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”
What makes it go round the way we're up and down :: We're minutiae staring at the whole sky :: Battle sense to keep you apprehensive :: I guess no one is the same :: We're all through different lenses :: The bladder will filter all the pain :: And the gut has sides you can't restrain :: You are everything to me you are cobalt elemental :: A new lagoon five years down the line :: And all I want is a lot of your time :: These days when the clouds come in :: Heat broke no smoke without a fire :: Heat broke no smoke :: Infractions of the landscape :: In a world we learn to escape :: Bad weather comes but we have wood to burn :: That which only gives will always bring you through :: My engine is with you :: Kilburn and California make you wonder what it's all for - feed the lesson to the plate :: Twenty-one centuries and I'm just starting to move :: Wreckless times like poison to the mood :: Daylight comes all too soon :: Accusations bruises to the head :: Planet waves to test your lead :: You are everything to me :: Infractions of the landscape in a world we learn to escape :: Bad weather comes but we have wood to burn :: That which only gives will always pull you through :: My engine is with you :: Tie me in with electric line :: Bathe me in Bacchanalian wine :: If I with you to gold worlds of true moans :: And eyes that see the same pool :: If not the same water :: Water... :: You are everything to me you are cobalt elemental :: Bad weather comes but we have wood to burn :: That which only gives will always bring you through :: My engine is with you.
Lyrics submitted by joeytucciarone
My Engine Is With You Lyrics as written by Gavin Rossdale
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