Arms Around a Memory
Embracing Echoes: Nostalgia on NYC Streets
Lyrics
Oh-oh, for them New York City summer streets
Reflecting on memories of New York City summer streets
All of the hours lost between
Contemplating the time lost
There was always a beautiful sky
Acknowledging the presence of a beautiful sky
And you on your contact high
Referencing someone being on a contact high
And me with my broken bottle smile
Describing oneself with a broken bottle smile
I put my arms around a memory
Expressing a nostalgic embrace of a memory
Though you'd always told me not to try (wrapped in my arms)
Ignoring advice and attempting to hold onto the memory
Didn't we make a beautiful life
Reflecting on the creation of a beautiful life
In your eighth-floor walk-up that night
Recalling a specific night in an eighth-floor walk-up
The way two words they make a rhyme
Highlighting the poetic nature of two words rhyming
And I got to questioning my credibility
Expressing doubt about personal credibility
Like you're the reliable witness to what I feel
Questioning the reliability of someone as a witness to feelings
No, I can't still taste all the sweetness of what we had
Unable to fully recall the sweetness of past experiences
And there's no one will kiss me as deep as you know you have
No one else can match the depth of a past connection
Once that I saw how to see
Discovering the ability to see and appreciate love
All of your love was looking back at me
Realizing that all the love received is reciprocated
It was hard not to fulfill the prophecy we could have been
Feeling pressured to fulfill a potential prophecy of love
Oh-oh, but bow California's out of reach
Acknowledging that California is now out of reach
All of those colors bleed between
Colors symbolizing emotions blending together
There's always a beautiful sky
Noting the presence of a beautiful sky once again
Me on my contact high
Reference to being on a contact high again
And you, with your broken bottle dreams
Someone with broken bottle dreams
And if you get to questioning my credibility
Facing doubts about personal credibility again
Like you're the reliable witness to what I feel
Questioning the reliability of someone as a witness to feelings again
No, I can't still taste all the sweetness of what we had
Unable to fully recall the sweetness of past experiences again
And there's no one will touch me as deep as you know you have
No one else can touch as deeply as a past connection
Once that I saw how to see
Recalling the ability to see and appreciate love again
All of your love was looking back at me
Realizing that all the love received is reciprocated again
It was hard not to fulfill the prophecy we'd always been
Feeling pressured to fulfill a potential prophecy of love again
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