You Went Away
Eternal Echoes: Love, Loss, and the Unspoken Words
Lyrics
You may place your hand on my hand
You may physically touch me by placing your hand over mine.
You may look me in the eye
You're allowed to make direct eye contact with me.
You may speak of your love for me
You're permitted to express your love for me.
That will never die
This love is claimed to be eternal and everlasting.
We may lock arms with champagne
We might engage in celebratory gestures with champagne.
Over candlelight cuisine
Enjoying a romantic meal together by candlelight.
We may walk the sandy beach
We may take a walk on a sandy beach.
In a sunset scene
Describing a picturesque scene during sunset.
When the season is over and the Summer is spent
Referencing the end of a season and summer.
What will hold us together
Questioning what will bind the relationship when seasons change.
What will keep us
Asking about the sustaining factor for the relationship.
When the season is over and the Summer is spent
Reiterating the uncertainty about maintaining the relationship.
What will hold us together
Expressing doubt about the continuity of the relationship.
What will keep us
Reinforcing doubts about the relationship's endurance.
You may place your hand on my hand
Repetition of physical touch and eye contact.
You may look me in the eyes
Repeated permission for direct eye contact.
You may speak of your love for me
Reiteration of the expression of love, but now perceived as false.
But I've found you lie
Realization of deceit or lies in the proclaimed love.
We may lock arms with champagne
Repetition of celebratory gestures with champagne.
Over candlelight cuisine
Repeating the romantic setting of a candlelit meal.
We may walk the sandy beach
Revisiting the imagery of a walk on the beach, but now at night.
In a night time scene
Describing a different, darker setting during the night.
When the season is over and the Summer is spent
Reflecting on the end of a season and summer, emphasizing change.
What will hold us together
Repetition of uncertainty about what will maintain the relationship.
What will keep us
Reiterating the query about what will uphold the relationship.
You may take a baseball bat to me
An extreme expression of potential physical harm.
Or push me down the stairs
Another extreme physical threat, emphasizing potential violence.
You may drive a knife into my heart
An image of deeply intense emotional pain, greater than physical harm.
But it won't compare
Comparing emotional suffering to physical harm, stating emotional pain is worse.
To the season I went through
Describing a difficult period endured.
And the Summer I spent
Reflecting on a significant period spent together.
To have and to hold you
Initial commitment followed by separation and tearing apart.
Then sever and rend
Expressing the inability to express feelings due to abrupt separation.
I never had the chance to say
Regret for not expressing feelings before the departure.
How I felt when you went away
Expressing regret for not knowing the reason for the departure.
I never even got a why
Expressing the lack of motivation or reason to make an effort.
And the will to even try
Describing the continuation of life despite the absence, portraying strength.
I carry on though you're gone
Comparing oneself to an actor following a script, projecting a façade of strength.
An actor with a script for strong
Continued prayers and thoughts directed towards the departed.
For you I do always pray
Consistent prayers and thoughts dedicated to the departed individual.
Since the day you went away
Continued impact and absence felt since the departure.
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