Morning Yearning Lyrics

Lyric discussion by MattyB 

Cover art for Morning Yearning lyrics by Ben Harper

I think it's about wanting (yearning) to be something better, or someone in general. wanting to do more, wanting to be more, wanting to mean more.

After having a dream of being something special or just one hell of a happy dream in general, you wake up to the same old sh*t. working 9 to 5, eating, sleeping, working, eating, sleeping. etc (live to eat, not eat to live and all that stuff).

In short, this song (to me) is about waking up depressed with how standard your life is.