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”
Look inside, day started right
A back road in a dirt town lives all time
The mongoose flies
The mongoose flies
The mongoose flies
The mongoose flies
Removed from the times
Event for the eyes
Mid day they gathered one by one
All time
The story lies behind
The mongoose flies on by
Out on the street they ride
The mongoose flies on by
Slowly turns signals high
What happens next, all time
The story lies behind
The mongoose flies on by
Out on the street they ride
The mongoose flies on by
The story lies behind
The mongoose flies on by
Out on the street they ride
Look inside, day started right
A back road in a dirt town lives all time
The story lies behind
The mongoose flies on by
Out on the street they ride
The mongoose flies on by
The story lies behind
The mongoose flies on by
Out on the street they ride
The mongoose flies on by
A back road in a dirt town lives all time
The mongoose flies
The mongoose flies
The mongoose flies
The mongoose flies
Removed from the times
Event for the eyes
Mid day they gathered one by one
All time
The story lies behind
The mongoose flies on by
Out on the street they ride
The mongoose flies on by
Slowly turns signals high
What happens next, all time
The story lies behind
The mongoose flies on by
Out on the street they ride
The mongoose flies on by
The story lies behind
The mongoose flies on by
Out on the street they ride
Look inside, day started right
A back road in a dirt town lives all time
The story lies behind
The mongoose flies on by
Out on the street they ride
The mongoose flies on by
The story lies behind
The mongoose flies on by
Out on the street they ride
The mongoose flies on by
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Mongoose Lyrics as written by Lol Graves Alan C. Hill
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song is great just because its about a mongoose, everyone knows mongoose rule!!!
What the fuck is this song doing on a Toyota commercial?
toyotas ad dept used this? wow. they dont deserve to sell cars lol fuckin japs
I think this about old school BMX bikes
@Jimbo33 I like that line of thought. I never really thought of it that way, but definitely fits and I remember growing up and mongoose bmxs were the bees knees.
OK, now I know, it all makes sense. Tom McEwen, the "Mongoose" just passed away. The song is about one of the legends of drag racing, and is likely referencing the first drag strip in America in Santa Anna, orange county California. (in the 1950s,a dirt town). The Mongoose flies. It's about drag racing.
The song is referring to Mongoose BMX bikes as Scott Hill explained in an interview, “Mongoose is a particular BMX bike, one that we used to race around on when we were kids.” Of other note the California Crossing Album contains Hill’s El Camino, his first surfboard and his girlfriend at the time.