Lyrics
Standing on your window, honey
Observing from outside your window
Yes, I've been here before
Expressing familiarity with the situation
Feeling so harmless, I'm looking at your second door
Feeling non-threatening, examining another entrance
How come you don't send me no regards?
Questioning the lack of greetings or acknowledgment
You know I want your lovin'
Expressing desire for affection
Honey, why are you so hard?
Questioning the difficulty or resistance received
Kneeling 'neath your ceiling
Kneeling beneath the ceiling, indicating a submissive position
Yes, I guess I'll be here for a while
Expecting to remain in this situation for a while
I'm tryin' to read your portrait
Trying to understand the person through observation
But i'm helpless, like a rich man's child
Feeling helpless, akin to a wealthy person's child
How come you send someone out to have me barred?
Questioning the deployment of measures to keep the speaker away
You know I want your lovin'
Reiterating the desire for love and affection
Honey, why are you so hard?
Expressing frustration with the perceived difficulty of the person
Like a poor fool in his prime
Comparing oneself to a naive person in their prime
Yes, I know you can hear me walk
Acknowledging the awareness of being heard
But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime
Pondering if the person's heart is unyielding or flexible
Or is it just solid rock?
Considering the possibility of the heart being solid rock
Well, I lean into your hallway
Leaning into the person's hallway, seeking closeness
Lean against your velvet door
Resting against a luxurious door, possibly metaphorical
I watch upon your scorpion
Observing a scorpion, a potentially dangerous element
Who crawls across your circus floor
Referring to something mysterious or unsettling in the person's life
Just what do you think you have to guard?
Questioning what the person believes needs protection
You know I want your lovin'
Reiterating the desire for love, despite challenges
Honey, but you're so hard
Expressing frustration with the person's perceived hardness
Achilles is in your alleyway
Referring to Achilles, a mythical character, in the person's vicinity
He don't want me here, he does brag
Indicating that Achilles doesn't want the speaker around
He's pointing to the sky
Describing Achilles pointing to the sky, possibly suggesting superiority
And he's hungry, like a man in drag
Comparing Achilles' hunger to that of a man in drag
How come you get someone like him to be your guard?
Questioning the choice of someone like Achilles as a guardian
You know I want your lovin'
Reaffirming the desire for love despite the challenges
Honey, but you're so hard
Expressing frustration with the person's perceived hardness
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