Echoes
Wandering Echoes: Unveiling Life's Reflections in Gene Clark's Melody
Lyrics
On the streets you look again
Reflecting on past experiences while navigating the streets.
At the places you have been
Contemplating places visited in the past.
Or the moments that you thought
Recalling moments and questioning one's direction.
Where am I going
Expressing uncertainty about the future.
Though the walls are like the dead
Walls metaphorically symbolize obstacles or challenges.
They reflect the things you've said
Reflecting on spoken words and their impact.
And the echoes in your head continue showing
Continuation of echoes in the mind, suggesting lingering thoughts.
Near the castles you can build
Reference to building metaphorical castles from unfulfilled dreams.
Out of dreams you half fulfilled
Highlighting that dreams may not provide complete protection.
Won't keep out all of the ill wind that is blowing
Acknowledging the vulnerability to negative influences.
And you look still for a trace
Searching for signs of hope or opportunity.
Of an opening in a place
Seeking openings in familiar places for a return to a known life.
Where you find the life that you were used to knowing
Nostalgia for a life that was once familiar.
You can walk out in the night
Encouraging self-assurance when facing the night.
And be sure that its alright
Suggesting the acceptance of exaggeration in one's perception.
To exaggerate the world that's only being
Observing someone named Regina dancing through glass panes.
You can watch Regina dance
Awareness of limitations in what others may perceive.
Through the crystal panes of glass
Embracing a positive thought despite challenges.
Yet you know that there's so much that she's not seeing
Considering the possibility of protection of personal desires.
Still you hold one precious thought
Reflecting on a precious thought after a long search.
After all this time you've sought
Suspecting that Regina may be guarding her desires.
That she might be just protecting what she longs for
Describing Regina's obscured eyes as a result of looking back.
And her eyes are veiled with black
Implying that Regina denies the existence of past love.
Cause she plays she can look back
Symbolizing the onset of cold or difficult times.
At the love she wanted so but says is no more
Anticipating the selling of senses as challenges arise.
The lights go on, commence the cold
Referencing observers mimicking without clear reasons.
As your senses will be sold
Addressing the distance between appearances and reality.
To the parrot watchers mimicing no reasons
Pointing out the potential for betrayal, lies, and treason.
To pretend that what they are
Metaphorically building towers on unstable foundations.
From the fact completely far
Describing a kingdom based on stolen innocence.
While the truth may be betrayal, lies and treason
Highlighting the ease with which negative influences spread.
Build their towers in the sand
Referring to those with twisted minds and their collaboration.
Down the roads at their command
Exploring the impact of collaboration on emotions.
When the kingdom is the innocence they're stealing
Teaming up to dismantle each other's emotions.
And infection easily spreads
Describing the destructive nature of collective actions.
To the searching, twisted heads
Portraying a collective effort to undermine personal feelings.
As they team up to tear down each others feeling
Observing the collaboration in tearing down emotional connections.
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