Watching Over You
Guardians of Solitude: Unveiling the Depths of Emotion
Lyrics
Have you ever really been alone?
Questioning if the listener has experienced true loneliness.
Ever really fallen far from grace
Asking if the listener has fallen from a state of grace or moral standing.
Do you know you at all?
Posing the question of self-awareness, whether the listener truly knows themselves.
Do you recognize this silent face?
Asking if the listener recognizes a silent, possibly troubled, aspect of themselves.
I know you
Expressing familiarity with the listener.
Everyone knows how to bleed
Acknowledging that everyone knows how to experience pain or hardship.
You know me
Asserting mutual recognition between the speaker and the listener.
And things we all need
Referring to shared human needs that connect everyone.
Watching over you
Introducing the theme of someone watching over the listener.
And they're watching over me
Indicating that the speaker is also being watched over.
Watching over you
Repeating the idea of someone looking out for the listener.
They're watching over me
Reiterating that the speaker is being watched over as well.
Building our trenches
Referring to the process of building defenses or protective barriers.
In the order you let down
Connecting the building of defenses to the order in which the listener has experienced disappointment.
The mourning that overcame
Referring to a period of mourning that has influenced the listener's life.
The hollow of your spaces
Describing the emptiness or void within the listener.
Do you recognize this sullen face?
Asking if the listener recognizes a melancholic or troubled expression on their face.
I know you
Reiterating the speaker's familiarity with the listener.
Everyone knows how to bleed you know me
Re-emphasizing that everyone knows how to experience pain, and restating mutual recognition.
And things we all need
Referring again to shared human needs that connect everyone.
Watching over you
Repeating the theme of someone watching over the listener.
And they're watching over me
Reiterating that the speaker is also being watched over.
Watching over you
Repeating the idea of someone looking out for the listener.
They're watching over me
Reiterating that the speaker is being watched over as well.
Building our trenches
Re-emphasizing the concept of building protective measures or defenses.
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