Alone
Echoes of Solitude: Biting Elbows' Poignant Summer Farewell
Lyrics
It was the summer
Introduction to a specific time ("summer")
She had to go
Reference to someone leaving
I don't ever wanna be alone
Expressing a fear of loneliness
While she was fearful for her life
Indicating concern for someone's safety
She would never feel alive
Contrasting a lack of feeling alive despite being alive
Show no sign
Encouragement to hide emotions
You don't care and I don't mind
Acknowledgment of mutual indifference
Everything that's important to you
Recognition of what matters to the other person
But I know what's underneath
Claiming understanding of hidden aspects
You're holding on by the skin of your teeth
Describing a precarious situation
Yeah we hold on to the past
Reflection on holding onto the past
The one that couldn't last
Acknowledging the impermanence of a previous relationship
It was the summer
Reiteration of the initial setting ("summer")
She had to go
Repetition of someone leaving
I don't ever wanna be alone
Re-emphasis on fear of loneliness
While she was fearful for her life
Reiteration of concern for someone's safety
She would never feel alive
Reiteration of the paradox of feeling alive
If I had to guess
Suggesting a haunting effect
It's always gonna be haunting you
Reflecting on the consequences of ending something
When you kill what you could continue
Regret for prematurely ending a potential continuation
And I really tried my best
Asserting effort in a situation
And if anything I was too protective
Admitting overprotectiveness
I will be sure to tell the detective
Mentioning informing an investigator
He'll nod politely and with a smile
Depicting a response with politeness and a smile
Say that fingerprints don't lie
Referencing the reliability of fingerprints
It was the summer
Repetition of the initial setting ("summer")
She had to go
Repetition of someone leaving
I don't ever wanna be alone
Reiteration of fear of loneliness
While she was fearful for her life
Reiteration of concern for someone's safety
She would never feel alive
Reiteration of the paradox of feeling alive
In a sunny afternoon
Describing a contrasting setting (sunny afternoon in a dark room)
In a dark room
Introducing a two-way mirror and a sense of doom
Two way mirror spells out my doom
Reflecting on inevitability
Must it be so damn tiring
Expressing exhaustion and frustration
I'm on all cylinders firing
Asserting maximum effort
Like a road far from a war zone
Metaphorically describing a state of unrest
Minds erode, they don't get blown
Contrasting mental erosion with physical harm
By the river that I drove her to
Referring to a significant location
I heard it over and over and I knew
Repetition and acknowledgment of familiarity with a situation
I don't ever wanna be alone
Reiteration of the fear of loneliness
I don't ever wanna be alone
Repetition of the desire to avoid loneliness
I don't ever wanna be alone
-I don't ever wanna be alone
Final reaffirmation of the fear of being alone
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