Man of Want
Journey of Yearning: Embracing Shadows in the Dead of Night
Lyrics
To be lost and lonesome
To experience a sense of being lost and lonely.
To be so far from home some
To feel far away from one's home.
To be casting shadows
To create shadows, possibly metaphorical, during the night.
In the dead of the night
To face challenges or difficulties in the quietest part of the night.
To have what you wanted
To have achieved desired goals or possessions.
To be free but haunted
To be free but haunted by something from the past.
Always running the gauntlet
To continually face challenges or obstacles.
In the dead of the night
Continuing to confront difficulties in the quietest part of the night.
In the hall of nothingness
In a place of emptiness or nothingness.
Love stands so motionless
Love remains still and unchanging.
In the house
Within a house.
The house of the man
In the dwelling of a man.
The man of want
Describing the man as someone who lacks something.
The man of want
Reiteration of the man's deficiency or longing.
Never mind my name boy
The speaker dismisses the importance of their name.
If you love to share the blame boy
Suggesting a willingness to share responsibility or guilt.
If you don't want to go back the way you came
Expressing reluctance to return to the past.
In the dead of the night
Facing challenges in the quietest part of the night.
To get what you wanted
Attaining desired goals or possessions.
To be free but haunted
Experiencing freedom but haunted by the past.
Always running the gauntlet
Continuously facing challenges or obstacles.
Always running the gauntlet
Reiteration of facing challenges persistently.
In the dead of the night
Confronting difficulties during the night.
A boy stands so motionless
A boy standing still and possibly contemplative.
In the house
Within a house.
The house of the man
In the dwelling of the man.
The man of want
Describing the man as someone who lacks something.
The man of want
Reiteration of the man's deficiency or longing.
To be lost and lonesome
To experience a sense of being lost and lonely.
To be so far from home some
To feel far away from one's home.
To be casting shadows
To create shadows, possibly metaphorical, during the night.
In the dead of the night
To face challenges or difficulties in the quietest part of the night.
In the hall of nothingness
In a place of emptiness or nothingness.
We all stand so motionless
All individuals present remain still and unchanging.
In the house
Within a house.
The house of the man
In the dwelling of the man.
The man of want
Describing the man as someone who lacks something.
The man of want
Reiteration of the man's deficiency or longing.
(Go Lisa go
Encouraging Lisa to take a journey on a lonesome highway.
Take 'em down that long old lonesome highway
Expressing the inevitability of the journey.
I know there's a piano comin')
Anticipating the arrival of a piano.
Ain't no turning back
Emphasizing the irreversible nature of the journey.
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