To Be Earning
Longing in City Lights: To Be Earning
Lyrics
City lights, there's something that's off and that's alright
City lights convey an abnormality that is accepted or tolerated.
As we stare into the lights of the night
Observing the nighttime city lights together.
I'll never wake, I'll lie there waiting for your shake
Expressing a willingness to stay in a dreamlike state, anticipating the partner's presence.
There's something about waking to your face
Highlighting the special feeling of waking up to the partner's face.
I come home when you leave
Returning home coincides with the partner's departure.
Oh I'm so damn scared to be pleased without you
Fear of finding joy or satisfaction in the partner's absence.
The fire is burning you'd be one less desire to be earning
Connecting the intensity of desire with the metaphor of a burning fire.
Oh to be earning
Expressing a longing or yearning for a state of earning or accomplishment.
You live on mars
Symbolic reference to the partner living on Mars.
It says so right there on your passport
Noting the extraterrestrial nature of the partner through a passport reference.
And outer space could be such a blast but
Acknowledging the potential excitement of outer space, but it loses appeal without the partner.
Without you its just dark and stars
Darkness and stars represent emptiness without the partner's presence.
I come home when you leave
Reiteration of returning home when the partner is away.
Oh I'm so damn scared to be pleased without you
Fear of finding satisfaction or contentment without the partner.
The fire is burning you'd be one less desire to be earning
Reconnecting desire with the metaphor of a burning fire and the concept of earning.
Oh to be earning
Expressing a desire for accomplishment or success.
It's funny how I never had to care about what I did before
Reflecting on a carefree past and how it changes with the presence of the partner.
You never had to care about what what I did before
Noting the partner's lack of concern for the speaker's past actions.
But saying what you mean is something that you lack
Highlighting the partner's difficulty in expressing true feelings.
I come home when you leave
Reiteration of the pattern of coming home when the partner leaves.
Oh I'm so damn scared to be pleased without you
Fear of finding pleasure or happiness in the partner's absence.
The fire is burning you'd be one less desire to be earning
Reconnecting desire with the metaphor of a burning fire and the concept of earning.
Oh to be earning
Expressing a desire for accomplishment or success.
Oh to be earning
Reiteration of the desire for accomplishment or success.
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