One More Stitch
Echoes of Love's Frailty: Green River's 'One More Stitch' Unraveled
Lyrics
Pretty miss, pretty lamb
Expressing admiration for a woman
Give me a kiss, pretty miss
Requesting a kiss from the woman
Look at this, tell me who I am
Asking the woman to identify him
I want one kiss before she breaks down
Desiring a kiss before a potential breakdown
Down down down down
Emphasizing a downward motion, possibly symbolic of a decline
Tell the world she's so out of place
Describing the woman as out of place in the world
Like pure white silk on a soiled floor
Comparing the woman to pure white silk on a soiled floor, contrasting purity and impurity
I need one kiss before she breaks
Reiterating the desire for a kiss before a potential breakdown
One last kiss
Emphasizing the significance of the last kiss
Nothing more
No further requests beyond the last kiss
Tore your dress on the cornerstone
Describing damage to the woman's dress at a cornerstone, possibly symbolizing a pivotal moment
Ripping a hole in your foundation
Creating a metaphor of a ripped dress as a hole in the woman's foundation
Such a pretty thing on shaking ground for
Depicting the woman as a pretty thing on shaky ground
One more stitch, you'll come tumbling down
Stressing the vulnerability with the need for one more stitch before a potential downfall
Down, down, down, down
Repeating the emphasis on a downward motion
Tell the world she seems so out of place
Reiterating the sense of the woman being out of place in the world
Like pure white silk on a soiled floor
Recalling the image of purity on a soiled floor
I need one kiss 'fore she breaks
Expressing the desire for a kiss before potential consequences
One last kiss
Emphasizing the finality of the last kiss
In his eyes, what do you see?
Posing a question about perception in someone's eyes
Touch his hand, what do you feel?
Prompting a reflection on sensations when touching someone's hand
Anything touch me, how do you feel
Asking about feelings when touched
When you lead me through crystal waters
Describing a journey through crystal waters
Lead me through to reach the water
Repeating the theme of being led through water
Lead me, I feel not right, I feel not right
Expressing discomfort or unease
I pray for this love as
Mentioning prayers for love
My reflection blurred, live by the blood
Describing a blurred reflection, possibly symbolizing confusion or distortion
My reflection blurred, live by the blood
Reiterating the theme of a blurred reflection and living by blood
My reflection blurred, deep in the water
Continuing the imagery of a blurred reflection and being deep in the water
Live by the blood, my reflection's daughter
Linking existence to blood and suggesting a familial connection in the reflection
Live by the blood, my reflection's daughter
Repeating the idea of living by blood and a reflection's daughter
Live by the blood and meet me tomorrow
Connecting life to blood and proposing a meeting in the future
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