Lover's Hands
Embracing Madness: Alan Doyle's Caravan of Love
Lyrics
Let it be dark in this caravan
Expressing a desire for darkness or obscurity in the current situation or state.
Rocket lightning
Imagery of fast and powerful energy, possibly symbolizing intense emotions or events.
Striking metal in the sand
Describing a forceful impact on metal in a sandy environment, implying a harsh or challenging circumstance.
I'm miles from common sense
Feeling disconnected from rationality or sound judgment, suggesting a state of confusion or distance from common sense.
As welcome as the rain
Comparing one's presence to the welcome feeling of rain, indicating a positive impact on the surroundings.
So close to madness
Being in close proximity to madness and acknowledging its existence.
That I even know its name
Acknowledging and naming the experience of madness.
Lay your lover's hands upon me
Requesting the touch of a lover's hands for understanding or comfort.
Let me understand you know
Expressing a desire for comprehension through the physical connection of a lover's hands.
Lay your lover's hands upon me
Repeating the desire for the touch of lover's hands, coupled with a plea to be released or understood.
And let me go
Suggesting a willingness to let go or be set free after the touch of lover's hands.
Lie to me sweetly
Asking for sweet deception and subsequent solitude.
Then discretely leave me alone
Desiring a departure after a tender deception, emphasizing the need for solitude.
Lay your lover's hands upon me
Reiterating the desire for the touch of lover's hands and the subsequent release.
And let me go
Emphasizing the need to let go after the intimate touch of lover's hands.
Ah let me go
Repeating the plea to be set free or allowed to go.
Let there be thunder
Expressing a desire for thunder, possibly symbolizing intense and transformative experiences.
Let me feel the trembling pain
Desiring to feel a powerful and transformative pain.
Taste me now I'm desert clean
Using metaphorical language to describe personal transformation or purification.
I might never be again
Expressing uncertainty about experiencing a similar state in the future.
Long past the thinker's point
Referring to a point beyond rational thinking and embracing openness and freedom.
I'm open and I'm free
Having relinquished a metaphorical anchor, likely tied to leaving the sea behind.
I gave up the anchor
Symbolizing a decision to abandon something significant, possibly related to a past life or experience.
When I gave up the sea
Highlighting the choice to give up the sea, a symbol of a previous way of life or journey.
And the storm hits my fingertips
Describing the impact of a storm on the fingertips, symbolizing a powerful and transformative experience.
And I'm blown to bits
Experiencing a profound change, possibly through external forces.
Through the pyramids
Referencing iconic structures, possibly symbolizing a journey through time and history.
I buried that man the moment I could dig
Making a metaphorical burial of a past self or identity.
And the flag snaps back and I'm scattered to the wind
Being scattered by the wind after a symbolic burial, suggesting a loss of control.
And the door pretends
Highlighting the pretense of not allowing someone in, possibly referring to emotional barriers.
I never let you in
Denying or downplaying the admission of someone into one's emotional space.
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