leaving california
Farewell to California: Unveiling the Heartbreak in Calli Grace's Melody
Lyrics
Look at you, the day has come you're leaving california
Expressing the realization that the person is leaving California.
You broke my heart a thousand times but it wasn't real because I never had to say Goodbye
Highlighting past heartbreaks that didn't feel real since there was no formal farewell.
We always had school on Monday walk together to our cars when the bell rang
Recalling shared moments of walking to cars after school on Mondays.
Now our calendar has run out of innocent days
Indicating a transition from carefree days to a period devoid of innocence.
Bad habit or one true love the lines were blurred because I was young
Musing on the ambiguity between a bad habit and genuine love during youth.
But you were always there to talk to late at night
Acknowledging the person as a consistent late-night confidant.
All this time but nothing healed I look at you and see a movie reel
Reflecting on time passed without emotional healing, visualizing memories like a movie reel.
Of four years of you being the love of my life
Summarizing four years of considering the person as the love of the speaker's life.
So many times I almost said what you meant to me what was in my head
Expressing hesitation in confessing feelings due to fear of losing the person.
But I was scared of losing you and that was worse than telling the truth
Choosing silence over truth to avoid the pain of separation.
So I settled for backseats stolen stares and hopelessly
Describing a compromise with stolen moments and unfulfilled dreams.
Dreaming of what we could've been and counting down the days until I see you again
Counting down days until a reunion, emphasizing missed opportunities.
Bad habit or one true love the lines were blurred because I was young
Reiterating the blurred distinction between a bad habit and true love during youth.
But you were always there to talk to late at night
Highlighting the person's consistent presence for late-night conversations.
All this time but nothing healed I look at you and see a movie reel
Revisiting the inability to heal emotionally despite the passage of time.
Of four years of you being the love of my life
Reemphasizing the person as a significant love over four years.
How am I supposed to act now that you're gone
Expressing uncertainty about how to behave now that the person has left.
Yesterday I drove past your house and all I saw were
Recalling a recent drive past the person's house, triggering unspoken words.
All the words on the tip of my tongue never said because I was too young
Regretting unsaid words due to youth and expressing a longing for lost innocence.
Innocence we would run away from but now it's all I want
Contrasting past avoidance of innocence with a current desire for it.
Growing up now is that so wrong to me it is because it means you're gone
Contemplating the negative aspect of growing up, associating it with the person's departure.
On a plane leaving california
Stating the mode of departure - on a plane, leaving California.
On a plane leaving california
Repeating the departure theme for emphasis.
You're leaving me in california
Summarizing the emotional impact of the person leaving while being in California.
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