Lyrics
I can't take you with me where I'm going
Expresses the inability to bring someone along on a journey to an unspecified destination.
In me there's a new love that has growing
Highlights the presence of a new love growing within the speaker.
So now I leave behind all that once was mine
Signifies the decision to leave behind everything that once belonged to the speaker.
I can't take you with me where I'm going
Reiterates the impossibility of taking the mentioned person along on the speaker's journey.
I can't take you with me, that's for certain
Confirms the certainty that the person cannot accompany the speaker, using a heavy red stage curtain as a metaphorical anchor.
Anchored to some heavy red stage curtain
Describes being anchored, possibly to past experiences or emotions, represented by the stage curtain.
If I should hear you sing
Suggests that hearing the person sing would evoke emotional pain for the speaker.
Those words would just make me sting
Emphasizes the emotional impact of the person's words on the speaker.
I cant take you with me, that's for certain
Reaffirms the impossibility of taking the person along on the journey.
I can't take you with me now I know it
Reiterates the realization that the person cannot be taken along, despite the presence of love that was not openly expressed.
Though the love was in me I did not show it
Acknowledges the internal love that was not outwardly shown by the speaker.
I found in Berlin who I swore might be my twin
Shares an experience in Berlin where the speaker found someone resembling a potential romantic partner.
Taken from me without me ever knowing
Reveals the loss of the person found in Berlin without the speaker realizing it.
You can't take me with you where you're going
Shifts the perspective, stating that the person being addressed cannot take the speaker along on their journey.
You've got no intentions of ever slowing
Implies that the addressed person has no intention of slowing down in their own journey.
My book of baby's names
References a book of baby names, suggesting an association with family and relationships.
Only does family flames
Suggests that the mentioned book only causes family conflicts or emotional turmoil.
I dreamt we had a boy and named him Owen
Describes a dream where the speaker and the person had a son named Owen, possibly representing unfulfilled dreams or unrealized potentials.
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