To Be Gone
Embracing Solitude: Anna Ternheim's 'To Be Gone' Unveiled
Lyrics
Leave the body, leave the mind
Expressing a desire to detach from the physical self and mental thoughts.
Leave the body, leave the mind
Reiteration of the desire to leave both the body and the mind behind.
Every promise, every place behind
Referring to abandoning every commitment and leaving every place in the past.
I just happen to feel so alone
Feeling a profound sense of isolation and loneliness.
For today for all days to come
Expressing the loneliness experienced not only today but in all future days.
I just wanna be, wanna be gone
Expressing a strong desire to be absent or removed from the current situation.
I just wanna be, wanna be gone
Reiteration of the strong desire to be absent or removed from the current situation.
Leave the quiet, leave the night
Desire to leave behind tranquility and the night, suggesting a wish to escape.
Leave the quiet, leave the night
Reiteration of the desire to leave tranquility and the night behind.
Broken feelings of dreams out of sight
Referring to shattered emotions and unfulfilled dreams that are out of sight.
Pictures in your head at night
Imagery of thoughts or memories in the mind during the night.
For tonight, for all nights to come
Expressing the desire for a clean slate for all future nights.
Erased for good and always gone
Desire for complete erasure and being permanently gone.
Erased for good and always gone
Reiteration of the desire for complete erasure and being permanently gone.
Leave the city, leave the cold
Desire to leave the city and the cold environment.
Leave the city, leave the cold
Reiteration of the desire to leave the city and the cold environment.
Young people far too old
Commenting on young people feeling too old, possibly alluding to emotional weariness.
Let me cross a very fine line
Expressing a willingness to cross a delicate boundary.
For today, for a lifetime
Desiring this action for both the present day and the entirety of one's life.
For today, for a lifetime
Reiteration of the desire for this action for both the present day and the entirety of one's life.
Leave the body, leave the mind
Reiteration of the desire to leave both the body and the mind behind.
Let me leave the body, leave the mind
Expressing a request or permission to leave the body and mind behind.
Every promise, every place behind
Reiteration of abandoning every commitment and leaving every place in the past.
I just happen to feel so alone
Reiterating a profound sense of loneliness and isolation.
For today, for all days to come
Expressing the loneliness experienced not only today but in all future days.
For today, for all days to come
Reiteration of the loneliness experienced in both the present and the future.
I just wanna be, wanna be gone
Strongly expressing the desire to be absent or removed from the current situation.
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