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”
Talking in her sleep again
Reciting lines start to end
But she's not crazy
(Knock on wood)
Just a little misunderstood
She takes a walk at 4 AM
Wakes the neighborhood again
And I find myself recalling
Everything she used to tell me
Aw yeah, alright,
Truth hurts inside
Aw yeah, that's right,
You go around once in life
Everybody wants to be a part
Everybody loves a situation
Who would ever want to play the part
Of anonymous numbers
On a governmental chart
She's waiting tables the next day
She pulls a double then on her way
To an audition in Hollywood, yeah,
A little misunderstood
We sit around the house
Waiting for the phone to ring
And I know she alone holds the key
To everything I want to be
Aw yeah, alright,
Truth hurts inside
Aw yeah, that's right,
You go around once in life
Everybody wants to be a part
Everybody loves a situation
Who would ever want to play the part
Of anonymous numbers
On a governmental chart
Everybody wants to be your friend
When you've got something you can give them
All I've seen, bad and good,
She's not crazy
Just a little misunderstood.
Aw yeah, all good,
She's not crazy,
Just a little misunderstood
Two years later you're a star
Who'd have thought we'd get this far?
But I'd give it all away if I
Could see you on that day again
When you quit work
And threw that coffee
At the manager jerk
You said, "Close your eyes
I've got a surprise
A house in the hills
And a car that drives by."
Aw yeah, alright,
Truth hurts, don't it?
Inside
Aw yeah, that's right,
You go around once in life
Everybody wants to be a part
Everybody loves a situation
Who would ever want to play the part
Of anonymous numbers
On a governmental chart
Everybody wants to be your friend
When you've got something you can give them
All I've seen, bad and good,
She's not crazy
Just a little misunderstood
Aw yeah, all good,
She's not crazy,
Just a little misunderstood
Reciting lines start to end
But she's not crazy
(Knock on wood)
Just a little misunderstood
She takes a walk at 4 AM
Wakes the neighborhood again
And I find myself recalling
Everything she used to tell me
Aw yeah, alright,
Truth hurts inside
Aw yeah, that's right,
You go around once in life
Everybody wants to be a part
Everybody loves a situation
Who would ever want to play the part
Of anonymous numbers
On a governmental chart
She's waiting tables the next day
She pulls a double then on her way
To an audition in Hollywood, yeah,
A little misunderstood
We sit around the house
Waiting for the phone to ring
And I know she alone holds the key
To everything I want to be
Aw yeah, alright,
Truth hurts inside
Aw yeah, that's right,
You go around once in life
Everybody wants to be a part
Everybody loves a situation
Who would ever want to play the part
Of anonymous numbers
On a governmental chart
Everybody wants to be your friend
When you've got something you can give them
All I've seen, bad and good,
She's not crazy
Just a little misunderstood.
Aw yeah, all good,
She's not crazy,
Just a little misunderstood
Two years later you're a star
Who'd have thought we'd get this far?
But I'd give it all away if I
Could see you on that day again
When you quit work
And threw that coffee
At the manager jerk
You said, "Close your eyes
I've got a surprise
A house in the hills
And a car that drives by."
Aw yeah, alright,
Truth hurts, don't it?
Inside
Aw yeah, that's right,
You go around once in life
Everybody wants to be a part
Everybody loves a situation
Who would ever want to play the part
Of anonymous numbers
On a governmental chart
Everybody wants to be your friend
When you've got something you can give them
All I've seen, bad and good,
She's not crazy
Just a little misunderstood
Aw yeah, all good,
She's not crazy,
Just a little misunderstood
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yeah, i remember reading somewhere that this song was about an actress but now i forget who it was.