Long Distance
Navigating Solitude: Long Distance Reflections on Love and Resilience
Lyrics
How you doing how’s your day been, love
Checking in on the listener's well-being and asking about their day with affection.
What did you get up to, what’s been changing up
Inquiring about the listener's activities and recent developments in their life.
How’s the weather been on your side
Asking about the weather on the listener's side, possibly as a metaphor for their emotional state.
The citadel’s been blocking all the noise from the city
Describing a barrier (the citadel) shielding from the noise and chaos of the city.
Pin drop quiet, silence sitting pretty fine on my side
Expressing a tranquil environment on the speaker's side, undisturbed by external disturbances.
Tonight I might go for a five mile run
Contemplating engaging in a physically demanding activity, possibly as a way to cope or distract from emotions.
Close my fist around a cactus, drink the bottle done
Suggesting extreme actions like holding onto a cactus and finishing a bottle, indicating a struggle or emotional intensity.
Could keep that one to myself
Considering keeping certain emotions or experiences private.
How you doing, how’s your day been love
Repeating the inquiry about the listener's well-being and day, reinforcing the connection.
What did you get up to, what’s been changing up
Reiterating interest in the listener's activities and changes, emphasizing a desire for communication.
How’s the weather been on your side
Repeating the inquiry about the weather, possibly to emphasize the emotional climate.
Wash off the week, let now give way to then
Suggesting the need to cleanse and move on from the past week, making space for new experiences.
We can wake up tomorrow, do it all again
Highlighting the cyclical nature of life, suggesting the possibility of repeating the same routine.
But everything’s fine on my side
Affirming that everything is fine on the speaker's side, possibly despite internal struggles.
So it’ll feel like I’m dying till it doesn’t anymore
Expressing a feeling of intense emotional pain that will persist until it subsides.
I’ll rebuild again, Lord knows that I’ve done it before
Committing to rebuilding despite past challenges and hardships.
So it’ll feel like I’m dying till it doesn’t anymore
Repeating the theme of enduring emotional pain until it eventually fades away.
I’ll rebuild again, Lord knows that I’ve done it before
Reiterating the commitment to resilience and rebuilding, drawing on past experiences.
How you doing, how’s your day been love
Checking in on the listener again, maintaining a connection throughout the song.
What did you get up to, what’s been changing up
Continuing the interest in the listener's activities and changes, reinforcing the theme of connection.
How’s the weather been on your side
Repeating the inquiry about the weather, potentially symbolizing ongoing emotional conditions.
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