Broken Necks
Unyielding Bonds: A Poetic Journey of Sacrifice and Friendship
Lyrics
When I had a million arms
Expressing a desire for immense capacity to care and protect
I would wrap them around
Wanting to embrace and envelop someone entirely
All your body parts
Willingness to safeguard every aspect of the person
Try to keep away
Aim to shield the person from harm or danger
All that could do you harm
Protect from potential threats or negative influences
Try to keep out sickness
Effort to prevent illness or adversity
And keep you warm
Desire to provide warmth and comfort
But every time the going got tough
In challenging times, facing difficulties
One by one, they were falling off
Struggle and loss of capability to assist
While you were breaking your neck
Repeated acknowledgment of sacrifices made while the other person faces challenges
Trying to keep your head up
-I was breaking my neck
-Just to stick it out for you
-While you were breaking your neck
-Trying to keep your head up
-I was breaking my neck
-Just to stick it out for you
-While you were breaking your neck
-Trying to keep your head up
-I was breaking my neck
-Just to stick it out for you
-While you were breaking your neck
-Trying to keep your head up
-I was breaking my neck
-Just to stick it out for you
-And I know we’d hang out every day
Nostalgia for shared experiences and nature
If I wasn’t 100 miles away
-From our tadpoles gathering
-In the creek
-And our baby birds
-Learning how to shriek
-All the eagles I still haven’t seen
-And the trees proudly alive and green
-I could swear, they are there
-Just for you and me
-Whether friends or in love
Highlighting the beauty in relationships
There’s an indisputable beauty
-While you were breaking your neck
Repeated acknowledgment of sacrifices made while the other person faces challenges
Trying to keep your head up
-I was breaking my neck
-Just to stick it out for you
-While you were breaking your neck
-Trying to keep your head up
-I was breaking my neck
-Just to stick it out for you
-While you were breaking your neck
-Trying to keep your head up
-I was breaking my neck
-Just to stick it out for you
-While you were breaking your neck
-Trying to keep your head up
-I was breaking my neck
-Just to stick it out for you
-If the distance between us
Response to potential distance and the intention to maintain connection and support
Grows too strong
-I would saturate silence
-With your songs
-Because you’d rub my back
-‘Til the skin smoothed out
-Smoother than the class
-That the sea spits out
-And don’t forget to take your shirt off
-Run into the water
-The birds are singing louder
-And the days are getting longer
-Open up your hands
-And accept that this has ended
-Nothing in this world
Emphasizing the significance of friendship
Is holier than friendship
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