Like Emily
Free as Emily: Exploring the Liberation in All About Eve's Lyrics
Lyrics
Emily lived in this town
Emily resided in this particular town.
Seems it was getting her down
It appeared that living there was causing her distress or unhappiness.
Filled up a suitcase with clothes
She packed a suitcase with clothes.
Where she went no-one knows
Her destination or whereabouts after leaving were unknown to others.
She didn't wait to explain
She didn't stay to provide an explanation.
She had to rush for her 'plane
She hurried to catch her plane.
She's seen the earth from the sky
Emily had experienced seeing the Earth from the sky.
And she waved it bye-bye
She bid farewell to it.
Bye-bye love
A phrase expressing goodbye to love.
Oh to be like Emily
Expresses the desire to emulate Emily.
Out of sight and really free
To be unseen and truly liberated.
Follow your heart she says
Encouragement to follow one's heart.
Follow the stars she says
Encouragement to follow the guidance of the stars.
She's the girl we'd love to be
Emily embodies the ideal person to admire and aspire to be.
Oh to be like Emily
Reiterates the longing to be like Emily.
Emily lives on her nerves
Emily lives with a high level of sensitivity or anxiety.
Stealing the gold she deserves
She figuratively takes what she deserves, symbolized as gold.
Sparkling a thousand fires bright
Emily radiates energy, igniting numerous bright and lively situations.
Like the red sky at night
Comparing Emily's effect to the vibrant red sky at night.
Headful of crazy ideas
Her mind is filled with unconventional or eccentric thoughts.
Heartful of rhyme no-one hears
She holds heartfelt emotions or thoughts that go unheard by others.
It's up to her to decide
It's Emily's choice whether to pursue or conceal.
Whether she'll seek or hide
Emily has the agency to decide whether to search for something or to hide from it.
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