Nothing You Can Do
Echoes of Unrequited Love: A Melancholic Tale by Emma Meldrum
Lyrics
There's a somber in your eyes
Expression of sadness or seriousness reflected in your eyes
An aching in disguise
Pain hidden behind a façade or disguise
Of a moment you call mine
Reflecting on a personal moment that you consider yours
A certain passerby
Someone passing by casually
Leaves a floater in your sight
An intrusive thought or distraction affecting your focus
And you die a bit inside
Feeling emotionally wounded internally
I know that you are hurt
Acknowledging that the person is in pain
But it's only just a whim
Downplaying the hurt as a passing fancy
If he knew who you were
If the other person knew your true self
He'd realize he should've gave in
Realization that the person should have given in or surrendered
Singing like a swan
Comparing the act of singing to a swan
Begging him to end it all for you
Pleading for someone to end it all on your behalf
But he's gone
The person being pleaded to is no longer present
And there is nothing you can do
Acceptance that there is no remedy or solution
There's a bruising in your bones
Feeling physically and emotionally battered
A mouth made out of stone
Having a stoic or unresponsive demeanor
And a skull made out of pyrite gold
Comparing the skull to pyrite gold, suggesting a deceptive or false appearance
All the sins that you atone
Atoning for sins that were not personally committed
None of them were your own
Desire not to be left alone despite perceived shortcomings
You don't deserve to be alone
Feeling undeserving of solitude
A flicker of a flame
A brief and weak spark of hope
A spark that can't ignite
A spark that cannot fully ignite or flourish
You're calling out his name
Calling out to a person by name
But he's shrouded by the light
The person is obscured or unreachable
Singing like a swan
Continuation of the swan metaphor in singing
Begging him to give it all to you
Pleading for someone to give everything to you
But he's gone
The person being pleaded to is absent
And there is nothing you can do
Acceptance that there is no remedy or solution
I've been there before
Empathizing with the person's current emotional state
Darling, it's time to move on, move on, move on
Encouragement to move on from the past
Can't give him anymore
Inability to offer more to the absent person
Darling, it's time to move on, move on, move on
Encouragement to move forward from the relationship
The pain he ignores
Recognition that the other person is ignoring or overlooking the pain
Darling, you need to hold on, hold on, hold on
Advising to endure and hold on despite the suffering
He left your body sore
Physical and emotional aftermath of the departed person
Darling, you need to hold on, hold on, hold on
Encouragement to endure and hold on despite the suffering
To me
Addressing the speaker as a source of support
There's a voice inside a tomb
A hidden or suppressed inner voice or emotion
Buried in a ruse
Being deceived by echoes of inspiration or influence
By the echo of all muse
Eventually discovering the real truth
You'll finally know the truth
To find the truth, one must eliminate potential losses
When you kill all you can lose
Emphasizing that there is no recourse or action
There's nothing you can do
Resignation to the reality that nothing can be done
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