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”
We were young
Out of touch
Back when it was different, growing up
We're the ones
That would run
When it's said and done, yeah, it was us
We were free
You and me
It's all we ever needed to believe
Piece by piece
Breaking me
They told us how we should be, and we agreed
Hey, brother
How you living?
Night after night in your own prison
There's nothing truer that's ever been said
When you live on hope alone
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breeeaaath
You and I
Will survive
But ask me if I knew I'd pay the price
Hanging on
By a thread
The voices in my head stop making sense
On the edge
Once again
Living in the moment 'til the end
Every night
Of our lives
I wonder if it'd been right the whole damn time
Hey, brother
How you living?
Night after night in your own prison
There's nothing truer that's ever been said
When you live on hope alone
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breeeaaath
Can you say you found the voice that's deep inside
Deep inside?
Drank along as they came in, made up our minds
Made up our minds
Can you say that they have been right all this time
Every time?
Feels like forever since we
Built our cages (We built our cages)
Of empty phrases
Hey, brother
How you living?
Night after night in your own prison
There's nothing truer that's ever been said
Take a look at yourself, try to save what's left
Hey, brother
How you living?
When you live on hope alone
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breeeaaath
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breeeaaath
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breath
Out of touch
Back when it was different, growing up
We're the ones
That would run
When it's said and done, yeah, it was us
We were free
You and me
It's all we ever needed to believe
Piece by piece
Breaking me
They told us how we should be, and we agreed
Hey, brother
How you living?
Night after night in your own prison
There's nothing truer that's ever been said
When you live on hope alone
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breeeaaath
You and I
Will survive
But ask me if I knew I'd pay the price
Hanging on
By a thread
The voices in my head stop making sense
On the edge
Once again
Living in the moment 'til the end
Every night
Of our lives
I wonder if it'd been right the whole damn time
Hey, brother
How you living?
Night after night in your own prison
There's nothing truer that's ever been said
When you live on hope alone
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breeeaaath
Can you say you found the voice that's deep inside
Deep inside?
Drank along as they came in, made up our minds
Made up our minds
Can you say that they have been right all this time
Every time?
Feels like forever since we
Built our cages (We built our cages)
Of empty phrases
Hey, brother
How you living?
Night after night in your own prison
There's nothing truer that's ever been said
Take a look at yourself, try to save what's left
Hey, brother
How you living?
When you live on hope alone
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breeeaaath
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breeeaaath
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breath
Don't go holding your breath
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