There's Too Much
Insomniac Echoes: Navigating Unspoken Memories in Hrishikesh Hirway's Melody
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Call me up, still awake
Feeling a need to be contacted despite being awake
We both know why, but we won't say
Mutual understanding of an unspoken reason for contact
Your voice is thick with memories
Your speech carries a heavy load of past experiences
Trying to give yourself some peace
Attempting to find tranquility within yourself
You send another photograph
Sending a picture from a time shared in the past
From the past we used to have
Referencing a shared history
I try to keep you on the phone
Trying to prolong the conversation
I hate the thought of you alone
Disliking the idea of your company being alone
When you can't sleep, can't sleep
When sleep eludes, revealing an overload of emotions
There's too much you can't keep
There's an overwhelming amount that cannot be retained
TV's on for company
Using the TV as a form of companionship
Letters strewn like scattered leaves
Seeing remnants of communication scattered like leaves
You lay next to my mother's ghost
Being near the memory of a deceased relative
Miles away, another coast
Physically distant, separated by a considerable distance
Sinking feeling in my gut,
Experiencing a sinking sensation in the stomach
Tired eyes I can't keep shut
Tiredness, unable to close one's eyes
I can't shake it from my head:
A persistent thought about an empty space in your life
The empty space in half your bed
The void in your life left by someone's absence
So I can't sleep, can't sleep
Similar to earlier, unable to sleep due to emotional overload
There's too much you can't keep
Reiterating the overwhelming things that cannot be held onto
Can't sleep, can't sleep
Repetition of the struggle with sleep due to emotional burden
There's too much you can't keep
Continuing to emphasize the weight of unmanageable emotions
All you ever wanted was for everyone to be okay and
Desire for everyone's well-being as a core wish
All I ever wanted was for everyone to stay
Personal desire for the preservation of relationships
All you ever wanted was for everyone to be okay and
Reiteration of the wish for everyone's well-being
I just never wanted anyone to go away
Personal reluctance towards losing connections
So I can't sleep, can't sleep
Repeating the struggle with overwhelming emotions affecting sleep
There's too much you can't keep
Emphasizing the inability to contain or manage overwhelming feelings
Can't sleep, can't sleep
Restating the ongoing struggle with sleep due to emotional weight
There's too much
Final emphasis on the overwhelming emotions
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