Summer Evening
Ephemeral Love: Cody Simpson's Summer Evening Reflections
Lyrics
Summer evening
Introduction to the setting of the narrative - a summer evening.
Some kind of grand affair
Describing the evening as a significant and special event.
Wasn't easy
Expressing that the situation or relationship wasn't simple or uncomplicated.
Leaving you on the marble stairs
Indicating difficulty in parting ways, leaving someone on stairs made of marble.
Now I don't know
Expressing uncertainty about returning to a previous state of being.
If I'll ever again be who I was then
Reflecting on personal transformation and questioning the possibility of returning to the past self.
And as I walked home
Narrating the journey home, possibly both physically and emotionally.
You were already dancing inside in my head
Imagining the person being left behind already dancing in the narrator's thoughts.
So hold on don't let me fall too far
Expressing a plea to be supported and not allowed to fall too deeply.
I'm hoping this won't pull me apart
Hoping that the situation won't cause emotional disintegration.
Cause you wanted time
Acknowledging the other person's desire for time.
And you wanted truth
Acknowledging the other person's desire for truth.
But I wanted you
Contrasting personal desire with the other person's desires - the narrator wanted the person.
So hold on don't let me fall too far
Reiterating the plea not to let the narrator fall too far.
So if I'm going to be honest
Expressing a desire for honesty without any deception.
Then don't me no lies
Emphasizing the importance of truth and honesty.
Cause I been out here the longest
Claiming to have been enduring a challenging situation for an extended period.
For the longest of times
Emphasizing the longevity of the narrator's endurance.
But I'm down to wait
Expressing a willingness to wait patiently.
I'm down to wait 'til I give up the ghost
Willingness to wait until the narrator gives up on life.
And everything breaks
Reflecting on the inevitability of things breaking.
While we fill our glasses and raise a toast
Describing a moment of celebration with the raising of glasses despite the impending breakage.
So hold on don't let me fall too far
Reiteration of the plea not to let the narrator fall too far.
I'm hoping this won't pull me apart
Repeating the hope that the situation won't cause emotional disintegration.
Cause you wanted time
Reiterating the acknowledgment of the other person's desire for time.
And you wanted truth
Reiterating the acknowledgment of the other person's desire for truth.
But I wanted you
Repeating the contrast between personal desire and the other person's desires.
So hold on don't let me fall too far
Final plea not to let the narrator fall too far.
It was a summer evening
Reiteration of the setting of the narrative - a summer evening.
Some kind of grand affair
Repeating the description of the evening as a significant and special event.
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