Time and Time Again
Echoes of Solitude: Counting Crows' Emotional Odyssey
Lyrics
I wanted so badly
I strongly desired
Somebody other than me
Someone other than myself
Staring back at me
Looking back at me
But you were gone
But you were no longer present
I wanted to see you walking backwards
I wished to witness you moving backward
And get the sensation of you coming home
And experience the feeling of you returning home
I wanted to see you walking away from me
I desired to see you walking away from me
Without the sensation of you leaving me alone
Without the feeling of you abandoning me
Time and time again
Repeated desire for a different outcome
Time and time again
Emphasizing the recurrence of a theme
Time and time again
Underlining the repetitive nature of the situation
I can't please myself
I am unable to find satisfaction
I wanted the ocean to cover over me
Expressing a desire to be engulfed by the ocean
I wanna sink slowly without getting wet
Wanting to sink slowly without tangible consequences
Maybe someday, I won't be so lonely
Hopeful for a future where loneliness diminishes
And I'll walk on water every chance I get
Aspiring to achieve remarkable feats
Time and time again
Reiteration of the recurring theme
Time and time again
Highlighting the persistence of a situation
Time and time again
Emphasizing the repetitive nature of experiences
I can't please myself
Continued inability to satisfy oneself
So when are you coming home
Questioning the return of a loved one
Sweet angel?
Addressing a loved one affectionately
You leaving me alone?
Are you abandoning me?
All alone?
Alone and abandoned
Well, if I'm drowning darling, you'll come down this way on your own
If I'm in distress, will you come to me?
I wish I was traveling on a freeway
Expressing a wish for a journey on a freeway
Beneath this graveyard western sky
Under the vast western sky of a graveyard
I'm gonna set fire to this city
Expressing a desire to ignite a city
And out into the desert
Heading out into the desert
we're gonna ride
Planning to ride through the desert
Time and time again
Reiteration of the recurring theme
Time and time again
Emphasizing the persistence of a situation
Time and time again
Highlighting the repetitive nature of experiences
I can't please myself
Continued inability to satisfy oneself
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