Reaching for Cold Hands
Seeking Unselfish Love: A Journey Through Human Longing
Lyrics
Reaching for cold hands
Expressing a desire to connect with someone distant or emotionally unavailable.
And I still don’t know where things stand
Uncertainty about the current state of a relationship.
Been to cities, changed the sheets
Reflecting on experiences in different places and relationships.
Where time explodes just to burn out in the streets
Acknowledging the ephemeral nature of time and relationships.
Comrades have a certain holiness
Suggesting that close relationships can have a sacred quality but may lead to isolation.
That leads to bitter loneliness
Exploring the paradox of feeling alone despite close connections.
Why is it that at any place
Pondering the universal nature of certain emotions in different places.
I get a feeling which I can’t escape
Expressing a recurring, inescapable feeling in various situations.
I stick to the tried and true
Preferring familiar and tested approaches in life.
I won’t be good enough for you
Self-doubt about personal worthiness in a relationship.
But what is good enough for you
Raising the question of what meets the expectations of the other person.
Wake me up and yell at me
Suggesting a desire for emotional awakening through confrontation.
Then maybe you don’t fall asleep
Speculating that conflict may prevent falling asleep.
And maybe we won’t fall asleep
Expressing hope that staying awake will prevent emotional detachment.
And maybe we’ll unlearn ourselves someday
Aspiring to unlearn negative aspects of oneself for personal growth.
And love each other in an unselfish way
Desiring a selfless and genuine form of love in the future.
Maybe we’ll unlearn ourselves someday
Reiterating the hope of personal transformation and mutual love.
And love each other in an unselfish way
Emphasizing the vision of a selfless and transformed love.
You be the judge
Challenging the listener to evaluate expectations and demands.
Do I expect too much
Pondering whether one's expectations in a relationship are too high.
Before you talk to me I should mention
Admitting to seeking attention due to a lack of self-assurance.
I’m just attentive ‘cause I seek attention
Recognizing a tendency to be attentive for the sake of gaining attention.
You be the judge
Challenging the listener again to evaluate expectations and demands.
Let me rephrase
Clarifying a self-perception of not being entirely human in the contemporary context.
I’m not human but who is these days
Questioning the authenticity of humanity in the present era.
But then again why is it that I see in any face
Reflecting on the universal presence of certain emotions in everyone.
A feeling which I can’t escape
Expressing the inescapable nature of certain feelings in different faces.
No no no no no no
No specific meaning provided in the lyrics.
I stick to the tried and true
Reiteration of the preference for familiar and proven approaches in life.
I won’t be good enough for you
Reiterating the self-doubt about personal worthiness in a relationship.
But what is good enough for you
Raising the question again of what meets the expectations of the other person.
Wake me up and yell at me
Suggesting a desire for emotional awakening through confrontation (repeated).
Then maybe you don’t fall asleep
Speculating again that conflict may prevent falling asleep.
And maybe we won’t fall asleep
Expressing hope again that staying awake will prevent emotional detachment.
And maybe we’ll unlearn ourselves someday
Reiterating the aspiration to unlearn negative aspects of oneself for personal growth.
And love each other in an unselfish way
Reiterating the desire for a selfless and genuine form of love in the future.
Maybe we’ll unlearn ourselves someday, someday
Reiterating the hope of personal transformation and mutual love (repeated).
And love each other in an unselfish way
Reiterating the emphasis on the vision of a selfless and transformed love (repeated).
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