If I Ever Get Home Before Dark
Journey Through Shadows: Unraveling the Depths of 'If I Ever Get Home Before Dark'
Lyrics
If I ever get home before dark
If I manage to return home before nightfall
I will roll my sleeves so way down low
I'll push my sleeves far down my arms
I will sink my fingers in your hair
I'll run my fingers through your hair
And I will wait for one and only word
I'll anticipate hearing a specific word from you
If I ever get home before dark
If I manage to come home before it's dark
Lord you held me hostage for so long
Expressing feeling held back or restrained
In between some kind of rights and wrong
Stuck between conflicting ideas of right and wrong
Oh so much said and nothing's done
Despite talk, no action has been taken
Silence is the mother of all songs
Silence is the origin of all songs or expressions
If I ever get home
Expressing a longing or uncertainty about reaching home
If I ever get home
Reiterating the uncertainty of returning home
If I ever get home before dark
Again, if I manage to arrive before darkness falls
I will roll my sleeve so way down low
Repeating the action of pushing sleeves down
I will sink my fingers in your hair
Repeating the action of running fingers through hair
And I will wait for one and only word
Reiterating anticipation for a specific word
If I ever get home before dark
Expressing a desire or hope to reach home early
If I ever get home before dark
Repeating the desire to return home before dark
If I ever get home before dark
Further emphasis on the desire to reach home early
If I ever
Emphasizing the desire to arrive home
Lord you held me hostage for so long
Feeling emotionally confined or restricted
Between some kind of rights and wrong
Caught between conflicting moral decisions
Oh so much said and nothing's done
Talking a lot without any action or resolution
Silence, mother of all songs
Highlighting the importance of silence in creativity or expression
Silence, mother of all songs
Reiterating the idea that silence births creativity or expression
If I ever get home before dark
Reiterating the hope or uncertainty of arriving home before nightfall
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