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”
Boy you're killing me
With your funny smile
My heart is beating loud as hell
I'm diving in your eyes
My whole life is upside and down
When you're chasing down my skin
The more I run away from you
The closer you draw near
Take me to the edge of feeling
Heart against my skin
Show me places I have longed for
In sanctity and sin
Locked intense inside my head
Your touch will set me free
I hold on til the sun comes up
If you'll be there for me
I wonder if you let me down [Repeat x4]
Don't you turn your back on me
Take a look at where you want to be
Don't be scared of what you see
The only thing that's killing you is me
Now you're leaving me
With your angry eyes
My love gets lost with you
I was saving you last night
Locked intense inside my head
Your trust will set us free
The more you run away from me
The closer I draw near
I wonder [Repeat x4]
Don't you
With your funny smile
My heart is beating loud as hell
I'm diving in your eyes
My whole life is upside and down
When you're chasing down my skin
The more I run away from you
The closer you draw near
Take me to the edge of feeling
Heart against my skin
Show me places I have longed for
In sanctity and sin
Locked intense inside my head
Your touch will set me free
I hold on til the sun comes up
If you'll be there for me
I wonder if you let me down [Repeat x4]
Don't you turn your back on me
Take a look at where you want to be
Don't be scared of what you see
The only thing that's killing you is me
Now you're leaving me
With your angry eyes
My love gets lost with you
I was saving you last night
Locked intense inside my head
Your trust will set us free
The more you run away from me
The closer I draw near
I wonder [Repeat x4]
Don't you
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what the hell?!?! i can't believe that noboy has commented on this song yet!! brilliance... sheer brilliance... right down to the beat mixing that sounds a bit pop-ish. but i like. i like it alot... :) it's a song of passions of two lovers who stay together for lust sake..., man it feel's like i'm talking to myself here... :'(
I love this song....it helped me bring up the courage to break up with my slut of a gf...yay
i think it is just awsome to hear a girl say something like that and sing this way i love it!!!
absolutely brilliant! the lyrics is so awesome and I can relate. thanks the apes!
2 lovers, they spend night(s) together, she loves him he don't love her back and uses her. She sings about the way he makes her feel while they're together, they spend the night and 4 me is something like that she's waking up by his side, he's still asleep and she's tryin to get what's happen next. She was tryin so many times to throw his out of her life but she failed, he got her everytime he wants, and now the sun comes up and she's thinking if he's gonna let her down again using her one more time. And she also know that he's not so spoiled, he got some special feelings(probably not love) about her but he's afraid of it and he somehow feels so bad after they spend night together cause he's not sure about his feelings and he's afraid of giving them a chance outside the bed. And somehow he did it again and he's so angry himself cause he wanted to treat her as a friend and not hurt her. She's so lost, one more time she doesnt belive she let him do it again. Toxic circle.