Stand to Gain
Rising from Desolation: Chloe Kimes' Stand to Gain
Lyrics
This river where you found me
This river is the location where the speaker was discovered.
I was just trying to swim away
The speaker was attempting to escape or avoid something.
No sir I was not drowning
The speaker insists they were not in distress or need of rescue.
Put me back so I can see another day
Request to be returned to the river to continue living.
Put me back so I can swim and see my family
Desire to be reunited with the family through swimming.
Put me back before you play me just the same
Desire to be returned before facing similar challenges or hardships.
I'm only stopping for the ones who understand me
Stopping only for those who comprehend the speaker.
From down here you see I only stand to gain
Emphasizing that, from the speaker's perspective, there's only something to gain.
This river where you caught me
The river where the speaker was apprehended or noticed.
I was just drinking my coffee
The speaker was engaged in a routine activity (drinking coffee).
I was just finding my own way
Asserting the speaker's autonomy and self-discovery.
You seem to think that I'm confused
Addressing a misconception that the speaker is confused.
A helpless bird that's soft and bruised and used
Describing the speaker as vulnerable and mistreated.
And all I could use is you out of my way
Expressing a need for space or freedom from interference.
Let me be so I can go and see my family
Requesting to be left alone to visit the family.
Let me be before you play one of those games
Requesting freedom before engaging in manipulative tactics.
I'm only stopping for the ones who understand me
Expressing the speaker's selective interaction based on understanding.
From down here you see I only stand to gain
Reiterating that, from the speaker's perspective, there's only something to gain.
From down here you see I only stand to gain
Reaffirming the speaker's belief in gaining from their actions.
And I need for you to not tell me what I need
Requesting not to be told what the speaker needs.
And I'd like for you to not tell me what I'd like
Requesting not to be told what the speaker likes.
I've got nothing, I need nothing, I want nothing
Emphasizing the speaker's self-sufficiency and lack of material desires.
But to swim alone tonight
Expressing a desire for solitude in swimming.
Nothing left to lose, you only stand to gain
Highlighting that, with nothing to lose, there is only gain.
Nothing left to lose, only stand, only stand, only stand, only stand to gain
Emphasizing the repeated notion that with nothing to lose, there is only gain.
When you've got nothing left to lose you only stand to gain
Stating that when there's nothing left to lose, there's only something to gain.
Nothing left to lose, only stand to gain
Reiterating the idea that with nothing to lose, there is only gain.
I'm gonna stand again
Declaring the speaker's intention to stand once again.
I am gonna, I am gonna stand again
Repeating the determination to stand again.
I only stand to gain
Affirming the speaker's stance that there is only gain.
To gain
Repeating the assertion that there is only gain.
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