel
Through tears in my eyes,
I'll save your seat at the table
So stay with me, don't disappear
To tell the truth, I need you here
I'm afraid, I can barely breathe
I need your words to comfort me
Say goodnight
Would you say goodnight?
What if there's no forever?
Would you kiss me goodnight
So that I could remember?
Keep you frozen in time
Like they do in the pictures
And if I close my eyes
Would I still think of patience
Stay with me, don't disappear
To tell the truth, I need you here
I'm afraid, I can barely breathe
I need your words to comfort me
Say goodnight,
Would you say goodnight?
What if daddy was right?
And I knew all the answers?
Well they could give me the world,
But that wouldn't matter
And if the gates open wide,
And make you an angel
Through tears in my eyes,
I'll save your seat at the table
So stay with me, don't disappear
To tell the truth, I need you here
I'm afraid, I can barely breathe
I need your words to comfort me
Say goodnight
Would you say goodnight?
Lyrics submitted by AmberBell
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Cher has always been a daddy's girl and she originally intended it to be for her father (however it can easily be directed to a mother). It's saying how whenever she is scared of the world, will her father comfort her. How, every time she goes to bed, will he be there to say goodnight. And when the day comes, where he then becomes an angel, she will save his seat at the table.
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Could not agree more with you, amber.