After Her
Navigating Life's Divide: After Her
Lyrics
Same route and the same routine
Expressing a sense of repetition and familiarity in daily life.
65 straight down to Queen
Describing a specific route, emphasizing a routine down Queen Street.
But today there's a hollow ache sitting smack between your ribcage and your heart
Conveying a profound emotional pain between the chest and heart.
Sunlight through the window pane
Depicting sunlight entering a room, setting a contemplative mood.
You close your eyes and let the street's refrain
Suggesting a moment of introspection while listening to the city's sounds.
Wash over you while you contemplate where to go from where you are
Reflecting on a crossroads, considering the next steps in life.
All your life, all your life revolved around her
Acknowledging a past where everything centered around a significant person.
All your life, all your life will be divided into before and after
Anticipating a future divided into distinct periods based on a life-changing event.
Two coffees beside two plates
Painting a scene of a shared breakfast for two.
Two toasts and two soft-boiled eggs
Detailing a routine breakfast, with an empty place indicating loss.
One's eaten and the other's a blade between your ribcage and your heart
Symbolizing emotional pain as a sharp object between the ribs and heart.
Only one side of the bed unmade
Highlighting the one-sidedness in the aftermath of a shared life.
There's still her indent in the pillowcase
Noting the lingering presence of a departed loved one in the surroundings.
The empty rooms echo the empty space between your ribcage and your heart
Emphasizing the emptiness in the absence of a significant person.
All your life, all your life revolved around her
Reiterating a life centered around someone special.
All your life, all your life will be divided into
Foreseeing a clear division in life, marked by a specific event.
Before and after her smile and her eyes
Pointing to a significant change marked by a person's smile and eyes.
You're not sure how nobody else seems to mind it
Expressing surprise at others' apparent lack of concern for personal struggles.
The birds are still singing, the sun is still shining
Contrasting the continued natural world with the personal sense of loss.
But your hand lying empty just keeps on reminding you
Highlighting the persistent reminder of an empty hand, emphasizing the absence.
All your life, all your life revolved around her
Recalling a past where life's focus revolved around a particular individual.
All your life, all your life will be divided into
Reiterating the idea of life being divided into distinct periods.
Before and after her
Summarizing life into two phases: before and after the significant person.
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