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”
It's the way that you blush when you're nervous
It's your ability to make me earn this
I know that you're tired
Just let me sing you to sleep
It's about how you laugh out of pity
'Cause let's be honest, I'm not really that funny
I know that you're shy
Just let me sing you to sleep
If you need anything
Just say the word, I mean anything
Rest assured, if you start to doze
Then I'll tuck you in
Plant my lips where your necklace is closed
It's those pills that you don't need to take
Medicating perfection, now that's a mistake
I know that you're spent
Just let me sing you to sleep
It's your finger, and how I'm wrapped around it
It's your grace, and how it keeps me grounded
I know that you're weak
Just let me sing you to sleep
If you need anything
Just say the word, I mean anything
Rest assured, if you start to doze
Then I'll tuck you in
Plant my lips where your necklace is closed
While you were sleeping, I figured out everything
I was constructed for you and you were molded for me
Now I feel your name, coursin' through my veins
You shine so bright, it's insane, you put the sun to shame
If you need anything
Just say the word, I mean anything
Rest assured, if you start to doze
Then I'll tuck you in
Plant my lips where your necklace is
If you need anything
Just say the word, I mean anything
Rest assured, if you start to doze
Then I'll tuck you in
Plant my lips where your necklace is closed
It's your ability to make me earn this
I know that you're tired
Just let me sing you to sleep
It's about how you laugh out of pity
'Cause let's be honest, I'm not really that funny
I know that you're shy
Just let me sing you to sleep
If you need anything
Just say the word, I mean anything
Rest assured, if you start to doze
Then I'll tuck you in
Plant my lips where your necklace is closed
It's those pills that you don't need to take
Medicating perfection, now that's a mistake
I know that you're spent
Just let me sing you to sleep
It's your finger, and how I'm wrapped around it
It's your grace, and how it keeps me grounded
I know that you're weak
Just let me sing you to sleep
If you need anything
Just say the word, I mean anything
Rest assured, if you start to doze
Then I'll tuck you in
Plant my lips where your necklace is closed
While you were sleeping, I figured out everything
I was constructed for you and you were molded for me
Now I feel your name, coursin' through my veins
You shine so bright, it's insane, you put the sun to shame
If you need anything
Just say the word, I mean anything
Rest assured, if you start to doze
Then I'll tuck you in
Plant my lips where your necklace is
If you need anything
Just say the word, I mean anything
Rest assured, if you start to doze
Then I'll tuck you in
Plant my lips where your necklace is closed
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I think this song is about a guy who is in love with a girl and she still mostly loves him.
However I don't think they are together at this point because he keeps on asking her to "just let me sing you to sleep." I think that she actually broke up with him, but she isn't doing well with her decision "it's those pills you don't have to take" (He's singing her a lullaby to get her to sleep, because she can't stop thinking about him.) Then in the bridge, he makes a tongue-in-cheek statement that he has it all figured out. They were made for each other, they should be together. He closes by repeating that if she needs anything he'll be there though unseen, loving her, holding her even though she can't see him. (that's why she is getting kissed on the back of the neck not the forehead or lips)
It's sad and hopeful and promising all at the same time. I love it.
"it's those pills that you don't need to take, medicating perfection, now that's a mistake".
omg...those are some genius lyrics.
i'm in love with the spill canvas
i dedicate this to my gf
haha, thats me! ^.^<br /> <3
cutest song ever.
nick thomas is a genius. there is no way around it. he is genius.
Really pretty song, talking about a cute relationship.
"Then I'll tuck you in, Plant my lips where your necklace is closed"
Really pretty song, talking about a cute relationship.
"Then I'll tuck you in, Plant my lips where your necklace is closed"
by far my favorite song off the new album, its not even close
favoorriitteee. absolutely adorable!
i chocked up a little when i first heard the lyrics. theyre even more adorable when nick sings them. i swear to god if a guy ever sang me a lullaby even half as sweet as this one, i wouldnt be going to sleep (if ya know what i mean haha!) love it!
*choked. wow. see, its got me so worked up i cant even spell correctly