On Every Street
Chasing Shadows of Love: Unraveling Dire Straits' On Every Street
Lyrics
There's gotta be a record of you someplace
Searching for a documented history or evidence of your existence.
You gotta be on somebody's books
Expecting to find information about you in someone's records.
The lowdown, a picture of your face
Seeking details, including a visual representation of your face.
Your injured looks
Observing your expressions of pain or distress.
The sacred and profane
Referring to both sacred and profane aspects of life.
The pleasure and the pain
Acknowledging both pleasure and pain in your experiences.
Somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete
Noting that evidence of your presence lingers, like fingerprints in concrete.
And it's your face I'm looking for on every street
Expressing a persistent search for your face in every location.
A ladykiller, regulation tattoo
Describing someone with a charm that attracts romantic interest.
Silver spurs on his heels
Depicting a person with a standard tattoo and silver spurs on boots.
Says, what can I tell you, as I'm standing next to you
Sharing a casual remark while being in close proximity.
She threw herself under my wheels
Revealing an incident where someone faced a tragic end near the speaker.
Oh it's a dangerous road
Highlighting the risks and challenges of life's journey.
And a hazardous load
Emphasizing the difficulty and danger associated with the speaker's journey.
And the fireworks over liberty explode in the heat
Describing an intense and explosive moment against the backdrop of liberty.
And it's your face I'm looking for on every street
Reiterating the ongoing search for your face amid life's challenges.
A three-chord symphony crashes into space
Depicting a simple musical composition colliding with the vastness of space.
The moon is hanging upside down
Portraying an unusual and disorienting view of the moon.
I don't know why it is I'm still on the case
Expressing uncertainty about why the speaker is still pursuing a particular case or quest.
It's a ravenous town
Describing a town with insatiable desires and challenges.
And you still refuse to be traced
Noting a persistent resistance to being tracked or located.
Seems to me such a waste
Considering the avoidance of being found as a regrettable situation.
And every victory has a taste that's bittersweet
Reflecting on the mixed emotions associated with achieving success.
And it's your face I'm looking for on every street
Reaffirming the ongoing search for your face despite the complexities of victories.
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