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”
Let's take a boat to Bermuda
Let's take a plane to Saint Paul
Let's take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack
Let's get away from it all
Let's take a trip in a trailer
No need to come back at all
Let's take a powder to Boston for chowder
Let's get away from it all
We'll travel 'round from town to town
We'll visit ev'ry state
And I'll repeat, "I love you sweet!"
In all the forty-eight
Let's go again to Niag'ra
This time we'll look at the Fall
Let's leave our hut, dear
Get out of our rut, dear
Let's get away from it all
Let's motor down to Miami
Let's climb the Grand Canyon wall
Let's catch a tuna way out in Laguna
Let's get away from it all
Let's travel south of the border
Find me a real Spanish shawl
Let's eat tamales in downtown Nogales
Let's get away from it all
We'll charter boats and airplanes too
To far-off spots unknown
Then hurry there to find somewhere
Where we can be alone
Let's spend a weekend in Dixie
And pick up that sweet southern drawl
Then off to Reno
But just to play keno
Let's get away from it all
Let's paddle over to Pompeii
Have our own decline and fall
Doing undoings smack in the ruins
Let's get away from it all
Let's breeze to Buckingham Palace
we'll tell 'em we dropped by to call
and be socially busy with Philip and Lizzy
Let's get away from it all
All of Europe is waiting to greet us
Lots of good friends said to call
Then, after our roamin',
good old home-sweet-homin'
Let's get away please take me away
yeah
Let's get away from it all!
Let's take a plane to Saint Paul
Let's take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack
Let's get away from it all
Let's take a trip in a trailer
No need to come back at all
Let's take a powder to Boston for chowder
Let's get away from it all
We'll travel 'round from town to town
We'll visit ev'ry state
And I'll repeat, "I love you sweet!"
In all the forty-eight
Let's go again to Niag'ra
This time we'll look at the Fall
Let's leave our hut, dear
Get out of our rut, dear
Let's get away from it all
Let's motor down to Miami
Let's climb the Grand Canyon wall
Let's catch a tuna way out in Laguna
Let's get away from it all
Let's travel south of the border
Find me a real Spanish shawl
Let's eat tamales in downtown Nogales
Let's get away from it all
We'll charter boats and airplanes too
To far-off spots unknown
Then hurry there to find somewhere
Where we can be alone
Let's spend a weekend in Dixie
And pick up that sweet southern drawl
Then off to Reno
But just to play keno
Let's get away from it all
Let's paddle over to Pompeii
Have our own decline and fall
Doing undoings smack in the ruins
Let's get away from it all
Let's breeze to Buckingham Palace
we'll tell 'em we dropped by to call
and be socially busy with Philip and Lizzy
Let's get away from it all
All of Europe is waiting to greet us
Lots of good friends said to call
Then, after our roamin',
good old home-sweet-homin'
Let's get away please take me away
yeah
Let's get away from it all!
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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