Take Me Down
Embers of Regret: A Heart's Plea in Chris Mills' 'Take Me Down'
Lyrics
Well I never thought I'd arrive at a place so far from you
Expressing surprise at being in a distant place from someone.
But I know I'll never survive
Acknowledging the difficulty of survival without the person mentioned.
With all the things that you've been put through
Recognizing and empathizing with the challenges the person has faced.
But I never thought you would turn
Unexpectedly acknowledging a change or betrayal from the person.
Or that I would turn away
Acknowledging one's own turning away from the person.
All you wanted was to love me
Recognizing the person's desire to love, hindered by the speaker.
But I guess that I just got in the way
Realizing the speaker's interference in the person's intention to love.
Now my arms are empty in a place you used to be
Feeling emptiness in a space once occupied by the person.
I know you will never forgive me
Acknowledging the person's likely inability to forgive the speaker.
But could you do one last thing for me?
Requesting one final favor from the person despite the estrangement.
Let me stay in your eyes awhile
Desiring to remain in the person's memories for a while.
Let me rest
Seeking rest and solace in the person's thoughts.
Watch myself bleed
Metaphorically observing one's emotional pain and vulnerability.
If all that has brought me to you
Reflecting on the journey that led to the current state.
Take the match and kerosene
Suggesting a destructive act to symbolize ending the pain.
Burn it all down
Repetition emphasizing the urge to destroy everything.
And burn it all down
-Burn it all down
-Burn it all down
-Take me down with you
Expressing a desire to be taken down along with the destructive act.
And burn it all down
Repetition of the theme of burning everything down and wanting to be taken down.
Well I could see a ways around you
-And I could see dust on your face
-As much as I want to forget you
-You're the one thing my heart can't erase
-Let me stay in your eyes awhile
-Let me rest
-Watch myself bleed
-If all that has brought me to you
-Take the match to the kerosene
-Burn it all down
-And burn it all down
-Burn it all down
-Burn it all down
-Take me down with you
-And burn it all down
-Burn it all down
Reiteration of the burning theme and the plea to be taken down.
Burn it all down
-Burn it all down
-Take me down with you
-And burn it all down
Final plea to be taken down in the destructive act.
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