This Time Tomorrow
Journey Beyond Silence: Unraveling Emotions in 'This Time Tomorrow'
Lyrics
It's been a while since we met here beside this dirty harbour
Reflecting on the past, expressing a meeting by a harbor, setting the scene.
We used to listen to the radio and stare out at the sea
Recalling a shared experience of listening to the radio by the sea.
I know you don't recall that song we heard
Acknowledging the other person's lack of memory about a particular song.
But I haven't forgotten a single word
The speaker remembers every word of the song despite the other person forgetting.
It's nothing to you it was everything to me
Highlighting the disparity in emotional significance between the speaker and the other person regarding the past.
I'm weary of this tired town and wary of its vices
Expressing weariness and wariness towards the town and its negative aspects.
And we were finished years ago, I'm sure that you'd agree
Asserting that the relationship ended long ago from the speaker's perspective.
"Don't know you anymore," is all you say
Quoting the other person's statement, indicating a lack of recognition or connection.
"And you're back out on the road tomorrow anyway."
Stating the practicality of the speaker's imminent departure.
Did you rehearse how you would say how you'd been missing me?
Questioning the sincerity of the other person's expression of missing the speaker.
REFRAIN:
Introduction to the refrain section.
Not bound to this desolate place
Declaring freedom from the current place, anticipating departure.
This time tomorrow I'll be gone
Emphasizing the immediacy of leaving by expressing the timeframe.
1400 miles and moving
Quantifying the distance the speaker is moving away.
Leave these troubled streets behind
Leaving behind troubled circumstances, possibly referring to the relationship.
Forget the look on your desolate face
Encouraging forgetting the other person's sad expression.
This time tomorrow I'll be no one
Stating the speaker will be a non-entity in the near future.
Nothing but a ghost of something fading in the dust
Describing the fading nature of the speaker in the past, becoming a ghost.
Of all you have and all you know and all you see
Emphasizing the loss of possessions, knowledge, and sight in the future.
All you'll have is this memory of me
Leaving only the memory of the speaker with the other person.
I've nothing left to leave with you -
Expressing a lack of material possessions to leave behind.
Just leave you with your silence
Leaving the other person with silence, perhaps as a form of closure.
But I would give a fortune to know
Expressing a desire to understand the other person's thoughts.
What's churning in your head
Wondering about the internal turmoil within the other person.
Because the sentiment of your silent smile
Noting the impact of the other person's silent smile on the speaker's emotions.
Has silently been killing me all the while
Highlighting the emotional toll of the unspoken feelings.
What I would give to get inside your skull
Expressing a desire to understand the other person's thoughts.
Sort through all the things you haven't said
Expressing a desire to uncover unspoken thoughts and feelings.
REFRAIN
Reiteration of the refrain, emphasizing the impending departure.
It's what you haven't said
Emphasizing the importance of the unspoken words.
And what you haven't done
Highlighting the impact of actions not taken by the other person.
And all the things you haven't mentioned
Referring to the unmentioned aspects of the relationship.
REFRAIN
Final repetition of the refrain, underlining the imminent departure.
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