Walk the Desert
Journey Within: Embracing Silence in the Desert Sands
Lyrics
Never gonna say what's on my mind rather walk the desert home
Choosing not to express what's on the speaker's mind and preferring to endure challenges by walking through the desert.
Always be the one who says I'm fine, rather walk the desert home
Opting to appear okay by saying "I'm fine" instead of confronting feelings, and still choosing to walk through the desert.
Even though my lips are parched and my blood sugars low,
Despite experiencing physical discomfort with parched lips and low blood sugar, the speaker still chooses to walk through the desert.
Rather walk the desert home
Reiterating the preference for enduring difficulties by walking through the desert rather than seeking relief.
Cause opening the walls will lead to waterfalls
Implying that addressing emotional barriers ("opening the walls") may lead to overwhelming emotions ("waterfalls"), so the speaker would rather continue walking through the desert.
Rather walk the desert home.
Reaffirming the choice to walk through challenges instead of confronting and dealing with emotional issues.
Walk the desert home
Repeating the determination to walk through the desert, emphasizing the choice made by the speaker.
I'd rather walk the desert home
Reiterating the speaker's preference for facing challenges and difficulties by walking through the desert.
To a halfway house I call my own.
Referring to a personal space or state of being ("halfway house") that the speaker considers their own and is walking toward.
Like a cork in the bottle, hope it holds it in.
Using a metaphor of a cork in a bottle to express the speaker's desire to keep emotions contained, hoping that it remains intact.
The ones who're quiet are just sensitive,
Suggesting that those who are quiet may be sensitive, possibly alluding to the speaker's own reserved nature.
carefully constructed a stone front line.
Describing the construction of a protective facade ("stone front line") that the speaker has carefully built to shield their emotions.
Don't you breach it you'll just make me cry.
Warning against breaching the emotional defenses, as it may lead to the speaker's vulnerability and tears.
Rather walk the desert home
Reaffirming the choice to walk through challenges rather than confronting emotional struggles.
Even though my lips are parched
Repeating the physical discomfort of parched lips and low blood sugar as part of the journey through the metaphorical desert.
and my blood sugars low.
Emphasizing the speaker's persistence in walking through the desert despite physical and emotional challenges.
Rather walk the desert home
Reiterating the choice to endure difficulties by walking through the desert instead of seeking an easier path.
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