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”
The cars are passing down below
And all that's left of you is all your clothes you left your key the T.V's on
Our picture's face down by the alarm clock radio
The only thing you ever wanted was for me to be here,
To stay, now you've gone away
I wish I could pick up the phone and tell you how I'm feeling
And tell you how I've changed
I'd tell you everything
I really don't know if it'd make it all better but I let myself go and put it in a letter, to you
I know I've been stupid and don't have a reason but I'm tryin not to ruin the one thing I believe in, you
It's killing me, killing you
Remember how you drove me mad
You'd leave your rings and jewelry by the bath waking up the bed sheets gone
Spend half the night tryin' to steal it back
The only thing you ever wanted was for me to be here,
To stay, now you've gone away,
I wish I could pick up the phone and tell you how I'm feeling
And tell you how I've changed
I'd tell you everything
I really don't know if it make it all better
But I let myself go and put it in a letter to you I know I've been stupid and don't have a reason but I'm tryin' not to ruin the one thing I believe in, you
It's killing me, killing you
You're all that I want, (you pleaded)
You're all that I need (I need it)
Now that you're gone I see it
And all that's left of you is all your clothes you left your key the T.V's on
Our picture's face down by the alarm clock radio
The only thing you ever wanted was for me to be here,
To stay, now you've gone away
I wish I could pick up the phone and tell you how I'm feeling
And tell you how I've changed
I'd tell you everything
I really don't know if it'd make it all better but I let myself go and put it in a letter, to you
I know I've been stupid and don't have a reason but I'm tryin not to ruin the one thing I believe in, you
It's killing me, killing you
Remember how you drove me mad
You'd leave your rings and jewelry by the bath waking up the bed sheets gone
Spend half the night tryin' to steal it back
The only thing you ever wanted was for me to be here,
To stay, now you've gone away,
I wish I could pick up the phone and tell you how I'm feeling
And tell you how I've changed
I'd tell you everything
I really don't know if it make it all better
But I let myself go and put it in a letter to you I know I've been stupid and don't have a reason but I'm tryin' not to ruin the one thing I believe in, you
It's killing me, killing you
You're all that I want, (you pleaded)
You're all that I need (I need it)
Now that you're gone I see it
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