Faithful Son
Faithful Son: Navigating Life's Crossroads with Love and Independence
Lyrics
Meet me on the edges of the city,
Invitation to meet on the outskirts of the city.
Meet me where the underground runs out.
Specify to meet where the underground transport ends.
Bring a picnic blanket and your pity.
Suggests a casual gathering with a picnic blanket and empathy.
A pen and paper so I can write things down.
Request to bring tools for expression - pen and paper.
Mother, oh dear mother, I wasn't joking when I said,
The speaker, addressing their mother, expresses a serious commitment to a certain lifestyle until death.
That I plan to keep doing this until the day I'm dead.
Reiteration of the commitment to persist in a particular way of life.
And I'm not a mirror for you when you were young.
Denial of being a reflection of the mother's past.
But I still remain your faithful only son.
Affirmation of remaining the faithful only son despite differences.
Lately I've been feeling kind of fragile,
Expression of vulnerability and fatigue.
Lately I've been feeling all worn out.
Continuation of feelings of exhaustion.
What would any of us do, before the dreams that we had came to,
Rhetorical question about the purpose of life without the fulfillment of dreams.
What would there be left to dream about.
Raising the question of the significance of dreams in life.
Father, oh dear father, I'm not trying to reject,
Addressing the father, the speaker assures not rejecting parental values.
The values that you held like winning cards up to your chest.
Acknowledgment of the father's values kept close, like winning cards.
But I can't just do the things that you wish that you'd done,
Unable to fulfill all of the father's wishes despite appreciation.
Though I still remain your faithful only son.
Remaining the faithful son despite differences with the father.
The city, seems so still
Observation of stillness in the city, particularly from Highgate Hill.
When you're looking down, from Highgate Hill.
Visual description of the cityscape from a high vantage point.
There's nothing left for us to say,
Indicating a lack of communication or unresolved issues.
You taught me everything that I know,
Recognition of parental influence in the speaker's knowledge.
You wouldn't miss me if I stayed,
Suggesting the parent wouldn't miss the speaker if they stayed.
You never see me if I go.
Implying invisibility or neglect if the speaker leaves.
This is no confession no this is who I am
Clarification that the following is not a confession but an assertion of identity.
Make me in your image so you have to understand,
Request for understanding the speaker's unique identity.
That I did my best as told and so've become,
Claiming to have followed instructions to become what they are.
You're loving and you're faithful only son.
Reiteration of being the loving and faithful only son.
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