Frame
Unraveling Love's Frame: Geneva White's Poetic Reflections
Lyrics
And if I can't tell you
Expressing the importance of communication in a relationship.
What's the point of trust
Questioning the purpose of trust if one cannot communicate.
If I can't show you
Highlighting the significance of demonstrating love and affection.
What's the point of holding you up
Emphasizing the value of supporting a partner emotionally.
How do you come for me
Questioning the sincerity of support from a partner.
Then try to comfort me
Expressing confusion over contradictory actions – coming for support but causing discomfort.
In the middle of the street
Describing a moment of vulnerability in a public space.
I feel safe then you speak
Feeling safe until the partner speaks, indicating a negative impact of their words.
In my lowest days
Expressing distance and emotional detachment during challenging times.
You seem the farthest away
Feeling isolated and misunderstood, especially when struggling.
You're telling people that I'm insane
Accusation of being labeled as insane by the partner.
but you know that you built the frame
Acknowledging that the partner is responsible for creating a problematic situation.
I can't let you touch me
Setting boundaries and refusing physical contact.
Keep your hands where they are
Emphasizing the need for personal space and autonomy.
I'm better off watching you
Choosing to observe rather than actively engage due to perceived flaws.
When I'm bound to unfixable flaws
Accepting personal imperfections as unfixable.
In my lowest days
Reiterating emotional distance during difficult times.
Somebody's taking my place
Suspecting someone else taking the singer's place emotionally.
You sat beside me
Recalling a shared moment that becomes significant.
A flash in the high beams
Describing a sudden and impactful event in the past.
We crash on a path we embraced
Experiencing a crash or conflict in a previously embraced path.
I know that you built the frame
Reaffirming that the partner is responsible for the problematic situation.
A picture where you signed your name
Referencing a picture where the partner left a lasting mark.
Oh too many days without you
Expressing the impact of prolonged absence.
Don't look away got your chance to
Encouraging the partner to face the consequences and not look away.
Run till you pass out
Encouraging the partner to run until exhaustion as a form of self-reflection.
You paint yourself half out
Describing a process of self-exclusion by painting oneself out of the picture.
One time to remind us to wait
Suggesting a need for patience and reflection.
Oh we go talk in the back house
Anticipating a private conversation or confrontation.
See ourselves hang in the background
Recognizing oneself as part of the background rather than the main focus.
Part of the scene
Downplaying personal significance in the larger context.
Not a detail to me
Emphasizing that certain details are not crucial to the partner.
I know you know, know what it means
Asserting that the partner understands the significance despite appearing indifferent.
Forever's such a long time
Reflecting on the concept of forever and its challenges.
That's what you said
Quoting the partner's statement about the duration of forever.
Nobody warned me
Expressing surprise at an unexpected abandonment during vulnerability.
You'd leave me fast asleep on the bench
Being left alone and abandoned while vulnerable.
You were my favorite mornings
Reminiscing about pleasant mornings with the partner.
Now the sun don't come round like it did
Noticing a change in the partner's behavior affecting the singer's daily life.
And what a beautiful story
Reflecting on the beautiful but now disrupted story of the relationship.
Who knew it would come to such an end
Expressing surprise at the unexpected and disappointing end of the relationship.
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