Drift
Drifting Away: A Heart's Cry for Home
Lyrics
Life has evaded my grasp for the last time
Expresses a sense of finality in the struggle with life, implying that the speaker has given up.
I couldn't see clearly before I gazed
Acknowledges a lack of clarity in the past, possibly regarding life's purpose or direction.
Before I gazed upon your eyes
Highlights a moment of clarity upon looking into someone's eyes.
The ocean pulls me further and further
Metaphorically describes being drawn deeper into life's challenges, represented by the ocean.
Been torn apart by raging waters
Describes the speaker's emotional turmoil caused by intense difficulties.
No one's there to stop me drowning
Expresses a feeling of isolation and lack of support during a difficult time.
The ones that watched me drifting
Suggests that others observed the speaker facing challenges without intervening.
Were the ones who kept pleading me to stay
Indicates that those observing urged the speaker to stay despite witnessing the struggle.
I can't stay, I won't stay, I can't stay
Repetition of the speaker's determination to leave, emphasizing their inability to stay.
The ones that watched me drifting
-Were the ones who kept pleading me to stay
-I can't stay, I won't stay, I can't stay
-I deny myself the life I had
Reflects on self-denial and the abandonment of a previous life.
I will drown in the ocean
Reiterates the theme of drowning in the ocean as a metaphor for overwhelming challenges.
I will drown in the ocean
-And now I'm healed
Implies a transformation or healing process after enduring significant pain.
The pain was real
-I will drown in the ocean
-The ones that watched me drifting
Repetition of the conflict between the speaker's desire to leave and the pleas for them to stay.
Were the ones who kept pleading me to stay
-I can't stay, I won't stay, I can't stay
-The ones that watched me drifting
-Were the ones who kept pleading me to stay
-I can't stay, I won't stay, I can't stay
-Can you help me find my way home
Requests assistance and expresses a sense of being lost and alone, holding onto hope.
I'm so lost and so alone
-The hope I hold I wont let go it's keeping afloat
-Can you help me find my way home
-I'm so lost and so alone
-The hope I hold I won't let go it's keeping afloat
-The ones that watched me drifting
Reiteration of the internal struggle and external pleas for the speaker to stay.
Were the ones who kept pleading me to stay
-I can't stay, I won't stay, I can't stay
-The ones that watched me drifting
-Were the ones who kept pleading me to stay
-I can't stay, I won't stay, I can't stay
-The ones that watched me drifting (Can you help me find my way home)
Continuation of the plea for help and the internal conflict, emphasizing the desire to find a home.
Were the ones who kept pleading me to stay (I'm so lost and so alone)
-I can't stay, I won't stay, I can't stay (Just take me home)
-The ones that watched me drifting (Can you help me find my way home)
-Were the ones who kept pleading me to stay (I'm so lost and so alone)
-I can't stay, I won't stay, I can't stay (Just take me home)
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