The Movement of a Hand
Understanding Farewell Gestures
Lyrics
You follow the footsteps
You are tracing someone's path.
Echoes leading down the hall to a room
The echoes guide you to a room.
There is music playing
Music is present in the room.
Tiny bells with moving parts
There are small, intricate bells with moving parts making sound.
Here the shadows make things ugly
Shadows in this space create an undesirable effect.
An effect quite undesirable
The undesirable effect is emphasized.
The bold and yellow daylight
Bold and yellow daylight spreads across the wall like ivy.
Grows like ivy across the wall
Daylight reflects off painted porcelain.
And it bounces off of the painted porcelain
Light bounces off a tiny dancing doll on porcelain.
A tiny dancing doll
The doll pirouettes, making the world seem small.
Her body spins as she pirouettes again
Continuation of the dancing doll imagery.
The world suddenly seems small
The world suddenly feels confined.
On an off white subtle morning
It's a subtle morning with an off-white hue.
You stretch your legs in the front seat
You stretch your legs in the front seat.
And the road has made a vacuum
The road creates a vacuum, silencing past voices.
Where our voices used to be
Reference to the absence of voices.
And you lay your head onto my shoulder
You rest your head on the speaker's shoulder.
Pour like water over me
Emotions pour like water over the speaker.
So if I just exist for the next ten minutes of this drive
If the speaker exists for the next ten minutes, it's enough.
That would be fine
An acceptance of the present moment.
And all these trees that line this curb
Reference to trees lining the curb.
Would be rejoicing and alive
The trees would be joyful and alive.
Soon all the joy that pours from everything
The joy from everything creates a cascade.
Makes fountains of your eyes
Emotion is expressed through the eyes.
Because you finally understand the movement of a hand
Understanding the significance of a waving hand.
Waving you goodbye
Bidding farewell with comprehension.
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