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”
Neon lights and slinking purple skies
Squeeze out soft regrets from all our lies
As I greet another door that opens in
To that place where we repeatedly begin
I'm tangled up in try
Slipping on I wonder why
I face
Affectionate embrace
Another urban wasteland thick with fears
Icy lights that shine like frozen television tears
Or dying embers of another day
Please tell me what it is I want to say
I'm tangled up in try
Slipping on I wonder why
I face
Affectionate embrace
Affectionate embrace
Squeeze out soft regrets from all our lies
As I greet another door that opens in
To that place where we repeatedly begin
I'm tangled up in try
Slipping on I wonder why
I face
Affectionate embrace
Another urban wasteland thick with fears
Icy lights that shine like frozen television tears
Or dying embers of another day
Please tell me what it is I want to say
I'm tangled up in try
Slipping on I wonder why
I face
Affectionate embrace
Affectionate embrace
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this song is awesome
how can you kids NOT like this song?
people. get on this page.
thank you.
let me elaborate..
the music for this song is so..so..enchanting. and then johns voice makes it perfect. its a most lovely blend.
it seems to be about someone who wants and tries so hard for something, but fails at getting that. say it's love..or just to be wanted. love just doesn't come from words sometimes people need ambrace, people need to be touched/hugged/kissed/whatever it may be. and to be wanted..yeah, i think i made my point.
frozen television tears... WAHH
this song is beautiful
music that brings a tear to your eye.
Are there two versions of this song? I've just listened to it at full volume several times, and at no time do I hear it being with "We're Rolling". Mine seems to just start with "Neon lights". Odd.
@Rie-mix It's right at the VERY, very beginning (0:00) Someone says "We're rolling," (as in "this recording equipment is currently on & recording") in the background, just before the music starts. It's definitely in there, but I'm pretty confident that the "we're rolling" part isn't actually a lyric. It's not sung, & it's not spoken directly into a mic.
i like their slower songs A LOT more
I concur with "swingliner"
and this song is amazing...just like every other Weakerthans song.
i believe he's saying "affectionate embrace". it makes more sense.