Goodbye, Monday
Embracing Solitude: A Journey Through Goodbye, Monday
Lyrics
Leave your keys when you head out
Leaving behind a connection or commitment.
Guess our time is over now
Acknowledging the end of a period or relationship.
Tell me all of this will be more than a face and bitter memory
Hoping for assurance that the experience will be more than a painful memory.
Learning to rely on no one breaks you faster than a long-lost dream
Emphasizing the emotional toll of relying on oneself and facing shattered dreams.
GOODBYE, MONDAY
Expressing farewell to Monday, possibly symbolizing a challenging start of the week.
I guess there's more of me to take
Suggesting a sense of self-discovery and personal growth.
GOODBYE, MONDAY
Repeating farewell to Monday, underlining the fresh beginning.
I'm starting over again today
Committing to starting anew on this day.
And as I amble through familiar aches I
Reflecting on familiar struggles while desiring a release from them.
Long to just unfold.
Expressing a longing for unfolding or discovering new aspects of life.
GOODBYE, MONDAY
Reiterating the farewell to Monday with determination.
You will not ever ever know
Asserting that Monday will never understand the depth of the emotions.
You won't
Emphasizing the impossibility of Monday comprehending.
This unexpected gift of time alone
Referring to the unexpected opportunity of having time alone.
Can stay upon the shelf
Suggesting the option of leaving this time untouched if not shared with someone.
If it's not obvious I'd like to share it with somebody else
Expressing a desire to share moments with another person.
The lazy afternoons, shared solitude
Mentioning the comfort of lazy afternoons spent in shared solitude.
I don't want what is new
Rejecting the idea of desiring something new.
Love, for me, can it be forever
Pondering the possibility of eternal love despite a history of uncertainty.
I've grown up around uncertainty
Highlighting a familiarity with life's uncertainties.
So you leaving is no surprise
Expressing that the departure is not surprising due to the speaker's background.
Love, for me, don't hope for forever
Tempering expectations about the longevity of love.
GOODBYE, MONDAY
Repeating the farewell to Monday, emphasizing parting from warm smiles.
And those warm smiles like candlelight
Referring to pleasant memories that will be left behind.
GOODBYE, MONDAY
Repeating the farewell, noting the dwindling desire to try.
And what little desire I had to try
Expressing a lack of willingness to make sacrifices or compromises.
No such thing as sacrifice and no means
Asserting that sacrifice and compromise are no longer options.
Left to compromise
Reiterating the farewell, suggesting that Monday will still feel familiar even in solitude.
GOODBYE, MONDAY
Addressing the feeling of loneliness or solitude.
You'll still feel right at home
Pondering whether being alone was the speaker's reality.
Alone
Questioning if solitude has been the speaker's constant companion.
Was I never alone
Rejecting the idea of letting the situation defeat the speaker.
Is it all I have known
Repeating the farewell, expressing hope for peaceful sleep.
No, I won't let this defeat me
Choosing to reclaim what belongs to the speaker.
GOODBYE, MONDAY
Asserting that understanding one's desires and contributions will bring wholeness.
I hope you're sleeping well tonight
Repeating the farewell, wishing peaceful sleep for Monday.
GOODBYE, MONDAY
Affirming the decision to reclaim what is rightfully the speaker's.
I choose to take back what's mine
Recognizing the importance of self-assertion.
Knowing what one wants and what one gives
Understanding the balance between personal wants and contributions to maintain integrity.
This truth will keep me whole
Asserting that acknowledging the truth will preserve the speaker's completeness.
GOODBYE, MONDAY
Repeating the farewell, expressing departure from times of feeling alone.
And goodbye anytime I felt
Acknowledging parting from any instance of feeling alone.
Alone
Finalizing the farewell, expressing a sense of closure to the feeling of loneliness.
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