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”
She cried to the Southern wind
About a love that was sure to end
Every dream in her heart was gone
Heading for a showdown
Bad dreamer, what's your name?
Looks like we're riding on the same train
Looks as though there'll be more pain
There's gonna be a showdown
And it's raining, all over the world
It's raining, all over the world
Tonight, the longest night
She came to me like a friend
She blew in on the Southern wind
Now my heart is turned to stone again
There's gonna be a showdown
Save me, oh save me
It's unreal, the suffering
There's gonna be a showdown
And it's raining, all over the world
Raining, all over the world
Tonight, the longest night
Raining, raining
Raining, raining
Raining, all over the world
Raining, all over the world
The longest night
And it's raining, all over the world
Raining, all over the world
Tonight, the longest night
You gotta save me, girl
Well, I'm ready for saving
I'm a fool for you
Ya know I'm ready, yeah
Come on and save me
Can't you feel what you're doing to me, now?
I'm on the run again
Gotta save me
About a love that was sure to end
Every dream in her heart was gone
Heading for a showdown
Bad dreamer, what's your name?
Looks like we're riding on the same train
Looks as though there'll be more pain
There's gonna be a showdown
And it's raining, all over the world
It's raining, all over the world
Tonight, the longest night
She came to me like a friend
She blew in on the Southern wind
Now my heart is turned to stone again
There's gonna be a showdown
Save me, oh save me
It's unreal, the suffering
There's gonna be a showdown
And it's raining, all over the world
Raining, all over the world
Tonight, the longest night
Raining, raining
Raining, raining
Raining, all over the world
Raining, all over the world
The longest night
And it's raining, all over the world
Raining, all over the world
Tonight, the longest night
You gotta save me, girl
Well, I'm ready for saving
I'm a fool for you
Ya know I'm ready, yeah
Come on and save me
Can't you feel what you're doing to me, now?
I'm on the run again
Gotta save me
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Blues-influence in the lyrics is stronger (IMO( than the blues influence in the music.
Raining all over the world.... that's the key. Does everyone feel this way tonight? Some people get down over the slightest thing, others seem not to get down no matter what. The showdown is simple but not easy: turn it around. How do you look at it? Is the rain necessary? Will you survive it? Will it really result in "the levee is gonna break"? Or will flowers grow? How do some people survive through the gloom? How do people in Portland survive when it rains over 200 days per year? Are better drugs (doctor-prescribed of course*( needed?
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@txnuke1201 Nice response TXNUKE1201... I agree