Weights
Weighted Emotions: Navigating Love's Distance in Bartees Strange's Melody
Lyrics
You ring so often now
You call frequently now
I just sit and talk across my couch
I just sit and converse from my couch
I go on, go on about my headaches
I continue to talk about my problems
Timing's not a friend sometimes
Timing is not always favorable
And now we're separate, hella distant
We are now apart, significantly distant
Plus all the reasons that we're different
Emphasizing the reasons for our differences
Now when I ring up, ring up it feels like dead takes
Calling feels unresponsive, like dead connections
Feelings come up sometimes
Emotions arise at times
I feel those eyes
Sensing judgmental eyes
Each time I see you walk by
Observing you passing by each time
Why can't we try?
Questioning why we can't make an effort
How far am I, far am I?
Wondering about the distance between us
We've not talked it seems like weeks
We haven't communicated for what feels like weeks
Tulum went too well, you've tanned your cheeks
Referring to a successful time in Tulum and physical changes
There's no one no more to fix my headaches
No one is there anymore to alleviate my problems
Memos of yours say there's no time
Your messages indicate a lack of time
We were separate, maybe distant
We are apart, perhaps distant
Plus all the reasons that we're different
Highlighting reasons for our differences
Now when we catch up, catch up it's quick and breathless
Catching up feels quick and intense
Feelings spring up sometimes
Emotions emerge spontaneously
I am the monster from the ocean
Self-identification as a formidable force
I'm the one your mother told you not to go out with too dark at night
Being warned against, especially at night
Don't wait up
Implying not to wait up
I'm gonna get you today
Expressing determination to capture attention
I got my baby, plus my baby's just a minute away
Having someone special, just moments away
Wait, how did you know I wanna see you?
Expressing surprise at being noticed
I'm waiting up in the alleyway
Waiting in anticipation in a hidden place
Right after your shows just to meet you
After your performances, eager to meet
And we can get out tonight
Suggesting an escape or adventure
We'll can get out tonight
Reiterating the idea of going out
And we can get out tonight
Repeating the desire to escape tonight
We'll go out tonight
We will go out tonight
I feel those eyes
Feeling the judgmental eyes again
Each time I see you walk by
Observing you passing by, questioning again
Why can't we try?
Expressing the desire to try
How far am I, far am I?
Questioning the distance once more
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