Don't Fall Asleep
Embracing Change: Don't Succumb to Sleep
Lyrics
When you’re with me
Expressing the comfort and intimacy felt when in each other's company.
And they have gone to bed
Referring to others going to bed, setting the scene for a private moment.
All I can hear
Highlighting the focus on the partner's inner thoughts.
Are the thoughts inside your head
Acknowledging the presence of thoughts and concerns in the partner's mind.
Can’t help but feel scared the winds of change will blow
Expressing anxiety about potential changes and uncertainties in the future.
Can’t we just stay the same
Desiring stability and resisting the inevitability of change.
I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow
Expressing uncertainty about the future and the speaker's emotional state.
Lost in love or left in sorrow
Contemplating the possibility of being either deeply in love or left in sorrow.
remember me right here
Requesting the partner to remember the speaker in the current moment.
Don’t fall asleep
Issuing a plea or command to the partner not to fall asleep.
Today the rain seemed to never end
Describing a day filled with persistent rain, suggesting a gloomy mood.
Sometimes I think we both know we pretend
Acknowledging a shared understanding of pretense in the relationship.
That things will last forever and ever and ever
Reflecting on the impermanence of things despite a desire for eternal love.
But promises are only words
Emphasizing the fragility of promises as mere words without guaranteed longevity.
I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow
Reiterating uncertainty about the future and potential emotional outcomes.
Lost in love or left in sorrow
Echoing the theme of being either deeply in love or left in sorrow.
remember me right here
Repeating the request for the partner to remember the speaker in the present moment.
Don’t fall asleep
Reiterating the urgent plea or command not to fall asleep.
You can’t stop the moon from waning
Stating the inability to prevent natural processes, symbolized by the moon, tide, seeds, and dreams.
Tide from turning
Emphasizing the inevitability of change represented by the turning tide.
Seeds from sowing
Highlighting the inevitability of life's processes, such as sowing seeds.
Mind from dreaming
Acknowledging the uncontrollable nature of the mind and its dreams.
But you have a choice to keep
Offering a choice to remain awake and present with the speaker.
Both your eyes awake with me
Encouraging the partner to keep both eyes open and engaged in the relationship.
I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow
Reiterating the uncertainty about the future and emotional outcomes.
Lost in love or left in sorrow
Echoing the theme of being either deeply in love or left in sorrow.
Where I go will you still follow ?
Pondering whether the partner will continue to follow the speaker's path.
Or will morning shoot it’s arrow
Introducing the potential threat of morning, symbolizing a disruptive force.
Killing you and me
Warning against the potential harm and separation that morning could bring.
Don’t fall asleep
Reiterating the urgent plea or command not to fall asleep.
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