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”
I think I've been wrong in this family affair
It's been too long that we got used
to everything unfair
I'm out there trying to put on the charms
But inside I'm crying
when I remember how you cut your arms
Here comes happiness for dogs like us
And I just hope its gonna last
The drugs they give you
are something I don't trust
At least when the side effects come fast
Just like in the past
Everyone is not stable
we all got our ups and downs
They gave you a label
and pills to make you drowse
I do not trust them coz I've seen you fall
what's there to discuss
when you almost lost the will to live at all
Here comes happiness for dogs like us
And I just hope its gonna last
The drugs they give you
are something I don't trust
At least when the side effects come fast
Just like in the past
Almost twenty years of fighting
for your health not too exiting
And I know there's so much more that I could do
But you just never give up,
hope that one day you will live up
And regain what belongs to nobody else but you
It's been too long that we got used
to everything unfair
I'm out there trying to put on the charms
But inside I'm crying
when I remember how you cut your arms
Here comes happiness for dogs like us
And I just hope its gonna last
The drugs they give you
are something I don't trust
At least when the side effects come fast
Just like in the past
Everyone is not stable
we all got our ups and downs
They gave you a label
and pills to make you drowse
I do not trust them coz I've seen you fall
what's there to discuss
when you almost lost the will to live at all
Here comes happiness for dogs like us
And I just hope its gonna last
The drugs they give you
are something I don't trust
At least when the side effects come fast
Just like in the past
Almost twenty years of fighting
for your health not too exiting
And I know there's so much more that I could do
But you just never give up,
hope that one day you will live up
And regain what belongs to nobody else but you
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this song has a personal meaning for me the cutting you arms... the pills... the label... it's all been done to me but you can't change it...
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Millencolin are one of my favourite bands. I think this song has a lot of depth and meaning, it must be about a friend, who was really ill, and about how he watched what they went through, and how hard, and how sad it was. It's a good song.
Makes me cry... this is about my mother :(
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this is personal to me. about self harm, depression and meds. i love this song so much tho,but it makes me think too much! millencolin are amazing though.
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