Yesterday Comes Too Soon
Echoes of Reflection: Embracing Life's Journey with Forest Sun
Lyrics
Here I am naked as the day I was born
Expressing vulnerability and openness, comparing the current state to being born.
Sitting on my bed in this hotel room
Describing the setting in a hotel room, a place of transience and solitude.
It don't matter what come before
Suggesting that past experiences are irrelevant; only the present matters.
Yesterday comes too soon
Reflecting on the swift passage of time, emphasizing the unexpected arrival of yesterday.
I've got this Honda to carry me
Listing possessions (Honda, six strings) that provide companionship on the journey.
I've got six strings for company
Highlighting the importance of music as a constant companion.
I've got your voice to remind me
Referencing someone's voice as a reminder of what was left behind.
Of all I left behind me
Expressing a sense of loss and reminiscence.
I got a storage unit in San Rafael
Mentioning a storage unit and supportive well-wishers in a specific location (San Rafael).
And a host of well wishers to wish me well
Acknowledging positive intentions from others.
I'm banging around like a clapper in a bell
Using a metaphor (clapper in a bell) to describe moving energetically and noisily.
Yesterday comes too soon
Reiterating the theme that yesterday arrives unexpectedly and too soon.
Yesterday it comes too soon
Emphasizing the repeated sentiment that yesterday comes too soon.
Try to remember December and it's already June
Reflecting on the quick passage of time, comparing December and June.
Take a note from the birds and try and whistle a tune
Suggesting optimism by encouraging whistling despite the fleeting nature of time.
Yesterday comes too soon
Reiterating the theme that yesterday comes too soon.
Everywhere I've been people've been so kind
Expressing gratitude for kindness received during travels.
Given me a bed and piece of their mind
Describing the generosity of providing both a bed and opinions.
With all these pieces how do I find mine?
Pondering the challenge of finding one's own path amidst external influences.
Yesterday comes too soon, Yes it does
Reiterating the theme that yesterday comes too soon with emphasis.
Hell no I ain't waiting
Rejecting passivity, expressing a proactive and celebratory approach to life.
I'm alive and I'm celebrating
Celebrating the gift of life and rejecting a waiting mentality.
If life is a train and death is just a station
Using a metaphor (life as a train, death as a station) to contemplate existence.
Yesterday comes too soon
Reiterating the theme that yesterday comes too soon with a philosophical perspective.
Folks have given me a meal and come to see me play
Acknowledging the generosity of others, providing sustenance and support.
And many a one has asked me to stay
Describing invitations to stay but choosing to keep moving forward.
I just keep rolling on my way
Emphasizing the continuous journey despite offers to pause or settle.
Yesterday comes too soon
Reiterating the theme that yesterday comes too soon in the context of ongoing movement.
Yesterday comes too soon
Repeating the sentiment that yesterday arrives too soon, reinforcing the temporal theme.
If you're dancing like a chicken or your howling at the moon
Using vivid imagery (dancing like a chicken, howling at the moon) to depict diverse experiences.
If you're saved or your damned either way you're doomed
Presenting a fatalistic perspective, suggesting inevitability regardless of one's choices.
Yesterday comes too soon
Reiterating the theme that yesterday comes too soon, concluding with a sense of inevitability.
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