I Am a Snail, and You Are a Pace I Cannot Match
Navigating Love's Storm: A Tale of Regret and Revelation
Lyrics
The long days piled into weeks before you’d speak, as the storm crawled to meet the shoreline. And it began to rain at once!
The speaker endured a long period of silence from someone significant, likened to a storm approaching the shore, and when communication resumed, it coincided with rain.
I tried (I tried, I tried, I tried) to keep the awful things at bay from you.
The speaker made efforts to shield the other person from unpleasant things.
But it was on the air and useless, I might as well have tried to prove the words I fought to purchase would comfort you.
Despite the speaker's efforts, the negativity was pervasive and ineffectual, drawing a comparison to attempting the impossible task of proving purchased words.
Like, “There was nothing more that we could do.”
A phrase is introduced, suggesting that there was nothing more to be done in a given situation.
Or that I still loved you (when nothing could be further from the truth).
The speaker acknowledges love, but there is an underlying doubt about its truthfulness.
Will your hand fall out of mine?
A question is posed about the potential separation of the speaker's hand from the other person's.
Your shame lives on its own, trying to reach the depths down where it belongs.
The other person's shame persists independently, seeking deep emotional resolution.
Will it find rest in your bones?
Questioning whether the emotional burden will find peace within the other person.
Aching and pulling muscles to act out against you!
Physical and emotional pain is expressed, possibly as a reaction against the other person.
So stay your pity now.
An instruction to withhold pity at this point in the narrative.
If it reaches the heart, we all pull out.
If the emotion reaches the heart, everyone withdraws.
And let the beat slow down.
A call for the intensity of the situation to diminish.
(There’s nothing that we can do for you now)
An acknowledgment that there is no remedy available at this point.
Are you sorry or are you just scared?
A question about the sincerity of remorse, contrasting it with fear.
There will be no false comfort here.
An assertion that false comfort will not be provided.
Oh, I ought to tell you the truth! I did not come to plea for you.
The speaker clarifies that they are not pleading for the other person.
Where was your heart when your words led the truth anywhere else from you?
A query about the other person's emotional state when their words led away from the truth.
You’re not sorry, you are just scared, I have not come to calm your fears.
A declaration that the other person's remorse is not genuine, and the speaker is not there to alleviate their fears.
I am sorry I hid what you are.
An apology for concealing the truth about the other person.
But everyone else but me already knew! Already knew!
An acknowledgment that others were already aware of the truth.
And would not come to plea for you.
Reiteration that the speaker is not pleading for the other person.
Where was your heart when they never appeared?
A question about the other person's emotional state when certain events did not occur.
Anyone else would care.
An assertion that others would care about the situation.
But you would not shoulder the weight you should bear.
Accusation that the other person avoids the responsibility they should bear.
I will not shed a single tear.
A firm decision not to shed tears over the situation.
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