Fragile Thing
Fragile Nights: A Heart's Solitude Revealed
Lyrics
Thank you ma'am for asking
Expressing gratitude for being asked, acknowledging solitude.
Yes I'm on my own
Confirming being alone.
I guess it's kind of obvious
Acknowledging the obviousness of being alone while eating.
I'm eating here alone
Describing the act of dining alone.
I'm grateful for the company
Expressing gratitude for company and tiredness of self-talk.
Tired of talking to myself
Expressing a desire for external interaction.
Don't you look into my eyes
Avoiding direct eye contact, possibly to hide emotions or identity.
You might see someone else
Suggesting a hidden identity or inner struggles behind the facade.
I've been to see a movie
Referencing a movie about a heroic figure.
About a man who saved the world
Highlighting a character who saved the world.
Had the same old happy ending
Mentioning a conventional happy ending where the hero wins the girl.
Where the hero gets the girl
Reflecting on a desire to be a hero with a happy ending.
And all I ever wanted
Expressing a longing for heroism and a different outcome in life.
Was to be that hero too
Desire to have been a hero and potentially remain in a relationship.
Then I might still be with her
Regret over not being a hero and the resulting loss of a relationship.
Instead of here with you
Contrasting the current situation with the desired one.
Love is a small and fragile thing
Describing love as delicate and small.
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Expressing the emotional impact of missing someone during cold nights.
Keep it in your hands or let it take wing
Advising to hold onto love or let it go.
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Reiterating the emotional impact of missing someone in cold nights.
Thank you for your time ma'am
Thanking again for the listener's time.
I'm gonna go and walk
Deciding to walk as conversation topics are running out.
I might as well do that
Explaining the decision to walk.
Because I'm running out of talk
Expressing the exhaustion of conversation.
I could walk a thousand miles tonight
Expressing the willingness to walk a long distance in solitude.
And never find my place
Highlighting the aimlessness of the journey.
At least until it gets too light
Anticipating revealing emotions as daylight approaches.
To hide my tearful face
Intending to hide tearful emotions in the darkness.
Love is a small and fragile thing
Repeating the fragile nature of love and its impact on emotions.
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Reiterating the emotional impact of missing someone during cold nights.
Keep it in your hands or let it take wing
Repeating the advice to hold onto love or let it go.
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Reiterating the emotional impact of missing someone in cold nights.
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Emphasizing the persistent feeling of missing someone.
There's a low ballet on the highway
Describing a scene of ballet on the highway with fleeting faces.
Brief faces in the light
Noting the transient nature of faces in the light.
I catch them for a second
Capturing brief moments of observation.
Heading somewhere in the night
Describing faces heading somewhere in the night.
And we have no connection
Highlighting the lack of connection with passing scenes.
But the darkness and the road
Identifying darkness and the road as the only connection.
I better find a place tonight
Expressing the need to find a place to call home.
I better call it home
Deciding to settle down for the night.
Love is a small and fragile thing
Reiterating the fragile nature of love and its impact on emotions.
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Reiterating the emotional impact of missing someone during cold nights.
Keep it in your hands or let it take wing
Repeating the advice to hold onto love or let it go.
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Reiterating the emotional impact of missing someone in cold nights.
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Emphasizing the
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