Goodnight Elisabeth
Goodnight Elisabeth: A Journey Through Love, Loss, and Midnight Flames
Lyrics
I was wasted in the afternoon, waiting on a train
I was intoxicated in the afternoon, waiting for a train
I woke up in pieces, and Elisabeth had disappeared again
I woke up feeling shattered, and Elisabeth had vanished again
I wish you were inside of me
Expressing a desire for emotional closeness
I hope that you're ok
Expressing concern about Elisabeth's well-being
I hope you're resting quietly
Wishing for Elisabeth to find peace and rest
I just wanted to say
Expressing a simple intention to communicate
Good, goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight
Repeating wishes for a goodnight to Elisabeth
Good, goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight
-We couldn't all be cowboys
Acknowledging diverse roles in life, using cowboy and clown as metaphors
So, some of us are clowns
Highlighting the variety of life paths
And some of us are dancers on the midway
Referring to individuals as dancers on the midway, indicating transient lifestyles
We roam from town to town
Describing a nomadic existence, moving from town to town
I hope that everybody can find a little flame
Expressing hope that everyone can find a source of inspiration or passion
Me, I say my prayers
Mentioning personal prayers as a form of reflection
Then I just light myself on fire
Using metaphorical language, willing to take risks and face challenges
And I walk out on the wire once again, and I say
Expressing a willingness to confront difficulties repeatedly
Good, goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight
Repeating wishes for a goodnight to Elisabeth
Good, goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight
-I will wait for you in Bâton Rouge
Promising to wait in Bâton Rouge for Elisabeth
I'll miss you down in New Orleans
Expressing missing Elisabeth in New Orleans
I'll wait for you while she slips in something comfortable
Committing to wait while Elisabeth makes herself comfortable
I'll miss you when I'm slipping in between
Expressing longing while being intimate with someone else
If you wrap yourself in daffodils
Using metaphorical language, willing to endure pain for love
I will wrap myself in pain, oh, oh
Expressing a willingness to endure pain for love
And if you're the queen of California, baby
Acknowledging a significant other as the queen of California
I am the king of the rain, and I say
Asserting oneself as the king of the rain, possibly symbolizing hardship
Good, goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight
Repeating wishes for a goodnight to Elisabeth
Good, goodnight Elisabeth
-The moon's satellite, yeah
Describing the moon as a satellite, possibly representing a distant presence
Now, won't you fall down on me
Requesting a metaphorical fall or connection
Now, won't you fall down on me
Repeating the desire for a connection
Come, come fall down on me now
Inviting a symbolic fall or connection
Won't you fall down on me
Repeating the desire for a connection
'Cause I'm all alone
Expressing loneliness and the absence of a significant other
You ain't coming home
Indicating that Elisabeth is not returning home
You just settle down, down, down into bones
Describing a settling down into solitude and emptiness
I said I'm all alone
Reiterating a sense of loneliness
You ain't coming home
Emphasizing Elisabeth's absence and a settling into emptiness
You just settle down, down, down into bones
Reiterating a settling down into solitude and emptiness
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