Think of Me with Kindness
Reflections on Love's Bittersweet Echo
Lyrics
Why am I using words, no more to say without you
Expressing a struggle to communicate adequately without the presence of the person being addressed.
Close the door, put out the lights and go.
Suggesting a desire to end or withdraw from a situation, possibly associated with emotions.
Late in the night, in the night your shadow falls between us.
Describing a moment when the emotional distance between individuals becomes palpable, especially at night.
Nevermore, never know.
Emphasizing a sense of permanent uncertainty and lack of knowledge.
There, memories are sorrow,
Highlighting the presence of sorrow within memories.
When there's no tomorrow.
Reflecting on the melancholy associated with the absence of a future.
Sleep while the sweet sorrow wakes my daydream;
Connecting the concept of sweet sorrow to daydreams, suggesting a bittersweet emotional state.
Sleep while you think of me with kindness, please remember former days.
Requesting to remember past days and to think kindly of the speaker.
Sweet the song that once we sang, the silent parting ways.
Nostalgically recalling a once beautiful song and the quiet separation that followed.
And you know, and you know,
Repetition for emphasis, possibly indicating the importance of the following statements.
And you know, long ago when first we made our promise -
Recalling a promise made long ago and the subsequent realization of its emptiness.
Empty words, I wonder did you know -
Expressing doubt about the sincerity of past words and promises.
The laugh that love could not forgive,
Referring to a laughter that love could not forgive, possibly indicating a past hurt.
Is gone and tells no more to live,
Indicating the disappearance of that unforgiven laughter and its impact on the speaker's life.
And we who look in beauty's love;
Suggesting a reflection on the beauty of love and its transformation over time.
Must now, through all, look back on before -
Stressing the need to look back at the past despite enduring challenges.
The tears that I first cried, no more;
Noting the cessation of initial tears, implying a sense of acceptance or resignation.
Your love has come and gone, no more.
Acknowledging the departure of a once-present love.
And we who look in beauty's love
Reiterating the importance of looking back at the past through the lens of beauty.
Must now through all think back on before.
Re-emphasizing the necessity of reflecting on the past, perhaps for personal growth.
Sleep while the sweet sorrow wakes my daydream
Repeating the connection between sweet sorrow and daydreams, reinforcing the bittersweet nature of memories.
Sleep while you think of me with kindness, please remember former days.
Reiterating the plea to be remembered with kindness and recalling former days.
And you know, and you know.
Repetition for emphasis, possibly underscoring the depth of the speaker's emotions.
And you know, when we two parted in tears
Recalling a past moment of separation marked by tears and silence.
and silence
Reinforcing the silence that followed the parting.
past the days, the parting ways.
Reflecting on the passage of time and the divergence of paths since the separation.
Fare thee well, fare thee well, you that was once dear to me.
Bidding farewell to someone who was once dear, expressing a sense of closure.
Think of me with kindness
Reiterating the plea to be remembered with kindness, echoing the earlier request.
Think of me.
Repeating the plea for the listener to think of the speaker, reinforcing the importance of the request.
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