A Natural
A Natural Essence: Unveiling Youthful Memories in Gord Downie's Melody
Lyrics
We'd line up cans on the picnic table
Setting up cans in a row on the picnic table
In the backyard across the lawn
In the backyard, across the lawn
You stood soaking wet in your bathing suit
Someone standing in their bathing suit, wet
Taking deadly aim with your BB gun
Taking precise aim with a BB gun, which can be dangerous
You are a natural
Describing someone as naturally gifted or talented
Kissed by the sun
Enhanced by the sunlight
You are a natural
The person's talents are just starting to be revealed
You've just begun
Beginning to display natural abilities
With every can you'd hit, you'd smile the thinnest smile
Smiling slightly after hitting a can
You'd barely savour the applause
Not fully enjoying the praise or attention
Or the jealousy of all the older ones
Being envied by older individuals
Just before you'd calmly killed a can, you'd pause
Taking a moment before hitting the target
You are a natural
Emphasizing natural talent in the sunlight
There in the sun
Being naturally skilled while under the sun
You are a natural
Beautiful and youthful in their natural abilities
Beautiful and young
And with all my life, I'll probably miss those days
Regretting the passing of those days spent together
Whiled away with you spent on nothing much
Time spent together on seemingly unimportant activities
Watching you shoulder things, take deadly aim
Observing someone aiming precisely at things
Your finger on the trigger, your gentle touch
Noting the care or gentleness in their actions
You are a natural
Highlighting the emergence of natural talents
You've only just begun
Just starting to show inherent abilities
You are a natural
Recognizing someone's natural gifts
I'm the lucky one
Feeling fortunate to be connected to this person
I'm the lucky one
Expressing gratitude for being connected to them
I'm the lucky one
Reiteration of feeling fortunate
I'm the lucky one
Emphasizing feeling fortunate
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