Lullaby
Reckoning Lullaby: Embrace Dreams, Bid Goodbye to Tears
Lyrics
This is a lullaby
This song is presented as a lullaby.
For your broken heart
Intended to comfort and console someone with a broken heart.
It's time to start dreaming again
Encourages the listener to start dreaming again, implying hope and renewal.
And this is a last goodbye
Marks a final farewell to things that caused pain or sorrow.
To everything that made you cry
Acknowledges and bids goodbye to everything that made the listener cry.
This is a time of reckoning
Indicates a moment of reflection and facing the consequences of one's actions.
And I reckon
Expresses a personal acknowledgment or understanding of the situation.
If you're scared to close your eyes
Suggests a fear of closing one's eyes, possibly due to emotional distress.
You can whisper this lullaby
Offers the option of whispering the lullaby as a comforting solution.
And feel my breath upon your ear
Implies physical closeness and reassurance through the sensation of breath on the ear.
And maybe you'll fall asleep
Hopes that the listener will fall asleep peacefully.
To the rhythm of your lover's heartbeat
Suggests finding comfort in the rhythmic heartbeat of a loved one.
Even when I'm miles away from here
Even when physically distant, the connection remains.
This is a requiem
Introduces the idea of a requiem, often associated with mourning and remembrance.
For everything you've ever been
Acknowledges and mourns everything the listener has been in the past.
That you never really wanted to be
Suggests that these aspects were not truly desired by the listener.
But this is a slight return
Announces a return to themes of sad goodbyes and lessons learned.
To sad goodbyes and lessons learned
Reflects on experiences that involved saying farewell and gaining wisdom.
This is a time of reckoning
Reiterates the theme of facing consequences and taking stock of one's life.
And I reckon
Reaffirms personal acknowledgment or understanding, echoing line 8.
If you're scared to close your eyes
Repeats the notion of fear in closing one's eyes.
You can whisper this lullaby
Reiterates the comforting option of whispering the lullaby.
And feel my breath upon your ear
Reemphasizes the physical closeness and reassurance through breath.
And maybe you'll fall asleep
Repeats the hope for peaceful sleep, tying it to the lover's heartbeat.
Keeping time to your lover's heartbeat
Reiterates finding comfort in the rhythmic heartbeat, even in distance.
Even when I'm miles away from here
Reaffirms the lasting connection despite being miles away.
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