Your Visits Are Getting Shorter
Fading Love: Unraveling Bloc Party's Emotional Journey
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I can see it in your eyes now,
I perceive a certain emotion or truth in your eyes now
You have come to resent me
You've developed feelings of bitterness or resentment towards me
Condescension in the silence
There's a patronizing attitude in the silence between us
Your fingers are tired girl,
Your fingers are fatigued, possibly metaphorically, showing strain in our relationship
How they falter against my thigh
Your touches are losing strength against my thigh
Your kisses are pining for the lips of someone else
Your kisses long for someone else's lips
Your visits getting shorter
The duration of your visits is diminishing
Your heart is getting further from me
Your emotional connection is drifting away from me
Your touch is getting colder
Your physical contact feels less warm and affectionate
Always somewhere you need to be
You always seem to have other places you need to be
Boys on your left side, boys on your right
Other guys surround you on both sides, willing to do anything for you
Boys in your maths class who'll do anything you ask
Boys in your math class are eager to fulfill your requests
You're pulling the trigger and the gun is in my mouth
You're causing harm, metaphorically pulling the trigger with the gun in my mouth
A subtle annoyance laced with disgust
There's a subtle irritation mixed with disdain in your actions
When you get older and those boys grow tired of you
As you age, those guys around you may lose interest, and I'll be there for you without resentment
You can come find me, I can never hate you
You can seek comfort in me, and I won't harbor hatred
Boys on your left side, boys on your right
Similar situation as line 13, emphasizing the abundance of available guys
Boys by your locker who'll do anything you ask
Boys by your locker are also willing to do anything for you
Lets spend the whole day in bed then
Suggesting a desire to spend an entire day in bed together
Cause if we don't you'll want to, want to leave
Fearing that if they don't spend the day in bed, the partner will want to leave
I try to hold something I can
Attempting to retain something meaningful that seems elusive or transient
I try to hold something I can never keep
Expressing the difficulty of holding onto something that cannot be retained
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