Ship Goes Down
Navigating Love's Storm: Chuck Phillips' Ship Goes Down
Lyrics
Don’t let me be the one to break the bad news
Expressing a desire not to be the bearer of negative news.
Honey I’m not good at putting these things into words
Acknowledging difficulty in articulating emotions or difficult messages.
Don’t let me be the one to tell you
Asking not to be the one delivering unwelcome information.
That the bad things will become what the good things were
Suggesting a transition from good to bad circumstances.
Yeah the bad things, will be what the good things were
Emphasizing the transformation of good things into bad things.
I know it sounds strange but I liked to wake up alone
Expressing a preference for solitude, especially upon waking.
Until the first night, you shared my pillow
Highlighting a significant shift when the speaker started sharing their bed.
I’d wash the dishes and you would wash all the clothes
Describing domestic tasks shared in a relationship.
I always had these dreams about building our home
Revealing aspirations of building a home together.
So don’t let this ship go down unattended
Urging not to neglect or abandon the relationship.
We bailed out once when we lost sight of the shore
Recalling a previous instance of overcoming challenges in the relationship.
Don’t let this ship go down unattended, baby please
Reiterating the plea to prevent the relationship from deteriorating.
I’ll hang around see it gets to the ocean floor
Committing to stay and witness the relationship's potential demise.
Your sweaters are gone and I’ve disconnected the phone
Noting the disappearance of personal belongings and cutting off communication.
There’s no need, to answer it anymore
Stating that there's no need to respond to external communication.
Been a year since light moved through the windows
Reflecting on a prolonged period of darkness or difficulty.
But I still recall when we danced across the floor
Recalling a happier time through a dance memory.
This old house is filled with the dust of an ancient love
Describing a home filled with the remnants of a past love.
That sparkled bright once before it’s time was up
Characterizing a love that once shone brightly but ended prematurely.
But don’t let this ship go down unattended
Repeating the plea not to abandon the relationship.
We bailed out once when we lost sight of the shore
Recalling a previous instance of overcoming challenges in the relationship (repeated).
Don’t let this ship go down unattended, baby please
Reiterating the plea to prevent the relationship from deteriorating (repeated).
I’ll hang around see it gets to the ocean floor
Committing to stay and witness the relationship's potential demise (repeated).
And don’t cry for me as I disappear into the wind
Asking not to mourn their departure but to remember the inevitability of change.
Just remember that some things can’t start till other things end
Highlighting the necessity of endings for new beginnings.
Yeah the good things can’t start until the bad things end
Emphasizing the cyclic nature of good and bad experiences.
Oh baby the good things can’t start until the bad things end
Repeating the idea that good things follow the end of bad things.
Well I see you’re still wearing my raincoat
Observing a tangible reminder of the past in the form of a raincoat.
In the pictures that your friends post
Noting the continued presence of a shared item in social media posts.
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