Lyrics
The traffic light
The symbol of a traffic light.
Waits for you to tell me the tale of a shattered life, tonight
Asking to hear a story about a broken life.
And I just passed by when you have had the chance to fight
Expressing passing by when the opportunity to fight arose.
Or would you spend your last days alone
Questioning whether one would spend their last days alone.
Thinkin nobody would have cared
Reflecting on the belief that nobody cared or knew.
or known just look me in the eye and see that its a light
Encouraging direct eye contact to understand the truth.
So you're telling me, this is how you're going down
Questioning the choice of going down a certain path.
You thought that I never really wanted you around
Addressing the assumption that the speaker was not wanted.
Well you are way off track to think like that
Asserting that such thinking is off track.
Coz now you have taken back, everything that you ever said
Highlighting the reversal of previous statements.
bout how Id never want to see you again
Recalling past declarations of not wanting to see someone again.
Well this is what I, what I left behind
Referring to what the speaker left behind.
What I left behind, what I left behind
Repetition emphasizing the things left behind.
Need a change
Expressing a need for change.
In a minute of my time did I get your name?
Questioning if the speaker got the other person's name in a brief encounter.
Well you say, that I haven't been asked that in years
Responding to the claim of not being asked for years.
Now I think, the traffic light that stood in the way
Considering a metaphorical traffic light hindering communication.
So that I can hear what you had to say
Desiring to hear the other person's thoughts.
I'm half way through your story
Being halfway through the other person's story.
Cant help thinking that you're just like me
Noticing similarities between the speaker and the other person.
This is how I'm going down
Repeating the questioning of one's chosen path.
I thought that they never really wanted me around
Challenging the belief of not being wanted.
Well I was way off track to think like that
Acknowledging the error in thinking negatively.
Coz now I'm taken back, everything that I ever said
Experiencing a reversal of statements similar to the other person.
bout how they'd never want to see me again
Recalling past declarations about not wanting to be seen.
Well this is what I, what I left behind
Referring again to what the speaker left behind.
Forgetting about ourselves
Emphasizing the act of forgetting about oneself.
Is like history that dust is covering left on the self, on the self
Comparing self-neglect to historical dust on a shelf.
The crosswalks make the way for us to say what we need to say
Highlighting the importance of communication through crosswalks.
Yeah, this is how you're going down
Repeating the questioning of one's chosen path.
You thought I'd never really wanted you around
Challenging the belief of not being wanted from the other person's perspective.
Well you were way off track to think like that
Acknowledging the error in thinking negatively about oneself.
Coz now you have taken back, everything that you ever said
Experiencing a reversal of statements, similar to the other person.
bout how I never want to see you again
Recalling past declarations about not wanting to see the other person again.
Well this is what I, what I left behind
Referring again to what the speaker left behind.
This is how you're going down
Repeating the questioning of one's chosen path.
This is what I, what I left behind
Repetition emphasizing the things left behind.
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