TO BE KNOWN
Yearning Echoes: Embracing the Unspoken Emotions in 'To Be Known'
Lyrics
all the melancholy on the wind
Feeling the sadness in the air
low as a prayer spoken
Soft and quiet like a prayer spoken
you feel it blowing through you
Sensing it passing through your being
everywhere your heart is broken
Noticing it wherever your heart is broken
haunts you like a shadow when
Persisting like a shadow during solitary walks in the city
you’re walking through the city on you own
Experiencing loneliness while navigating urban spaces alone
all the ghosts who holler in the night
Encountering the echoes of past sorrows in the night
try to make you lonely
Fighting against attempts to isolate and make you feel alone
and when in desperation
When feeling hopeless
someone says that you’re the only
When someone claims you are the only one they desire
one they want you’ll go to sleep beside them
Choosing to be close to them, yet waking up isolated
but you’ll wake up all alone
Facing the reality of waking up alone despite the previous closeness
isn’t it all you ever wanted to be known?
Reflecting on the desire for recognition and acknowledgment
remember when you thought
Recalling a time when you believed someone awaited your presence
somebody else was waiting for you?
Believing that fulfillment would come if only someone adored you
and all the emptiness would end if only they’d adore you
Expecting an end to emptiness through others' admiration
how you had a child’s way of dreaming
Reminiscing about a more innocent, childlike way of dreaming
don’t you miss it now you’ve grown?
Feeling a sense of loss for the simplicity of childhood dreams
and isn’t it all you ever wanted to be known?
Expressing the overarching desire to be recognized and understood
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