neon No Vacancy sign", and the chorus (the highway is for lovers) is repeated once again after the last verse, with an extra "Oh, that long yellow line" thrown onto the final cadence.
As for the meaning, it's a quintessential Midwestern stuck-in-one-place tragically romantic love story. Hopeful and hopeless in equal measure, brimming with regret and optimism. Oh, Josh. The narrator here longs to leave home and explore the world - "oh, it must be gorgeous there..." - but he's stuck in a job where everyone he meets is from far away. Vraiment tragique. ">
Hotel Song Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by hammerjack | SongMeanings
neon No Vacancy sign", and the chorus (the highway is for lovers) is repeated once again after the last verse, with an extra "Oh, that long yellow line" thrown onto the final cadence.
As for the meaning, it's a quintessential Midwestern stuck-in-one-place tragically romantic love story. Hopeful and hopeless in equal measure, brimming with regret and optimism. Oh, Josh. The narrator here longs to leave home and explore the world - "oh, it must be gorgeous there..." - but he's stuck in a job where everyone he meets is from far away. Vraiment tragique. " />
This lyric matches the one on the official website exactly, but the album version is slightly different: the first stanza says "<i>neon</i> No Vacancy sign", and the chorus (the highway is for lovers) is repeated once again after the last verse, with an extra "Oh, that long yellow line" thrown onto the final cadence.
As for the meaning, it's a quintessential Midwestern stuck-in-one-place tragically romantic love story. Hopeful and hopeless in equal measure, brimming with regret and optimism. Oh, Josh. The narrator here longs to leave home and explore the world - "oh, it must be gorgeous there..." - but he's stuck in a job where everyone he meets is from far away. Vraiment tragique.
This lyric matches the one on the official website exactly, but the album version is slightly different: the first stanza says "<i>neon</i> No Vacancy sign", and the chorus (the highway is for lovers) is repeated once again after the last verse, with an extra "Oh, that long yellow line" thrown onto the final cadence.
As for the meaning, it's a quintessential Midwestern stuck-in-one-place tragically romantic love story. Hopeful and hopeless in equal measure, brimming with regret and optimism. Oh, Josh. The narrator here longs to leave home and explore the world - "oh, it must be gorgeous there..." - but he's stuck in a job where everyone he meets is from far away. Vraiment tragique.